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Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

A sort-of mini edition of How to Read Articles

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Luigi Mangione is a gamer. What does that tell us?

Luigi Mangione is a gamer. What does that tell us?

There are limits to what you can learn about a person from the games they play.

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

What is the Open Esports Initiative?

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

Also: A 'young men go right wing' reading list

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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I'm going (more) independent (again)

I'm going (more) independent (again)

A mini postmortem for my Patreon with Jacob Wolf + what's next!

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Esports journalism's institutional memory problem

Esports journalism's institutional memory problem

A reader asks: I churned out of esports journalism. Can the next generation be helped?

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Reporting critically in a cliquey environment

Reporting critically in a cliquey environment

A reader asks: I'm worried that writing negative stories will land me on a blacklist. Help!

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on Dr Disrespect and 'Now they tell us'

Some notes on Dr Disrespect and 'Now they tell us'

Plus: A brief follow-up on 'POV your Valorant esports team is falling apart'

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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The (e)sportswashing reading list

The (e)sportswashing reading list

Some resources (no apologia!) for folks curious about sportswashing

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on 'The paranoid style in video game culture'

Some notes on 'The paranoid style in video game culture'

I wanted to freestyle about the things that didn't make it into the original essay

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on ‘Riot should kick EG out of Valorant’

Some notes on ‘Riot should kick EG out of Valorant’

The piece could have been more fiercely-worded...

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov