Rich Stanton
Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as "[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike."
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News "Please continue to enjoy my father's works and have a good time."

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News Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of them wasn't an option.

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News You can't keep a good man down.

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News "I worked my ass off at Valve, and I could retire today. I made more money than I'll ever make."

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News "No mouse, no keyboard, just intention."

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News "This is a great example of what you cannot do to the average investor," said attorney Joseph Cotchett.

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News MJ!

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News But "in the near future, players will no longer care and then we won't disclose it anymore."

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News "We will work to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics and trends of the PC market and PC users."

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News "As a chronic reloader I'm terrified."

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News "The answer will become clear some day, but not just yet."

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News The fallout from Unity's disastrous 2023 fee overhaul continues to be felt.

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News And made the "largest private land donation in North Carolina history."

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News There is something deliciously karmic about this one.

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Psyke Virtual insanity.

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News "Eventually people will understand his vision."

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News "We just made a game ready to walk away. But it worked, and people wanted more, and so we gave them more."

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News "You know, you shouldn't trust us intelligent programmers."

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News And "if you have a line on a bunch of RAM, we are in the market and would like to buy it."

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News Gooey. Tasty.

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News "Why not just enjoy what I've got and keep building it."

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News "How can you trust stuff that says at the bottom you need to fact-check all the answers I'm giving you?"

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News "High evaluations have yet to translate into a further increase in unit sales."
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