About Game File
Welcome to Game File, a website (or a newsletter, depending on how you read it) about the incredible world of video games.
I’ve loved video games since I was a kid and loved journalism for nearly as long. About 20 years ago, a very smart person suggested I combine the two and make a career out of it.
She knew what she was talking about.
I soon got a gig as MTV News’ first-ever video game reporter (thank goodness the person they offered it to first turned them down). Four years later, I joined Kotaku, where I eventually became editor-in-chief for a nine-year run and worked with a brilliant team to challenge the notion of what a gaming site would cover, who would work there and who it’d be for. I’d like to think we upped the bar for investigative reporting about games, if nothing else. I then joined Axios, where I built games coverage one newsletter at a time. It set me on a path to launching this Substack. (Just don’t ask me about the pivotal role Hulk Hogan played in my career—twice.)
I take games seriously. And I take reporting seriously.
Doesn’t mean I don’t like to have fun, but I got into this because I was dissatisfied with the state of games reporting two decades ago. I wanted reporters to ask better questions, chase more important stories, and cover more interesting games. And that’s what you can also expect from me at Game File.
Game File is a big change for me. The journalism is the same, but the way it’ll get paid for is not. With Substack, I don’t have to worry about the impact of the ad market or the whims of some private equity suits who have no clue how to run a journalistic endeavor.
Instead, I can finally just ask readers like you to support my work. And I hope you’ll find it worth your while.
$10/month or $100/year for three newsletters a week—just one if you’re on the free tier.
Get in touch
I love to hear from readers, and I love to get tips. You can send me an email to my official Game File account. Or more securely through Proton Mail.
Where to find me
The best video game of all time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
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