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| name = Brian Crecente |
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| caption = Crecente at the 2007 Electronic Entertainment Expo |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|7|28}} |
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| residence = [[Pawling (town), New York|Pawling, New York]], U.S. |
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| occupation = Journalist, editor, columnist |
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| website = {{URL|polygon.com}} |
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'''Brian Crecente''' (born July 28, 1970) is an American [[journalist]] and [[columnist]]. He is a founding editor and the executive editor for [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]. He also writes Good Game, a weekly column internationally syndicated by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.<ref name="McClatchy-Tribune News Service">{{cite web |url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/03/03/4027777.htm |title=MCT News Service adds new video game column |date=March 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |publisher=McClatchy-Tribune via [[Nadji Tehrani|TMC]]}}</ref> |
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The founding editor-in-chief of [[Kotaku]], Crecente was educated at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]. He began his career as a journalist with the ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. He covered crime and public safety for daily newspapers in Texas, Florida and Colorado for 12 years before starting his career as a [[video game]] journalist.<ref name=Tinyurl>{{cite web |author=Claire (no surname given) |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/mbtoolbox/pop_quiz/video_game_extravaganza_part_i_pop_quiz_brian_crecente_6098.htm |title=Video Game Extravaganza Pop Quiz |date=February 2005 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |publisher=[[Mediabistro.com]]}}</ref> |
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Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009<ref name=GamePro>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/210055/20-most-influential-people-in-gaming-20-brian-crecente/ |title=20 Most Influential People in Gaming: #20 – Brian Crecente |date=May 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |last=Shuman |first=Sid |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110607142221/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/210055/20-most-influential-people-in-gaming-20-brian-crecente/ |archivedate=2011-06-07}}</ref> and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006.<ref name=Edge>{{cite web |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/gamings-top-50-journalists?page=0%252C2 |title=GAMING'S TOP 50 JOURNALISTS |date=October 2006 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |last=Staff |first=Edge |publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref> He was featured in a ''[[5280]]'' biography.<ref name=fivethousandtwoeighty>{{cite web |url=http://www.5280.com/issues/2009/0907/feature.php?pageID=1794 |title=Game Boy |date=July 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-12 |last=Sanchez |first=Robert |work=[[5280]]}}</ref> |
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Brian Crecente is married and has a 15 year old son who's name is Tristan Crecente. <ref name="Polygon: 3766080">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2012/12/14/3766080/playgrounds-brian-crecente |accessdate=October 16, 2015 |title=Playgrounds: Brian Crecente |last1=Crecente |first1=Brian |authorlink=Brian Crecente |date=December 14, 2012 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6cKdHNEVW |archivedate=October 16, 2015 |deadurl=no }}</ref> |
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