Archive - Disruptor

A sneak peak of my upcoming graphic novel, “Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master,” with illustrator Koren Shadmi.

Jun 24

Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [39]Listen now (2 min) | Larval game jocks circa Y2K.

Jun 21

Ode to the Reporters Notebook Watch now (2 min) | The essential journogear

Jun 17

Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [39]Listen now | The pre-millennium female fraggers who broke open the boys' club.

Jun 14

My profile of chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura as a young man.

Jun 10

How comedian Robin Williams took esports mainstream.

Jun 7

Studies show that many trauma survivors experience some form of post-traumatic growth—a psychological phenomenon in which trauma deepens life’s meaning.

Jun 3

Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [37]Listen now (2 min) | Major League Deathmatch

May 31

A tourist became a folk hero in Iceland after he put a typo into his GPS and drove hundreds of miles out of his way. How can this happen? Research…

May 27

Dennis "Thresh" Fong on the highs and lows of being the first pro gamer.

May 24

Catch one of the best rock bands while you can.

May 20

Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [35]Listen now (1 min) | Twenty-five years ago, Doom co-creator John Carmack decided to give away his Ferrari to the winner of a Quake tourney. And esports…

May 17

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