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How the gamer generation built the future. A serialized longform project by David Kushner, exclusively in Disruptor.
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Why I'm writing a sequel to my book, Masters of Doom, in my newsletter.
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [45]
Stevie Case vs. the World: A Pioneering Gamer Opens Up About Industry Sexism
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [44]
Listen now (2 min) | How Africa’s Kiro’o Games shook up the gaming industry
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [42]
How did a chain-smoking geek from Hanoi design the viral hit Flappy Bird – and why did he walk away?
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [43]
Vietnam's most famous game developer speaks about the design of his viral hit, Flappy Bird.
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [41]
A blind gamer made a version of Doom he could play by sound alone.
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [40]
Like a lot of 16-year-olds in the aughts, Blake Peebles wanted to play Guitar Hero all day long. But he actually convinced his parents to let him drop…
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Masters of Disruption: How the Gamer Generation Built the Future [39]
Larval game jocks circa Y2K.
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Listen now | The pre-millennium female fraggers who broke open the boys' club.
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How comedian Robin Williams took esports mainstream.
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Listen now (2 mins) | Major League Deathmatch
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Dennis "Thresh" Fong on the highs and lows of being the first pro gamer.
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