Brian Crecente
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Brian Crecente, sometimes credited as Brian D. Crecente or Crecente, is a staff writer and columnist for the Rocky Mountain News. He is also creator and moderator of Red Assed Baboon a website about "gamers on games" and is the current editor of Kotaku, which focuses on video game culture. It is a Gawker Media affiliate.
Crecente graduated from Anne Arundel Community College in May 1992, then received a Bachelor of Arts in "Journalism, News-Editorial sequence" and in English for "American/British literature" from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Crecente has written for Geek.com, Gamezilla, Extended Play, Access Magazine and Jester.com as a freelance writer. His print credits include the University of Maryland Diamondback, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Palm Beach Post and recently he has covered the crime beat at The Rocky Mountain News since February 2001. In January 2006 he was named the video game writer for the Rocky Mountain News, ending his 11-year career as a police reporter. He also currently writes for Playboy Magazine, Stuff Magazine and British gaming magazine 360.
He became editor of Kotaku after replacing Matthew J. Gallant, a former editor of Gizmodo on November 8, 2004. In the last few months, Kotaku also brought on Brian Ashcraft as Japan Associate Editor, according to their site. Other Kotaku writers include Luke Smith, of Detroit; and Alice Taylor, of London.
Crecente's niece, Jennifer Ann Crecente was murdered on February 15, 2006 in Austin, Texas. He wrote a blog about her murder.
