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Brendan Keogh
Freelance
Wrote at least three times about Zoe Quinn—plus a fourth article at Unwinnable, a blogpost and an academic paper. His articles—with the possible exception of the Unwinnable article, behind a paywall—don’t disclose his relationship with Quinn, as well as his (small) contribution to one of her crowdfunding campaigns. Their social media also suggest a very friendly relationship—which includes Keogh promoting Quinn with extreme frequency, defending her in spats, and apparently multiple meetings despite Keogh being stationed in Australia and having to travel to the USA in order for a meeting to take place. Keogh is also listed in the credits of Quinn’s Depression Quest.
In his article on Overland he mentions in a positive light Aevee Bee, Cameron Kunzelman, Critical Distance, Cara Ellison and Liz Ryerson. He doesn’t disclose that he was supporting them all on Patreon, with Kunzelman reciprocating, as well as being in personal relationships with several of them.
Wrote about Mattie Brice and her game “Mainichi“ on two seperate occasions, without disclosing their close friendship nor the financial conflict of interest in the Overland article.
In his article on Overland he mentions in a positive light Dan Golding, Jenn Frank and Tim Rodgers. He doesn't disclose that they're all working with him at Press Select, which he co-owns with Golding, and that he is in a personal relationships with several of them.
Sensationalist article on one of the Hitman: Absolution trailers, stating that "Videogame culture reinforces rape culture when 99% of videogame protagonists are male" and the trailer upset him to the point that he lost sleep over it. Criticized here, while response on Kill Screen was deleted after publishing.
Apparent GG Autoblocker user.
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