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Richard Cobbett

Freelance

Previously: Edge Freelance contributor, Eurogamer Freelance contributor, IGN Freelance contributor, PC Gamer Freelance contributor, Rock, Paper, Shotgun Freelance contributor

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Wrote about adventure games the Blackwell Epiphany and Emerald city confidential without disclosing he was being financially supported on Patreon by the games' writer Dave Gilbert and artist Ben Chandler.

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2015 May 24

Wrote about indie game Charles Dexter Ward and its Kickstarter without disclosing he was being financially supported by the game's author Agustín Cordes on Patreon.

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2015 May 19

This journalist’s career means they might be subject to slight asymmetric scrutiny.

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