Ben Kuchera

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Ben Kuchera
Kuchera at PAX Prime 2013
Occupation	Video games journalist

Ben Kuchera is a video games journalist whose career has included work at Ars Technica and The Penny Arcade Report, as of 2014 he writes for video game website Polygon.

He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[1]

Career

Ben Kuchera began publishing video game releted material via Ars Technica in the early 2000s, subsequently becoming a full-time employee of the site,^[2] writing news, preview and review video game articles.^[3] In 2012 he left Ars Technica to write for Penny Arcade.^[2]

In early 2013 Kuchera published Twitter posts which initially criticised an article written by Erik Kain of Forbes, accusing him of supporting piracy; the thread subsequently descended into argument between Kain, Kuchera and others;,^[4] resulting in Kuchera becoming the subject of satirical mockery by humour websites.^[5]^[6] The Penny Arcade Report ceased operations after two years, in December 2013,^[7]^[8] due to a re-focus of Penny Arcade's activities.^[9]

In early 2014 Kuchera joined video game website Polygon as a senior opinion editor.^[10]^[11]

References

↑ "The Penny Arcade Report". Penny Arcade. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Kuchera, Ben (16 Jan. 2012), Fisher, Ken, ed., Ben Kuchera bids farewell to Ars Technica Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Gilbert, Ben (16 Jan.2012), Penny Arcade to cover the game industry with help from veteran game journo Ben Kuchera Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Cheong, Ian Miles (29 Jan. 2013), "Kuchera vs Kain: What is the nature of a game journalist? Two game journalists have a battle of words over Twitter", www.gameranx.com Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Farrell, Dennis (2 Feb. 2013), "All Hail The King Of Good Games Journalism Saturday", Something Awful Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "The Penny Arcade Report, Famed Satirical Video Game Journalism Website, Shuts Down", www.p4rgaming.com, 6 Dec. 2013 Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Futter, Mike (6 Dec. 2013), "Penny Arcade Report To Cease Operations", www.gameinformer.com Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Kuchera, Ben (6 December 2013). "It was a great two years, but now it’s time to say goodbye".
↑ Tycho (6 Dec. 2013), "Changes", www.penny-arcade.com Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Ben Kuchera Joins Polygon", www.gamepolitics.com, 2 Jan. 2014 Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Kuchera, Ben (24 Oct. 2013), Ben Kuchera, joining Polygon as Senior Editor, Opinion, Polygon Check date values in: |date= (help)

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