About Crossplay
Welcome to Crossplay, a community at the intersection of parenting and games.
As a parent, the world of social media, technology, and video games is a scary and confusing place. I'm a reporter who's been covering video games for more than 20 years, and I'm also the parent of two kids. Crossplay is here to guide you through it.
I’m Patrick Klepek, and for the past six years I’ve been a senior writer and reporter at Waypoint, a video game website that tried to speak honestly about games and culture. Over those same six years, I’ve also been navigating the world of parenting, and slowly watching, with equal parts dread and excitement, as my kids looking towards games.
We, as parents, are in it together.
Some stories I’ve published about topics like this include:
Inside the Chaotic World of Kids Trying to Play Video Games on School Laptops
Watching ‘The Super Mario Bros.’ Movie’ With My Six-Year-Old Was Surprisingly Emotional
Crossplay will only exist if enough people decide it's worth their time and money. We're all facing the same questions and problems, in different ways and degrees. The point of Crossplay is to establish a community where those conversations can happen.
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Get in touch
If you would like to book me for a podcast, freelance article, speaking arrangement, or otherwise have a question, my email is patrick@crossplay.news. If you work in public relations and would like to get in touch with Crossplay about a product, interview, or have a conversation about the newsletter, please use patrick@crossplay.news.
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