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Richard Lewis
Personal blog · richardlewis.substack.compoliticsculture
Richard Lewis's personal blog at richardlewis.substack.com covers politics and culture. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Richard Lewis's Substack covers Counter-Strike and its business side, including Valve's skin gambling. One commenter credits him for publicly predicting the CS2 release before it was announced.
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Politics, sports and esports free from the tiresome spin and bullshit.
What Hacker News says?
I grew up with CS1.6 and spent what must be thousands of hours on it before I turned 18. But I can't stand what Valve did to modern versions of CS. The reason? Gambling. So much fucking gambling everywhere. Other games have lootboxes, I hate them, but they are usually "contained" in the sense that you do not see them in every context surrounding the game. But because CS skins can be traded between players, there is…
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on “Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room”Submitted Key Advertisers Pause Spending over Twitch Anti-Semitism Allegations as a story · 1 points
HN discussionGreat work by the team. Let's see how it all feels when the game comes out. The new smokes will have a massive impact in competitive play, perhaps more so for the entertainment value which comes from all the live events throughout the year. Good for Richard Lewis who pretty much put his reputation on the line by calling out the fact that the release was coming. [0] [0]: https://richardlewis.substack.com/p/sources-ye…
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on “Counter-Strike 2 – Limited Test begins for free upgrade to CSGO”Submitted How North Americas Greatest Esports Brand Became a Nightmare as a story · 1 points
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