Hello, I'm Luci.
I've been telling stories for as long as I can remember.

Samples include reporting, fiction, criticism, interviews, video scripts
Statistics included where available – further examples available on request

Reporting

The Planet’s Best Chess Players Are Having Their LIV Golf Moment
Front Office Sports, March 25, 2026
Original reporting on the scheduling conflict between the Grand Chess Tour and the Saudi-backed Esports World Cup, including interviews with three key stakeholders

Eleven Pigs and The Secret Police – The Story of BFC Dynamo
These Football Times, February 5, 2018
Magazine work of historical sports story exploring the background of the Stasi-backed East German football team BFC Dynamo and its post-system change fortunes

Skënderbeu: a story of the most ambitious cheaters in football
Tifo Football, April 2018 | Archive retired following the publication’s acquisition by The Athletic
Reporting on the origins and execution of notorious Albanian team’s match-fixing controversy and UEFA investigation

A V4ste of taxpayer money: why the Future Sports Festival is not your typical CS tourney
Rivalry, June 8, 2021
Original reporting on Hungarian Counter-Strike tournament’s funding and political adjacency

When Formula One came to town: Queens Park Rangers and the four-year plan
These Football Times, November 22, 2017
Magazine overview of the intersection of business, Formula 1, and football during the years of Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore’s ownership of British football club Queen’s Park Rangers

Why Germany’s 50+1 rule is living on borrowed time
These Football Times, December 6, 2017
Analysis of the cultural and business significance of Germany’s fan ownership rule and its growing challenges in the context of RB Leipzig, Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg, and Bayer Leverkusen

Literary work

Szivárványpitypang (“Rainbow Dandelions”)
Short story collection, 2026 | ISBN 978-615-02-5436-4

Horribile dictu
Defenestration Magazine, April 2026 (Vol. 23/I)

Above it all
The Café Irreal, Spring 2026 (Issue 96)

Stop reading this article and go read a Jordan Harper book right now
Destructoid, April 26, 2026
Criticism on Jordan Harper’s crime fiction and its screen adaptations

I’m not a fan of fantasy, but this one book has pierced my veil
Destructoid, June 29, 2025
Criticism on Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2,750+ views)

This weird and wonderful book turns Slack chat into literal horror
Destructoid, July 13, 2025
Criticism on Calvin Kasulke’s Several People Are Typing, a novel told entirely in workplace chat logs

This sci-fi book is one of the smartest and most fun I’ve ever read
Destructoid, August 17, 2025
Criticism on Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Crime-solving sheep: it might sound like a Worms game spinoff, but it’s actually an awesome novel
Destructoid, September 7, 2025
Criticism on Leonie Swann’s Three Bags Full, translated from the German by Anthea Bell

Interviews and profiles

Dot Esports retired its pre-2026 archive; those links go to the Internet Archive.

Hikaru Nakamura: ‘Online chess as an esport is here to stay’
Dot Esports, August 29, 2022
Interview with five-time US Champion and biggest streaming content creator in the game (10,000+ views)

Next.io Co-Founder Says Insider Trading in Prediction Markets Is ‘the Most Difficult Point to Resolve’
Bitcoin.com News, June 19, 2026
Interview with Pierre Lindh of Next.io on prediction markets’ structural insider-trading problem and the route into European regulation

TakeTakeTake’s CEO sees the future of chess as a spectator sport—could he be right?
Dot Esports, March 23, 2025
Reported profile on Mats André Kristiansen (5,000+ views)

Flirting with the impossible: Machine’s gearing up for a new decade in esports
Dot Esports, April 26, 2023
Profile interview with one of the most prolific esports commentators in the world (10,000+ views)

How (and why) to start a business in the middle of a global pandemic
Gamelevate, September 16, 2021
Interview with CEO Mark Besharaty on building a distributed editorial operation during lockdown

Chess coverage

Niemann’s interview with Piers Morgan was his biggest blunder in recent memory
Dot Esports, September 30, 2023
Op-ed on chess cheating controversy and criticism of chess star Hans Niemann’s interview with Piers Morgan (15,000+ views)

Ding’s Gambit: The new world chess champion risks becoming a footnote
Dot Esports, October 29, 2023
Op-ed on world champion Ding Liren’s inactivity and its impact on the perception of the title (10,000+ views)

Changing the game: How Bobby Fischer dismantled the USSR’s stronghold over the global chess scene 50 years ago
Dot Esports, July 11, 2022
Cold War chess history on the 50th anniversary of the Fischer-Spassky match

A brief history of how computers changed chess forever
Team Liquid, 2025
Ideas feature on engine development and its effect on human play

Here is how Magnus Carlsen became a 20-time world chess champion
Team Liquid, January 12, 2026
On Carlsen’s rapid and blitz world titles in Doha

Video scripts

The World’s Most Technical Third-Person Shooter – Rise And Fall Of Gunz
Akshon Esports, July 27, 2021
Tracing the history of a niche shooter title with interview segments featuring important community members (1.4M views)

Can shirt sales actually pay for a football player?
COPA90, August 18, 2018
Explaining the economics of sports merchandise and marketing in the context of Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Juventus (130,000+ views)

Is the J-League the most unique league in the world?
COPA90, October 23, 2018
Exploring Japanese football culture and what makes its league structure distinct

Who was Magicamy? A look into the dark side of Hearthstone
Akshon Esports, May 25, 2021
Investigating a long-running competitive identity fraud controversy

Academic

“From migrants to covfefe”: Donald Trump’s relationship with the news media
Médiakutató, Winter 2017 | Full paper (PDF, Hungarian)
Peer-reviewed analysis of US media outlets’ impact on the 2016 presidential election