He began his career as a journalist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1997, where he covered crime and public safety for daily newspapers in Texas, Florida and Colorado for 12 years.

[1] In 2009, he wrote Good Game, a weekly column internationally syndicated by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

[2] In July 2017, Crecente announced on Twitter that he would be leaving Polygon for Rolling Stone's gaming website Glixel.

[3] He was brought on at Variety on April 9, 2018, to expand the entertainment publication's coverage into video gaming with a new vertical that the co-editors say "represents another step forward in our effort to offer great journalism regarding every aspect of the modern media landscape."

[6] In 2018, Crecente received a special recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for his series on game culture in Cuba.