Balkanize The Video Game Industry
"I want this industry to just shatter into a million beautiful shards that all have their own heroes, their own things, their own structures, their own funding methods"
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Hater Week Stories
It's Hater Week here on Aftermath. This week we’re letting the hate flow through us by examining what it means to be a hater (and… a lover?), venting about some of our biggest pet peeves in games and life, and giving others a space to do the same.
All in Hater Week Stories
They Could Never Make Me Hate Dark Souls II
I have spent over a decade being told that Dark Souls II is bad. But history has vindicated the game, and I never let the haters win.
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Chris Person
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