Nathan Grayson - Aftermath

Following Firings And Grand Theft Auto VI Delay, Union Plans To Keep Pressure On Rockstar

"When companies do something like this, you can't just slink away and hide anymore"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Nov 2025

Following Firings And Grand Theft Auto VI Delay, Union Plans To Keep Pressure On Rockstar

Welcome To Aftermath 2.0

Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes – in this one case – do not deceive you: Website different.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Nov 2025

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

"Don’t be weird or horny until this time and date"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Nov 2025

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

If you take EA at its word, I have a bridge to sell you.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Nov 2025

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

Due to what has become our specific remit, we – or at least I, Nathan – have spent the week with eyes on the “government uses gamer memes” situation like a diligent

By Nathan Grayson

/ 31 Oct 2025

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

We Have Never Been More 12 Years Old

On Monday, we reached all-time-high levels of being 12 years old when several government social media accounts shared a deluge of Trump-themed Halo memes. Unfortunately, today those in the halls

By Nathan Grayson

/ 29 Oct 2025

What The Hell Is Microsoft Doing?

Another week, another baffling headline out of Microsoft. The latest is at least illustrative: According to Bloomberg, the company has set an across-the-board goal of 30 percent “accountability margins” – Microsoft’

By Nathan Grayson

/ 24 Oct 2025

Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn't Stop The Internet's Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life

TwitchCon, which took place last weekend in San Diego, California, is an overlapping series of cacaphonies. A quick stroll down the show floor reveals a hodgepodge of advertisers like State

By Nathan Grayson

/ 22 Oct 2025

Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn't Stop The Internet's Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life

I Can’t Believe We’re Still Talking About This

Late last week, a cavalcade of cynics and useful idiots accused leftist Twitch streamer Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker – who many of the aforementioned cynics have been trying to bring down for

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Oct 2025

I Can’t Believe We’re Still Talking About This

We’re Throwing A Party, And You’re Invited

Seven-hundred thousand years after hitting our corresponding subscriber goal, we’re finally doing it: We’re throwing a party. You and everyone you’ve ever known, loved, or loathed are

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Oct 2025

A poster for Aftermath's party, October 28 at TV Eye, 16-47 Weirfield St in Ridgewood, Queens.

Everything Is Assassin’s Creed

In hindsight, the emergence of our modern, engagement bait-based world was inevitable. But of all the possible lenses through which to view the progression from a quainter, kinder internet to

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Oct 2025

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

This week, The Sustainable Games Alliance, a nonprofit made up of games industry professionals and environmental researchers, published a framework that any developer or studio can apply to make their

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Oct 2025

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’