Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 13)

IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, And Humble Lose Key Staff To Soft Layoffs [Update]

In late October, digital media mainstay Ziff Davis made an offer to its staff. “Organic revenue,” read an email to employees, had declined by 10 percent since 2021, necessitating cuts.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Dec 2024

IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, And Humble Lose Key Staff To Soft Layoffs [Update]

Preserving Video Game History Is An Uphill Battle

Unless there’s imminently mineable gold in the hills of a remaster or re-release, the video game industry rarely displays interest in its own history. Last year, the Video Game

By Nathan Grayson

/ 6 Dec 2024

Preserving Video Game History Is An Uphill Battle

We Can’t Keep Doing This

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A major publisher launched a live-service game intended to compete with one of a small handful of industry-eclipsing giants. It did

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Dec 2024

There’s (A Little) More To The PS1’s Iconic Startup Sound Than You Might Think

Somehow, against all odds (read: me not wanting to get old), the PlayStation is now 30. That means its startup noise, which eternally rings in the minds of people of

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Dec 2024

There’s (A Little) More To The PS1’s Iconic Startup Sound Than You Might Think

Introducing: You Are Error, Our Podcast About Gaming’s Greatest Misconceptions

For all that publishers like Ubisoft trumpet from the highest press conference stages how much research they cram into series like Assassin’s Creed, games also get a lot wrong.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 28 Nov 2024

Introducing: You Are Error, Our Podcast About Gaming’s Greatest Misconceptions

Somebody Fraudulently Obtained My Credit Card And Spent Almost $100 On Fortnite, But Now They’ve Lost Their Precious Skins

Last Thursday, I woke up to an interesting notification: My credit card had declined on an otherwise routine transaction. “Maybe I’m just out of money,” I groggily considered, early-day

By Nathan Grayson

/ 27 Nov 2024

Somebody Fraudulently Obtained My Credit Card And Spent Almost $100 On Fortnite, But Now They’ve Lost Their Precious Skins

Shitty Rich Dudes Have Drastically Different Days

What a time it is to be an irredeemably awful rich dude. Aside from, you know, the obvious stuff, dudes who should be mocked, derided, and generally excluded from polite

By Nathan Grayson

/ 25 Nov 2024

Shitty Rich Dudes Have Drastically Different Days

Bluesky Is Good (For Now)

For the first time in what feels like eons, we’re in the midst of an actual social media upheaval. Twitter is deflating like a balloon animal riddled with holes

By Nathan Grayson

/ 22 Nov 2024

Hey Sony, Can You Not

Word on the street is that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa, which you might know as the main shareholder of Dark Souls and Elden Ring studio FromSoftware, but

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Nov 2024

After The Election, Leftist Influencers Are At A Crossroads

Within seconds of left-leaning pundits calling for a “liberal Joe Rogan” the day after Trump’s reelection, the idea had already become a meme. At this point, posts deriding the

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Nov 2024

After The Election, Leftist Influencers Are At A Crossroads

Our Favorite Moments From Aftermath’s First Year

Just in case you’ve somehow managed to avoid getting beaten over the head with this fact these past few days – perhaps you’re very good at dodging – Aftermath is

By Nathan Grayson

/ 15 Nov 2024

Blizzard, What Are You Doing? Signed: Nathan Grayson, Eight Years Old

Today Blizzard announced remasters of its classic fantasy real-time strategy hits Warcraft I and II, the games that put it on the map in the distant, functional past of the

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Nov 2024

Blizzard, What Are You Doing? Signed: Nathan Grayson, Eight Years Old