Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 14)

Fuck WB

It has been said countless times and by people far more eloquent than me, but fuck Warner Bros. Fuck ‘em! Fuck both the company generally and CEO David Zaslav specifically

By Nathan Grayson

/ 25 Feb 2025

Skin Deep Is Shaping Up To Be The Slapstick Immersive Sim Of My Dreams

I’m floating in space, clinging to the hull of a spaceship. I peer in through a trash chute – not the most glamorous window into the ship’s vacuum-sealed world,

By Nathan Grayson

/ 25 Feb 2025

Skin Deep Is Shaping Up To Be The Slapstick Immersive Sim Of My Dreams

Microsoft’s New ‘Muse’ AI Is Doubly Bad Because Avowed Is So Good

What a week Microsoft has had. On one hand, it published a clear game of the year contender in Avowed, a fantasy role-playing game jam-packed with surprises and inventive touches.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 21 Feb 2025

Microsoft’s New ‘Muse’ AI Is Doubly Bad Because Avowed Is So Good

Contrary To Popular Belief, Streaming On Twitch Is Work

For the uninitiated, Twitch is a hotbed of potential misconceptions. Conversely, if you’re deep in it, Twitch is exceedingly fertile soil for different misconceptions. There’s a lot to

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Feb 2025

Contrary To Popular Belief, Streaming On Twitch Is Work

Avowed Has A Really Cool Lighthouse

Avowed is a vast game with some weirdly complicated progression elements about which the jury’s still out, but I want to praise a moment of pure, perfect simplicity. Near

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Feb 2025

‘One More Turn’ Doesn’t Always Mean A Game Is Good

Longstanding conventional wisdom suggests that if you’re playing a game, and you intend to stop, but you succumb to the fallacy of “Well, just one more turn,” and then

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Feb 2025

‘One More Turn’ Doesn’t Always Mean A Game Is Good

The Price Of Parasocial Fame

The air is thick with anticipatory tension. There’s a vibe, a tingle, a sensation in the pit of everyone’s stomach. It’s like gazing upon a lightning rod

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Feb 2025

CWA Claims Activision Used Presidential Election-Related Post About Guns As Excuse To Fire Union Member

In December, shortly before Christmas, Activision terminated Allen Junge, a QA worker in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union that represents Junge as well

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Feb 2025

CWA Claims Activision Used Presidential Election-Related Post About Guns As Excuse To Fire Union Member

The PlayStation Network Outage Is Modern Gaming In A Nutshell

Over the weekend, PlayStation Network – the backbone of PS5 and PS4’s online services – went down for roughly 24 hours. If we’re talking video game service outages in recent

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Feb 2025

The PlayStation Network Outage Is Modern Gaming In A Nutshell

Why So Few People Were Aware Of Kingdom Come Director’s Gamergate Past

Whether you consider it a GOTY contender or not, we’ve certainly got our first big game of the year in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, an open-world RPG that goes

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Feb 2025

Why So Few People Were Aware Of Kingdom Come Director’s Gamergate Past

I Went Into Eternal Strands Expecting Indie Dragon Age, But I Got Indie Dragon’s Dogma

Hot on the heels of an unsuccessful 25-hour attempt to enjoy Dragon Age: The Veilguard, my first couple hours with Eternal Strands, the new action-adventure game from a studio co-founded

By Nathan Grayson

/ 6 Feb 2025

I Went Into Eternal Strands Expecting Indie Dragon Age, But I Got Indie Dragon’s Dogma

Protesters Gather To Stop Infamous Video Game Cheater From Gutting US Treasury

Today hundreds convened outside the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington DC to oppose Elon Musk’s teenager-powered takeover of the federal government, a brazenly illegal smash and

By Nathan Grayson

/ 4 Feb 2025

Protesters Gather To Stop Infamous Video Game Cheater From Gutting US Treasury