Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 15)

How Content Creation Breaks People’s Brains

This week, the internet got a front-row seat to one person’s (too) long-in-coming epiphany about how much of an asshole they’ve been. Following some truly heinous comments about

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Oct 2024

How Content Creation Breaks People’s Brains

Asmongold Realizes The Error Of His Ways, But It Might Be Too Little, Too Late

Asmongold, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch for over half a decade, began his week with a racist rant against Palestinians and then evidently spent at least part

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Oct 2024

Asmongold Realizes The Error Of His Ways, But It Might Be Too Little, Too Late

French Union Pushes Back Against Don't Nod's Aggressive Layoff Plan

After a difficult year that’s seen multiple games fall short of sales expectations, original Life Is Strange developer Don’t Nod is implementing a “reorganization project” that could impact

By Nathan Grayson

/ 16 Oct 2024

French Union Pushes Back Against Don't Nod's Aggressive Layoff Plan

Platforms Like TikTok Incentivized Creators To Risk Their Lives In A Hurricane, And They’re Not Gonna Change

It’s been yet another wild week in the crumbling empire that is America, with Hurricane Milton carving a path of destruction through Florida before the southeastern United States could

By Nathan Grayson

/ 11 Oct 2024

Platforms Like TikTok Incentivized Creators To Risk Their Lives In A Hurricane, And They’re Not Gonna Change

Metaphor: Refantazio Doesn’t Want You To Use Guides, And I’m Here For It

The rhythm of playing a gigantic, choice-based game in the modern era is one of quiet tedium. You reach a branching path or a place where there’s a risk

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Oct 2024

Metaphor: Refantazio Doesn’t Want You To Use Guides, And I’m Here For It

Alarmo

Here it is, Nintendo fans, the moment you've all been waiting for: Alarmo. Alarmo, ladies and gentlemen.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Oct 2024

Let Halo End

According to the newly rechristened Halo Studios, Halo is back, and this time, it’s more Halo than ever. And I mean, of course it is. As one of Xbox’

By Nathan Grayson

/ 8 Oct 2024

Let Mickey Mouse Have A Gun

Epic is talking a big game about its ever-shifting vision of the metaverse again, and as usual, it’s mostly word salad presumably meant to whet investors’ appetites. But one

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Oct 2024

You Don’t Need To Simulate The Whole Dang Universe, Or Even Just One City

There is a belief, among a certain school of game designers, that bigger is better – or that the larger and more detailed a simulation gets, the more convincing it becomes.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 4 Oct 2024

You Don’t Need To Simulate The Whole Dang Universe, Or Even Just One City

They Don’t Make Anime Like They Used To, But They Sure Do Make Games Inspired By Those Anime

A little while ago, Luke published a piece about the anime of his youth and how They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To – a curmudgeonly rallying cry that

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Oct 2024

They Don’t Make Anime Like They Used To, But They Sure Do Make Games Inspired By Those Anime

Streamer Who Lives In Fear Of Saying N-Word Because It Could End His Career Has Actually Said N-Word Multiple Times, Still Has A Career

During a recent broadcast, Rayasianboy, a Taiwanese Twitch streamer who’s close with current Twitch king Kai Cenat and who has over one million followers himself, divulged his greatest fear:

By Nathan Grayson

/ 2 Oct 2024

Streamer Who Lives In Fear Of Saying N-Word Because It Could End His Career Has Actually Said N-Word Multiple Times, Still Has A Career

Despite Anger From People Who Don’t Seem To Know What A Vtuber Is, Vtuber Ironmouse Claims Record For Most Twitch Subscriptions Ever

Every couple of years, somebody breaks Twitch’s all-time paid subscriber record. Ludwig Ahgren, now mostly on YouTube, showed the world how it's done in 2021, running a

By Nathan Grayson

/ 30 Sep 2024

Despite Anger From People Who Don’t Seem To Know What A Vtuber Is, Vtuber Ironmouse Claims Record For Most Twitch Subscriptions Ever