Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 3)

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between

It’s here. It’s real. It briefly broke Steam. If you even casually follow video game news, you already know I’m talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong. The bug-tastic

By Nathan Grayson

/ 5 Sep 2025

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Streameast, the world’s largest illegal sports streaming site, has pitched its final inning, according to The Athletic. This follows a year-long investigation on the part of the Alliance for

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Sep 2025

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong

Silksong has sent ripples through the indie game world simply by existing. Just last week, all manner of mice and men were on the verge of deploying their best laid

By Nathan Grayson

/ 29 Aug 2025

Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

What began as a trickle has turned into an avalanche. Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, with Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which helped other

By Nathan Grayson

/ 28 Aug 2025

Diablo Devs Unionize Following Layoffs And Dissatisfaction With AI, Pay

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack

It’s been a tough couple years for IGN. Despite parent company Ziff Davis recently reporting strong financials, management decided to engage in some bad old-fashioned ritual bloodletting across multiple

By Nathan Grayson

/ 27 Aug 2025

After More Layoffs, Unionized IGN Workers Are Done Picking Up The Slack

What’s Going To Be The Next Silksong?

Just when fans were beginning to lose faith – or at least get extremely sick of hearing people trot out the same tired memes during every Geoff Keighley game showcase – Hollow

By Nathan Grayson

/ 22 Aug 2025

Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Updated]

Hollow Knight: Silksong announced a surprise release date of September 4 on Thursday. Alongside fans rushing to clear their schedules and games writers who have to plan around a lack

By Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod

/ 22 Aug 2025

Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Updated]

OK History, That’s Enough Rhyming For One Day

It is 2025, and someone just announced an action game based on 14th century narrative poem The Divine Comedy, the first part of which is Dante’s Inferno. This is

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Aug 2025

OK History, That’s Enough Rhyming For One Day

History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes

In 2012, Rod Fergusson was helping a team under 2K’s umbrella drag a troubled BioShock project across the finish line. Flash forward 13 years to 2025, and Rod Fergusson

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Aug 2025

History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes

Come On, Guys

It’s very easy to not do something. You can simply say no, even and perhaps especially when an arm of the Esports World Cup, a vehicle for Saudi government

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Aug 2025

Despite What NYT, WaPo, And Vanity Fair Seem To Think, We Still Need Critics

It’s been a grim month for the field of criticism: the New York Times reassigned veteran critics, WaPo’s took a buyout, Vanity Fair elected to eliminate reviews, and

By Nathan Grayson

/ 15 Aug 2025

Despite What NYT, WaPo, And Vanity Fair Seem To Think, We Still Need Critics

Stripe Says Support Team Reps Were 'Totally Wrong' About LGBTQ Content Ban

Ever since card companies and payment processors were urged to turn their collective eye of Sauron on Steam and Itch.io last month – resulting in the mass deindexing of adult

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Aug 2025

Stripe Says Support Team Reps Were 'Totally Wrong' About LGBTQ Content Ban