Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 31)

Fuck Set

Last night some friends introduced me to Set, a card game designed in 1974 that I had not heard of until 2023. It fucking sucks. Set is a broken, bad,

By Nathan Grayson

/ 23 Nov 2023

We Sure Are Learning A Lot About Twitch’s Former CEO, All Of A Sudden

Update: He's already out, lmao. Original article: Emmett Shear, former CEO of Twitch for over a decade, is now the interim CEO of OpenAI, the embattled tech company

By Nathan Grayson

/ 21 Nov 2023

We Sure Are Learning A Lot About Twitch’s Former CEO, All Of A Sudden

The Pokimane Cookie Controversy Is So Dumb

Cookie math. That’s what finally pushed me over the edge into blogging about the latest, dumbest Twitch controversy – which has been unfolding for days, needlessly, because hardly any of

By Nathan Grayson

/ 21 Nov 2023

The Pokimane Cookie Controversy Is So Dumb

Bandcamp Just Trying To 'Keep The Lights On' Following Epic Sale, Layoffs

In late September, as part of Fortnite creator Epic Games’ decision to lay off nearly 900 employees, the company parted ways with beloved music distribution platform Bandcamp, a peculiar portion

By Nathan Grayson

/ 20 Nov 2023

Bandcamp Just Trying To 'Keep The Lights On' Following Epic Sale, Layoffs

Workers At EA And Sega Say They're Being Targeted For Organizing, And They're Fighting Back

It’s been a big year for unions in and around the video game industry, but not all of them have had it so good. Major companies such as Electronic

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Nov 2023

Workers At EA And Sega Say They're Being Targeted For Organizing, And They're Fighting Back

Would You Look At That? We Have A Twitch Channel

Aftermath is a little more than a week old, so of course, it’s time for us to pivot to video. The sad truth is – aside from the bustling and

By Nathan Grayson

/ 16 Nov 2023

I Don’t Really Understand What The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie Was About, And It Wasn’t Good, But I Didn’t Hate It

Last night I finally saw Five Nights At Freddy’s: The Movie Of The Game With Multiple Spin-Offs That Also Has Several Novelizations And Makes Up One-Fifth Of YouTube. It

By Nathan Grayson

/ 14 Nov 2023

I Don’t Really Understand What The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie Was About, And It Wasn’t Good, But I Didn’t Hate It

Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division

Video game layoff season – an extension of what has basically at this point become video game layoff year – is in full swing, and now Amazon is getting in on it.

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Nov 2023

Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division

The Steam Deck Is Out Of Beta

If you, like me, believe that playing games on a tiny screen is inherently superior to playing them on a big screen – even though it is not – you’ve probably

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Nov 2023

Overwatch League Sure Was

Today Blizzard announced that it’s "transitioning from the Overwatch League and evolving competitive Overwatch in a new direction.” In other words, OWL is dead. What more is there

By Nathan Grayson

/ 8 Nov 2023

If Link Talks, I Walk

Nintendo has officially announced that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is in the works. It’s being directed by the guy who made the Maze Runner movies, which I

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Nov 2023

It's Been A Bad Year For The Video Game Industry, But A Good One For Unions

When Microsoft and Activision Blizzard officially tied the knot last month – in whatever sense a prehistoric megalodon devouring a normal-sized shark constitutes “tying the knot” – you might not have expected

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Nov 2023

It's Been A Bad Year For The Video Game Industry, But A Good One For Unions