Nathan Grayson - Aftermath (Page 6)

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

This week, The Sustainable Games Alliance, a nonprofit made up of games industry professionals and environmental researchers, published a framework that any developer or studio can apply to make their

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Oct 2025

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

Good Patch Notes

Sometimes you just need an excuse to talk about a good game. Skin Deep is extremely good, and these patch notes are a good enough excuse. I wrote about Skin

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Oct 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy Is Working Because Of Greed And Cynicism

You do not love to see it, but it’s been a big week for Saudi Arabia, the human rights abuse factory that in recent years has taken to cosplaying

By Nathan Grayson

/ 3 Oct 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy Is Working Because Of Greed And Cynicism

Microsoft Just Made It Easier Than Ever To Stop Putting Up With Microsoft

Microsoft, which remains a BDS priority target after barring Israel from deploying some – but not all – of its products in service of Palestinian mass surveillance, and which has fired and

By Nathan Grayson

/ 1 Oct 2025

Microsoft Just Made It Easier Than Ever To Stop Putting Up With Microsoft

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

What is Soulframe, exactly? It’s more than just fantasy Warframe, with an open overworld and more measured combat than the latter’s high-flying space ninja antics. It’s not

By Nathan Grayson

/ 24 Sep 2025

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

The Right’s Charlie Kirk Cancellation Spree Has Emboldened Gaming’s Worst

The American Right, a squirming bundle of grievances held together by supposed reverence for free speech, has been on a cancellation and censorship spree since the killing of Charlie Kirk

By Nathan Grayson

/ 23 Sep 2025

The Right’s Charlie Kirk Cancellation Spree Has Emboldened Gaming’s Worst

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

Between RFK Jr speculating that video games are a root cause of mass shootings, the Secret Service probing the alleged Charlie Kirk killer’s Steam history, and the US Oversight

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Sep 2025

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Back in July, Microsoft laid off 9,100 employees across the company, in particular gutting numerous games teams and leading to a cascade of high-profile project cancellations that included Perfect

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Sep 2025

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Why Republicans Needed Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk made a lot of people mad, and then he died. The first part almost certainly contributed to the second. But it’s unlikely that right-wing content creators and

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Sep 2025

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

Last night, I got suspended from Bluesky for writing “rest in piss” while resharing my piece about liberal media’s frothy race to eulogize Charlie Kirk. I quickly learned that

By Nathan Grayson

/ 12 Sep 2025

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

OK, But You Do Know You’re Eulogizing Charlie Kirk, Right?

Yesterday afternoon, conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot during a stop on his “American Comeback” tour at Utah Valley University. He died shortly after. In the 24 hours that

By Nathan Grayson

/ 11 Sep 2025

OK, But You Do Know You’re Eulogizing Charlie Kirk, Right?

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, is currently over 20 points ahead of his nearest general election rival, Andrew Cuomo, who he already obliterated during

By Nathan Grayson

/ 10 Sep 2025

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer