Feature - Aftermath

Skibidi Toilet Community Goodwill Circling The Drain After Hollywood Studio Takes Over

Since Invisible Narratives bought the rights to Skibidi Toilet in 2023, fan creators have faced copyright strikes and clashed with the Creator Alliance trying to "professionalize" their work

By Steven Asarch

/ 30 Mar 2026

Skibidi Toilet Community Goodwill Circling The Drain After Hollywood Studio Takes Over

Life (And Death) In Warframe

The stratospheric highs and craterous lows of 13 years of births, graduations, weddings, and funerals

By Nathan Grayson

/ 27 Mar 2026

'There Is A Genuine Desire Across The Board To Do Things Right': The Successes And Challenges Of Working In DEI At A Games Studio

'I genuinely think that a lot of the misinformation would quickly die down if people genuinely understood what it is we actually do, and how we do it'

By Luke Plunkett

/ 26 Mar 2026

'There Is A Genuine Desire Across The Board To Do Things Right': The Successes And Challenges Of Working In DEI At A Games Studio

Games Done Quick's Long, Difficult Journey To A Better Gaming Future

Progress isn't linear, and there are no skips or shortcuts

By Nathan Grayson

/ 25 Mar 2026

Games Done Quick's Long, Difficult Journey To A Better Gaming Future

'The Mission Is About Creating Supportive Environments And Authentic Content': What A DEI Manager At A AAA Video Game Company Actually Does

'Some studios are good at their PR presence...but aren't necessarily backing that up with meaningful structural change within their studios'

By Luke Plunkett

/ 24 Mar 2026

'The Mission Is About Creating Supportive Environments And Authentic Content': What A DEI Manager At A AAA Video Game Company Actually Does

GDC Was Defined By Anxiety About The Future Of The Games Industry And America, Even If Big Companies Didn't Want To Acknowledge It

“It's just so crazy to go from 'We're another diversity group that has its own feelings and thoughts' to 'Are we going to be fucking deported without legal and due process?'"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Mar 2026

GDC Was Defined By Anxiety About The Future Of The Games Industry And America, Even If Big Companies Didn't Want To Acknowledge It

Why Game Developers At GDC Are Upset About A Garden

"It feels very, I don't want to say gentrifying, but it feels like closing off a public space"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 11 Mar 2026

Why Game Developers At GDC Are Upset About A Garden

The Mayor’s Office Wants A More Affordable New York For Game Developers (And Everyone Else)

"[NYC's games scene] is thriving in the way where there's a lot of cool people, but no one's making any money"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 11 Mar 2026

The Mayor’s Office Wants A More Affordable New York For Game Developers (And Everyone Else)

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI

After being sold to Clickout Media, sites like GamesHub, The Escapist, Videogamer, and others have added gambling and casino stories and AI content

By Jackson Ryan

/ 2 Mar 2026

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI

UPDATE: Beloved Fighting Game Community Member Ludovic Has Been Granted Bond

His family has been working non-stop, even in the face of the grief of losing a family member, to bring him home before the government can deport him

By Ash Parrish

/ 26 Feb 2026

A photo featuring a group of people smiling at the camera at the Combo Breaker fighting game tournament.

This Year's Oscar Nominees Have Real Fight In Them, Even If Hollywood Doesn't

An introduction to The Work, a column about resistance in fiction

By Joshua Rivera

/ 12 Feb 2026

Sensei Sergio (Benicio del Toro) sits in a tracksuit and reading glasses behind a cluttered desk

My Grueling Quest To Buy A Switch 2 By Riding Citi Bikes

After roughly 495 bike rides and interrupted by a broken foot, I have a Nintendo Switch 2 from riding Citi Bike points. Was that work?

By Chris Person

/ 11 Feb 2026

A film photo of Citi Bikes in a dock, shot on an Olympus XA by the author.