Interview - Aftermath

How Clair Obscur’s Developers Avoided Spoiling Their Big Act One Twist

"We didn't necessarily give it away, but there are specific things that tie back"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 20 Feb 2026

How Clair Obscur’s Developers Avoided Spoiling Their Big Act One Twist

After Working 80-Hour Weeks For Eight Years, Blue Prince Creator Says Next Game Probably Won't Be Quite As Ambitious

"Blue Prince will likely be the most ambitious game I ever make, because I don't think I physically can do this again"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Feb 2026

After Working 80-Hour Weeks For Eight Years, Blue Prince Creator Says Next Game Probably Won't Be Quite As Ambitious

Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It

"This genuinely has been a life-changing experience"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Feb 2026

Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It

The Console Wars, As Told By '90s Nintendo And Sega Advertisements

'The way you come to understand [anything] inside and out is by seeing how it evolved over time'

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 4 Feb 2026

A bunch of Sega Genesis game cartridges scattered on a tabl

GDQ’s Organizers Plan To Keep Growing The Event, But They Don’t Want It To Become Just Another Video Game Convention

"Speedrunning is gonna be the primary focus of the event for the foreseeable future, but we'll always continue to experiment with different things"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 7 Jan 2026

GDQ’s Organizers Plan To Keep Growing The Event, But They Don’t Want It To Become Just Another Video Game Convention

Genndy Tartakovsky Won’t Let Original Animation Die—Even If He Has To Raise A Caveman From The Dead

The Primal creator doesn’t want the industry to be dominated by legacy sequels, franchise building, and AI

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 22 Dec 2025

Primal season 3 key visual of its zombified caveman, Spear.

Why Games Go Down When Big Updates Come Out – Even Though Developers Know Tons Of Players Are Going To Log On

"Sometimes you just cannot be prepared enough"

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Dec 2025

Why Games Go Down When Big Updates Come Out – Even Though Developers Know Tons Of Players Are Going To Log On

Adventure Time Creator on AI: ‘We’re Cooked’

Pendleton Ward sees his fellow Cartoon Network all-stars’ new Adult Swim special, The Elephant, as “the last squirts of human creativity.”

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 17 Dec 2025

Kensuke Ushio Dove Deep Creating The Emotionally Devastating Score For Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

The Chainsaw Man composer reveals how he built an orchestral soundtrack whose aura reverberates through ribcages and cinema halls alike.

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 8 Dec 2025

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc still of a phone booth in the rain.

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison

By Alyssa Mercante

/ 24 Nov 2025

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

Baki The Grappler, The Wildest Martial Arts Manga Of All Time, Still Wants The Smoke 35 Years Later

Manga editor Yuki Yokoi always believed Baki could thrive in the West. Now, they’re planning its next evolution

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 19 Nov 2025

Illustration of Baki for the series' 35th anniversary.

A Dungeon Synth Album To Cope With An Age Without Magic

Dungeon synth artist Erang’s new album TOME ZERO contains ten melancholy tracks written while trying to process this age without magic.

By Gita Jackson

/ 18 Nov 2025