Podcasts
Why YouTube Video Essays Are So Long
"I don’t think it is simply to do with YouTube rewarding longer videos"
Take The ‘I Will Never Take Nintendo’s Side’ Vow
"It’s a very, very simple vow: You will never take Nintendo’s side in any legal argument"
The Ups And Downs Of Growing An Independent News Site (With 404 Media)
"How do we balance how much energy we can put into this without killing ourselves and each other? I don’t have a good answer"
The Twitch-YouTube Livestreaming Wars Are Over, And Nobody Really Won
"All these millions of dollars were slung around ... and the end result is a status quo that’s not that different from what came before"
Why Big Games Like Concord Aren’t Surefire Successes Anymore
"A tiny game can become huge, and a huge game can be tiny, depending on the circumstance"
Fandom Has Turned Everybody Into Emotional Shareholders (Derogatory)
"It’s a byproduct of the fact that people in many ways feel powerless to express themselves and their values beyond consumption"
Valve’s Mystique Is Served By Silence
"It’s like libertarian special kid shit where people say 'I don’t think 98 percent of people could work at Valve'"
Kick Streamer Adin Ross Was The Perfect Useful Idiot For Donald Trump
"If somebody like Trump goes on his stream, he models being a suck up to a powerful figure"
Pete Parsons Doesn’t Need That Many Cars
"It's the Jay Leno, weird museum aspect that's always really alien. How many of these are you gonna use, man?"
Hot Labor Summer: Video Games Edition
"This time next year, the sorts of numbers we’re seeing right now could seem quaint by comparison"
