# Aftermath
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- [52 Pickup](https://aftermath.site/52-pickup-podcast-dc-comics.md) - 52 Pick Up is a podcast about the strange and wonderful DC Comics series 52. Every other week, join Gita Jackson of Aftermath and Alex Jaffe of the podcast Insert Credit as we take you on an issue-by-issue journey through a comic book series that explains everything about the DC universe, if you on…
- [About Us / Contact Us](https://aftermath.site/about-us-contact-us-aftermath.md) - Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. You might remember most of us from Kotaku, where we broke news, covered events, and brought you hard-hitting investigations. You might also have seen us at Mothe…
- [About Us / Contact Us](https://aftermath.site/about-us-contact-us.md) - Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. You might remember most of us from Kotaku, where we broke news, covered events, and brought you hard-hitting investigations. You might also have seen us at Mothe…
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## Posts
- [Sprawl Zero Fuckin' Rules](https://aftermath.site/sprawl-zero-fuckin-rules.md) - It's a shooter that asks you an important question: do you want to feel like a badass every 3.5 seconds?
- [Will There Ever Be Another Half-Life: Alyx?](https://aftermath.site/half-life-alyx-steam-frame-retrospective.md) - Half-Life: Alyx remains the big budget killer app of VR. But playing it again makes you wonder if anyone will ever be allowed to match that ambition.
- [Screw It, I'm Starting A Bracer Guild](https://aftermath.site/trails-in-the-sky-second-bracer.md) - The Trails in the Sky series has always understood that the big heroics aren’t the only thing that make a hero.
- [Activision Blizzard Sued Again For Alleged Gender Discrimination](https://aftermath.site/activision-blizzard-microsoft-gender-discrimination-harassment-lawsuit.md) - The lawsuit was filed last week in California
- [I Think Enough Time Has Passed To Finally Talk About Star Wars Zero Company's [Spoiler] Moment](https://aftermath.site/star-wars-zero-company-plot-twist.md) - I, for one, did not see that coming
- [At Brooklyn's MPreg SpongeBob Rave, 'Shitposting Is Catharsis'](https://aftermath.site/weeb-adjacent-spongebob-rave-brooklyn.md) - The bouncer rubbed his face wearily. 'I don’t see how SpongeBob is related to any of this.'
- [Wardogs CEO Says Workers Who Speak Out Against Crunch Won't 'Be Happy Here'](https://aftermath.site/wardogs-brammer-crunch-bulkhead.md) - Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer told The Game Business the studio scans the social media of potential hires, and that those who speak out against crunch 'often don't make it in the door'
- [Oh My God, I Hope The Upcoming Changes To Marathon Work Out](https://aftermath.site/marathon-bungie-update-symbiosis.md) - The game is ditching seasons and adding a bunch of things players have been asking for
- [Ya-Yo Ya-Yo, Set Sail For The Most Interesting One Piece Fan Theory](https://aftermath.site/one-piece-red-line-fan-theory.md) - The Red Line One Piece fan theory is the most satisfying answer to Eiichiro Oda's magnum Opus
- [What Really Caused The Video Game Crash Of 1983?](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/you-are-error-podcast-video-game-crash-1983.md) - "It takes more than bad games, I think, to kill an industry"
- [It's 2026, And I'm Playing GTA V For The First Time](https://aftermath.site/grand-theft-auto-v-first-time.md) - Without any nostalgia or youthful memories, Grand Theft Auto V is a strange game to experience
- [IGN Ownership Chooses Busiest Time For Games Media In Years To Lay A Bunch Of People Off [Update]](https://aftermath.site/ign-layoffs-altano-macy.md) - Those impacted include Brian Altano and Seth Macy
- [Your 'Focus M' Zelda Jokes Have Become Reality](https://aftermath.site/your-focus-m-zelda-jokes-have-become-reality.md) - The creator of the "Focus M" meme has given the Ocarina of Time remake the same treatment
- [Adults Is The Sitcom That Made Me Finally Feel My Age: Old](https://aftermath.site/adults-fx-hulu-gen-z-humor-millennial-zillennial.md) - Adults made me feel old through the time-honored tradition of not getting a joke
- [The Steam Frame Is More Than Just Another VR Headset](https://aftermath.site/steam-frame-review.md) - The Steam Frame is Valve's latest VR headset and a worthy successor to the Index. But what powers it might be more consequential than many realize.
- [Blizzard Announcing Games For 2029 And 2030 Seems Nuts](https://aftermath.site/blizzard-announce-new-diablo-v-starcraft-fps.md) - Who says video games will still exist by 2030?
- [I Guess Mods Are Something That *Checks Notes* IKEA And Breaking Benjamin Are Into Now](https://aftermath.site/breaking-benjamin-ikea-fallout-skyrim-mods.md) - What a time to be alive (and adding things to PC games)
- [If Hideo Kojima Games Aren't Safe, No Games Are Safe [Update]](https://aftermath.site/hideo-kojima-productions-pt-xbox-playstation.md) - 'Please rest assured that development of PHYSINT, our genre-defining action-espionage title, is ongoing and will continue moving forward'
- [GOP Posts Hasan Piker’s Hog At The Republican National Convention](https://aftermath.site/rnc-hasan-piker-meat-pic-thirst-trap.md) - Why would they do this?
- [Nintendo Will Give Buyers A 30% Off Sale, But No Tariff Relief Money](https://aftermath.site/nintendo-customer-appreciation-sale-tariff-relief.md) - To benefit, people must buy more Nintendo stuff
- [Fired Rockstar Games Workers Rally As Employment Tribunal Begins](https://aftermath.site/fired-rockstar-games-workers-rally-employment-tribunal.md) - The group says their dismissal was 'unlawful'
- [Former Game Awards Future Class Members Skeptical Of Geoff Keighley's Involvement With Grant Program For Game Devs](https://aftermath.site/future-class-nova-grant-keighley-cerny.md) - The Nova Games Foundation, co-founded by Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny, will provide 20 game design school grads with mentorship and a no-strings-attached grant
- [How Much Of Toshirō Mifune Survives In Onimusha?](https://aftermath.site/toshiro-mifune-onimusha-way-of-the-sword.md) - Onimusha: Way Of The Sword uses the likeness of Toshirō Mifune for its main character. It is both very well done and oddly placeless in his life.
- [Steam Is Asking Australians To Verify They're Adults By Linking A Credit Card, Something Millions Of Australians Don't Have](https://aftermath.site/steam-is-asking-australians-to-verify-theyre-adults-by-linking-a-credit-card-something-millions-of-australians-dont-have.md) - Not everyone has a credit card!
- [Thousand Hells Offers Thousands Of Stories](https://aftermath.site/thousand-hells-video-game-impressions.md) - And in all of them, you're going to Hell
- [Science Saru's The Ghost In The Shell Exceeded Our Expectations](https://aftermath.site/the-ghost-in-the-shell-science-saru-anime.md) - The anime is goofy, busy, sexy, and concerned with how the universe works in 2030.
- [Who Are These Men?](https://aftermath.site/nhl-27-ea-faces.md) - Not MY Bruins!
- [After Years Of Company Stalling, Blizzard Workers Win Mega-Contract That Applies To All Unionized Teams](https://aftermath.site/blizzard-union-contract-warcraft-overwatch-diablo.md) - "Really strong" layoff protections are just the tip of the iceberg for a contract that covers 1,900 workers
- ['Gen-AI Controversy Aside' Is A Wild Thing To Write In A Video Game Preview](https://aftermath.site/crazy-taxi-ai-preview.md) - The elephant is still in the room
- [A Zelda Game Ought To Leave More To The Imagination Than This](https://aftermath.site/zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-nintendo.md) - A controversial remake but perhaps not a bad one
- [Sound of A Blink Is A Manga About Loss That Hits Incredibly Close](https://aftermath.site/sound-of-a-blink-is-a-manga-about-loss-that-hits-incredibly-close.md) - Shuzo Oshimi’s autobiographical manga made me cry, and I want you to join me
- [Wake Up Babe, New Layoff Horrors Just Dropped](https://aftermath.site/futurlab-powerwash-simulator-layoffs.md) - Seven workers were reportedly laid off at PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab, with remaining employees told to call them "the leavers" and team leads cut out of the process
- [Zero Company's Characters Are Animated With Such Lovely Little Human/Alien Touches](https://aftermath.site/star-wars-zero-company-cutscene-cinematic-animation.md) - Dare I say there's a little bit of Civ in these characters (complementary)
- [There Are More Video Games Coming Out Than We Can Ever Hope To See Or Play](https://aftermath.site/steam-number-games-released.md) - Nobody says you have to play everything, but the chances of missing a classic are getting higher by the day
- [In Fields Of Mistria, The Pleasures Are In The Details](https://aftermath.site/in-fields-of-mistria-the-pleasures-are-in-the-details.md) - My biggest problem is having no idea who to romance
- [Star Wars Zero Company's Success Is Bittersweet](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/star-wars-zero-company-furlough-stephen-totilo.md) - What should be a victory celebration for a breakout game has been hampered by a messy lawsuit and developers without pay.
- [Future? No Thanks! Thinks The Revolution Is Possible, But Also Pretty Funny](https://aftermath.site/future-no-thanks-review.md) - The game is confident enough in its leftist politics to not take them so seriously, while also asking real questions about how we build the future together
- [A Racist Arcade Is The Latest White House Initiative Nobody Asked For](https://aftermath.site/a-racist-arcade-is-the-latest-white-house-initiative-nobody-asked-for.md) - First the memes, now cruel games
- [ArtStation Has New Owners, Who Are Saying They Want To 'Put Artists First' By Protecting Their Art From AI Scrapers](https://aftermath.site/artstation-owners-ownership-ai.md) - 'ArtStation is making protection against AI training the default'
- [The Work Is The Work](https://aftermath.site/ai-work-office-emails-chatgpt-claude.md) - Letting a machine write your emails or a talk or spin up a PowerPoint presentation isn't cutting corners, those tasks are what you're being paid for
- [Markiplier: 'I Did Not Pump. I Did Not Dump'](https://aftermath.site/markiplier-says-he-didnt-bump-and-dump-gopro-stock.md) - It doesn't look great for Markiplier!
- [Microsoft Just Found Yet Another Way To Enshittify Xbox Game Pass](https://aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-cloud-gaming-time-limits.md) - Monthly time limits are coming to Microsoft's cloud gaming service, and they... aren't great
- [Here's Four Hours Of A Cow Playing EVE Online](https://aftermath.site/eve-online-cow.md) - Who hasn't at least once looked at their life and said "I feel like a cow trying to play an MMO"?
- [Video Game Companies Keep Trying To Bait And Switch Us With AI, And It Sucks](https://aftermath.site/1666-amsterdam-no-more-ai-tomb-raider-divinity.md) - 1666: Amsterdam, Blood of Dawnwalker, and others have claimed that AI assets didn't make it into the final game, but that doesn't mean they're AI-free
- [The Real Coyote Vs. Acme Is The Friends We Made Along The Way](https://aftermath.site/the-real-coyote-vs-acme-is-the-friends-we-made-along-the-way.md) - From tax write off to 16 million in its opening weekend at the box office, Coyote vs. Acme, the latest film by director Dave Green that Warner Bros. didn't want you to see is in theaters now. Aftermath's resident Looney Tunes sickos, Gita, Chris, and Isaiah saw it and are here to chat about the mov…
- [You Can't Own A Video Game Because Other People Also Own Video Games, Sony Argues In Court Filing](https://aftermath.site/sony-court-digital-ownership-playstation.md) - Sony has filed a reply to a group of gamers suing over digital ownership on the PlayStation store
- [Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma Is A Meta Slasher That Didn't Do It For Us](https://aftermath.site/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-review.md) - Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma is the latest film by Jane Schoenbrun, the director of We're All Going To The World's Fair and I Saw The TV Glow. Like those movies, it's all about queerness and media, and, like those movies, all my (Riley's) friends can't stop talking about it. Chris and I bot…
- [Most Of Star Wars Zero Company's Developers Were Furloughed Weeks Ago](https://aftermath.site/star-wars-zero-company-furlough-layoffs-bit-reactor.md) - Despite the game's success, roughly 80% of the team aren't getting paid
- [There Is No Greater Joy In Video Games Than Laying Down Some Overwatch And Watching An Absolute Fool Walk Straight Into It](https://aftermath.site/star-wars-zero-company-overwatch.md) - You rube, you have fallen into my trap once again
- [The Lovers Is A Sapphic Romance That Will Restore Your Faith In The Power Of Indie Animation](https://aftermath.site/the-lovers-studio-heartbreak-indie-animation.md) - If you’ve got fifteen minutes, you owe it to yourself to bask in Studio Heartbreak’s visual splendor
- [We've Got New & Improved Gift Subscriptions!](https://aftermath.site/aftermath-gift-subscription-2.md) - Featuring more options, more customisation and a nicer design
- [Game Developers Devastated By Gamescom Laptop Theft Spree](https://aftermath.site/gamescom-laptop-theft-spree-iam8bit-mimic.md) - Multiple developers had laptops stolen Thursday night
- [GTA VI’s Realism Might Make It Hard To Kill People](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-gta-6-realistic-violence.md) - "I wonder if I’ll be able to do the normal Grand Theft Auto thing of going on a rampage and killing a bunch of people. I don’t think I’d feel good about it"
- [Pokémon Is For The Gays](https://aftermath.site/pokemon-lgbtq-san-francisco-coyote.md) - This year, the Pokémon World Championships are in San Francisco — so here are the many reasons why Pokémon is gay as hell
- [I Wish Rockstar Cared About People As Much As It Does GTA VI NPCs](https://aftermath.site/gta-6-netflix-gameplay-reveal-npcs-crunch.md) - You can't talk a big game about handcrafting everything while mistreating the people responsible
- [Sovereign Tower: It's Good](https://aftermath.site/sovereign-tower-review-impressions.md) - My Kingdom for a smooch
- [VHOLUME And CICADAMATA" Make A Meal Of Movement](https://aftermath.site/vholume-and-cicadamata-make-a-meal-of-movement.md) - In a season full of big budget releases, VHOLUME and CICADAMATA” challenge you to master movement.
- [Peter Cullen Was Anime’s Peerless Pitchman](https://aftermath.site/peter-cullen-toonami-rest-in-peace.md) - Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime and countless other characters, was also the man who sold a generation of young Americans on anime being cool.
- [I Came To Hell Clock For The Vibes, Then Learned A History Lesson](https://aftermath.site/i-came-to-hell-clock-for-the-vibes-then-learned-a-history-lesson.md) - I knew nothing about the Canudos Massacre, then Pajeú’s struggle pulled me in — and sent me down a research rabbithole
- [RIP Tim Curry, Video Game (And Regular) Actor Extraordinaire](https://aftermath.site/tim-curry-dead-video-games-command-and-conquer.md) - “I’m escaping to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism: space!"
- [I Am Begging Websites To Remember They Are Read By Human Beings, Who Possess At Least Some Small Amount Of Dignity](https://aftermath.site/video-game-movie-website-headlines-clickbait.md) - 'Nobody should have to dance for their supper just to find out some folks have rediscovered The Wire again'
- [Companies That Love Shit-Spewing Algorithms Admit Maybe Shit-Spewing Algorithms Are Bad](https://aftermath.site/meta-facebook-instagram-lawsuit.md) - This week, both Meta and Roblox took steps to keep young users from getting brain-rotted by algorithms
- [I Fear The Levels Of Film Bro I Will Become With My XGIMI Horizon 20 Projector](https://aftermath.site/xgimi-horizon-20-home-projector-review.md) - I now understand the mind goblins that plague PC gamers stuck in settings menus
- [Is This All You Can Conjure](https://aftermath.site/google-ai-video-games.md) - '...we are 3-4 years into this collective descent into madness, and this is all you can come up with to support [AI's] sales pitch?'
- [All The Biggest Announcements From Gamescom Opening Night Live](https://aftermath.site/gamescom-opening-night-live-news-roundup.md) - Everything in one place
- [It's Both The Best And Worst Time To Get Into Pokémon Cards](https://aftermath.site/nicole-gets-into-pokemon-card-trading.md) - Interest in Pokémon is at an all-time high. That's both good and bad for collectors.
- [Despite Myself, I'm Obsessed With This Irish Language Food Influencer Drama](https://aftermath.site/irish-tiktok-nasti-instagram.md) - This is how social media sucks you in!
- [Badly In Love Is A Netflix Japanese Reality Dating Show That’s More Than Its Bad Reputation](https://aftermath.site/badly-in-love-season-2-dating-show-controversy.md) - Online controversy about the Netflix series glorifying criminality disappointingly misses the point
- [Man, Blood Dungeon Rips](https://aftermath.site/blood-dungeon-review.md) - Blood Dungeon is an escalating panic attack full of troubling creatures and atypical Drum and Bass that's a blast to play.
- [[Very Australian Voice] 🎵 Tale As Old As Tooiimmeee 🎵](https://aftermath.site/halloween-game-banned-australia.md) - 'video games are refused classification if they contain illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards'
- [Who Are We To Know If This Video Game Is Using AI Artwork On Its Cover And In Its Trailer, We Are But Human Beings With Eyeballs And Brains](https://aftermath.site/james-pond-ai.md) - 'No generative AI was used in the creation of the artwork'
- [Psychonauts Developer Double Fine Gets Rights To Games Back, But Union Future Uncertain](https://aftermath.site/double-fine-independent-game-jam-union.md) - Good news and bad news
- [Nothing About GTA VI’s Launch Can Be Normal](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-grand-theft-auto-vi-leaks.md) - "Can you imagine another video game getting this treatment? This level of brand recognition and obnoxious Netflix specials and Sephiroth-adjacent coin-selling hacker kids sending manifestos?"
- [Google Docs' Grammar Suggestions Suck Ass](https://aftermath.site/google-docs-grammar-suggestions-suck-ass.md) - "Cramms" is not a word
- [Money Spent On South Of Midnight Now Supports Its Developers, Not Microsoft](https://aftermath.site/compulsion-south-of-midnight-ownership-xbox-layoffs.md) - “I can confirm we have regained ownership of our IP, and that the publishing rights are transferring back to Compulsion"
- [The Nape Pro Is Not Like Other Trackballs](https://aftermath.site/keychron-nape-pro-review.md) - A collaboration between Gizmodo Japan and Keychron, the Nape Pro does not replace a mouse or trackball but it does invent its own use case.
- [A Game That Makes You Feel Clever For Decapitating A Bunch Of Dudes](https://aftermath.site/mrfreezy-demo-impressions.md) - Aerial_Knight's MrFreezy is a puzzle game about being a serial killer, but it's not too serious about it
- [It Doesn’t Get Much Bleaker Than The US Army Offering Four Days Of GTA VI In Exchange For Several Years Of Additional Service](https://aftermath.site/gta-6-united-states-army-reenlistment.md) - Four whole days in exchange for a chunk of your life, what a deal
- [The ReTerminal Sticky Is An E-Paper Display Begging You To Hack It](https://aftermath.site/reterminal-sticky-review-ereader-xteink.md) - While companies like Xteink have found an unlikely audience with hackers and tinkerers, Seeed Studio is actively cultivating one.
- [Kane Parsons's New Backrooms Short Is All Killer, No Filler](https://aftermath.site/kane-parsons-backrooms-youtube-short.md) - Wanted to see more of the set from the film? Here you go.
- [Vibes Around GTA VI Continue To Be Rancid As Gameplay Footage Leaks And Fired Devs Ask Fans Not To Boycott](https://aftermath.site/gta-6-leak-2026-rockstar-union-no-boycott.md) - Just the beginning of what is sure to be a wild ride to the game's release
- [Half Is More Is A Josei Manga About Prejudice That Outshines The Racism That Tried To Define It](https://aftermath.site/half-is-more-yoiko-fujimi-josei-manga-haafu-racism-review.md) - Yoiko Fujimi’s manga takes an honest look at a mixed-race group of friends’ journey toward self-acceptance in a country that treats them like outsiders
- [What If A Rage Room Made You Feel Like A Jerk](https://aftermath.site/virtue-sledgehammer-demo-impressions.md) - "Virtue and a Sledgehammer," from the developers of "Gods Will Be Watching," eggs you on toward destruction even as it asks you to think about why
- [Warren Spector Says He's 'Retiring From Game Development'](https://aftermath.site/warren-spector-retire.md) - '...with age and health catching up with me I'm feeling like I've done what I set out to do'
- [We Deserve More Cartoons Like My Adventures With Superman](https://aftermath.site/my-adventures-with-super-man-review.md) - With the power of anime and earnest storytelling at its side, the DC Studios series keeps proving that the greatest hero of all time is also its most versatile
- ['Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam](https://aftermath.site/steam-censorship-future-no-thanks-perfect-tides.md) - 'You work six years on a game, you line up press and events for the launch, and then some guy at Valve clicks on a checkbox and blocks everything.'
- [Pro Jank Footy Is A Game Of Two Halves](https://aftermath.site/pro-jank-footy-review-impressions.md) - 'Pro Jank doesn't want to respect the intricacies of Australia Rules Football, it wants to make you scream at a screen with a friend'
- [Reliving Kotaku’s Theme Week About 2002, From 2036](https://aftermath.site/kotaku-warp-week-2002-best-games-future-review.md) - Back and then forward and then back again to the future
- [This Is Hopefully The Last Time I'm Writing About 1666: Amsterdam](https://aftermath.site/1666-amsterdam-ai-game.md) - 'I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations of one thing, but I cannot have 75 different illustrators come up with a variation in three seconds'
- [Let These Avengers Radicalize You](https://aftermath.site/avengers-ultimates.md) - When a radical leftist gets their hands on the Avengers, incredible things happen
- [The Onion’s Infowars Is Destroying What’s Left Of Alex Jones’ Reputation And Getting Sandy Hook Families Paid](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-the-onion-infowars-ben-collins-interview.md) - "If you take all of his stuff and then spend a long time saying, 'You have to be a moron to believe what this guy thinks,' that’s how you actually affect change here"
- [Twitch Won’t Label Which Streams Are And Aren't Using AI, So Streamers Are Doing It Themselves](https://aftermath.site/twitch-amazon-ai-labels-aioptedout-noai-nogenai.md) - Streamers have taken to labeling their broadcasts with tags like "AIOptedOut," "NoGenAI," and "NoAI"
- [Netflix Closes Two More Game Studios, Expects Us To Believe It Still Sees ‘Opportunity’ In Games](https://aftermath.site/netflix-games-studio-shut-down-night-school-unhinged-oxenfree.md) - RIP Oxenfree
- [You Can Feel The Love That Went Into Veritas Tales](https://aftermath.site/veritas-tales-witch-of-the-dark-castle-impressions.md) - Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle is a lovingly crafted game by a Vanillaware veteran, and you can feel the love in every page.
- [I Melted My Microwave Kiln](https://aftermath.site/melted-microwave-kiln-oops.md) - Oops!
- [Tomb Of The Bloodletter Is A Tough But Goofy Typing Game](https://aftermath.site/tomb-of-the-bloodletter-impressions-review.md) - A word game that's trickier than it looks
- [Saber Interactive's CEO Matt Karch Can Get In The Bin [Update]](https://aftermath.site/saber-interactive-ceo-ai-writer.md) - 'I would frankly in retrospect have been happy to replace her with AI'
- [Twitch Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Amazon AI Is Opt Out Because ‘Nobody Would Opt In’](https://aftermath.site/twitch-ai-amazon-opt-out.md) - "If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in. That’s honestly the answer"
- [Fan Translations Still Are Being Done The Hard Way](https://aftermath.site/kamaitachi-no-yoru-london-spirit-detectives-kownloons-gate-innocent-tears.md) - Kamaitachi no Yoru, London Spirit Detectives, Kowloon’s Gate and Innocent Tears are getting their spotlight in the west thanks to fan-translations done without AI.
- [Amazon Wants To Use Twitch Streams To Train AI](https://aftermath.site/amazon-twitch-generative-ai-training-streams-vods.md) - It's going as well as you may have expected
- [Everyone In American Psycho Talks Like They Have AI Psychosis](https://aftermath.site/american-psycho-bret-easton-ellis-ai-psychosis.md) - "The best engine is in the BMW 750iL.”
- [Chasing Lilacs](https://aftermath.site/chasing-lilacs.md) - 'You ask if he can play ‘Bennie and the Jets’, but he tells you that Elton John plays the piano and that song isn’t really meant for guitar'
- [Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Gushes About Elder Scrolls VI, Does Not Seem To Notice Giant Rat On Bethesda Office Lawn](https://aftermath.site/xbox-asha-sharma-elder-scrolls-vi-bethesda-giant-rat.md) - Please clap (instead of talking about layoffs)
- [Killer Mike Is Beefing With A Youtuber, For Some Reason](https://aftermath.site/killer-mike-fd-signifier-red-bull-freestyle-beef-diss.md) - "Move like a capitalist" gotta go down as one of the sorriest bars in rap history
- [Watching An Irish Language Game Show Has Given Me An Existential Crisis About Game Shows](https://aftermath.site/irish-game-show-an-deis.md) - It's also a good way to learn some very specific new words
- [WesterosCentral Memes Were The Real MVP Of House Of The Dragon Season 3](https://aftermath.site/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-finale-memes.md) - “The lights were brighter than expected.”
- [Players Are Already Beating Big Walk Without All The Big Walking](https://aftermath.site/big-walk-speedruns.md) - I'm just refreshing the leaderboards until a twelve-person speedrun shows up
- [Denshattack Rules](https://aftermath.site/denshattack-impressions-review.md) - This feels like a launch title for the Dreamcast 4
- [Restart, Walmart's Gaming Site, Lays Off Entire Editorial Team](https://aftermath.site/restart-layoff-walmart-moonrock.md) - The site started in December 2024
- [From The Minds Behind That Chill Fishing Game, A Chill Survival Game](https://aftermath.site/wild-n-chill-demo-impressions-review.md) - Maybe a survival game doesn't *have* to be as stressful as real life
- [Balkanize The Video Game Industry](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-ea-saudi-arabia-rami-ismail.md) - "I want this industry to just shatter into a million beautiful shards that all have their own heroes, their own things, their own structures, their own funding methods"
- [Hello Local Business, Your AI Ads Are Costing You Customers](https://aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-flyer-local-business.md) - 'Even if this was a genre popularised by human artists, it would still look like shit'
- [I Wish They Could Have Called It Super Monkey Souls, But Otherwise Hell Yeah](https://aftermath.site/marble-souls-steam-pc-super-monkey-ball.md) - Despite its inspirations, Marble Souls isn't just monkeying around
- [Big Walk's Hardest Puzzle Is Scheduling](https://aftermath.site/big-walk-multiplayer-only.md) - I'm not proud of it, but I suck at making plans with other people
- [I Am Playing Midnight Moments And Having A Lovely Time](https://aftermath.site/midnight-moments-impressions-review-cyberpunk-city-builder.md) - All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain
- [I Love How Differently Folks Are Dealing With This Weird Big Walk Puzzle](https://aftermath.site/big-walk-puzzle-timer.md) - An unusual puzzle that also fits right in with the game
- [Music, Fashion, Film, Existentialism](https://aftermath.site/charli-xcx-music-fashion-film-cronenberg.md) - Has anyone else been thinking about death?
- [Corsair Cove's Pirates Get In The Way Of A Good Time](https://aftermath.site/corsair-cove-impressions-review.md) - Tired: building out. Wired: building up.
- [Christopher Nolan, Cinema's Manic Street Preacher](https://aftermath.site/christopher-nolan-odyssey-film.md) - Why everyone wants to argue about Christopher Nolan, and why we'll do it all again
- [Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Gave A Nun A Gun](https://aftermath.site/fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-gave-a-nun-a-gun.md) - Blam blam motherfucker
- [The Samurai And The Prisoner Sees Kiyoshi Kurosawa At The Height Of His Powers](https://aftermath.site/the-samurai-and-the-prisoner-kiyoshi-kurosawa-movie-review.md) - The feudal murder mystery is part Columbo, part period-piece drama, all epic.
- [Big Walk Is At Its Best When You Totally Screw Things Up](https://aftermath.site/big-walk-impressions-review.md) - A multiplayer game that's worth coordinating adult schedules for
- [We're Still Running A Sale On Subscriptions](https://aftermath.site/aftermath-sale-subscriptions-august-2026.md) - Actually, we're having TWO sales
- [Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down Is A Romance Manga Where Liberation Through Bondage Is The Real Kink](https://aftermath.site/tie-me-up-stare-me-down-bsdm-manga-interview.md) - Mangaka Zawayuki Taki on how her debut manga, Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down, demystifies the exoticism of Japanese SM Culture
- [Just After CEOs Praised Netflix's FIFA Game, Its Developer Has Reportedly Been Shut Down](https://aftermath.site/netflix-delphi-fifa-layoffs-shutdown.md) - Both platform Netflix and publisher Delphi Interactive praised FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition in July
- [Get Ready To Learn More About Namco Games Than You Ever Thought Possible](https://aftermath.site/namco-museum-video-game-playstation.md) - 'This is quite literally the single largest creative project of my life'
- [They Could Never Make Me Hate Dark Souls II](https://aftermath.site/dark-souls-ii-is-good-actually.md) - I have spent over a decade being told that Dark Souls II is bad. But history has vindicated the game, and I never let the haters win.
- [I Am Here To Defend The Noble Action Movie From The Classicist Emily Wilson](https://aftermath.site/the-odyssey-emily-wilson-christopher-nolan-action-movie.md) - A stupid movie isn't always a bad one.
- [The Hater’s Guide To Hating (With Ed Zitron)](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-hater-week-ed-zitron.md) - "There’s a very big difference between being a hater and being hateful"
- [Franchises Are Fine, Calm Down](https://aftermath.site/franchises-are-fine-calm-down.md) - Sure, you get a lot of creatively bankrupt stuff. But occasionally it's really good so who cares?
- [Franchises Are A Blight](https://aftermath.site/why-franchises-are-bad.md) - The best stories end
- [I Hate Fall Damage](https://aftermath.site/i-hate-fall-damage.md) - Let me jump!!!!!!!!!!!
- [What Aftermath Readers Hate](https://aftermath.site/hater-week-readers.md) - Our readers get in on the Hater Week spirit by sharing their own gripes
- [We’re Not Just Mad About Discs Going Away, We’re Mad About Everything](https://aftermath.site/playstation-discs-response.md) - It's about the discs, but it's not about the discs
- [I Am Quietly And Perhaps Foolishly Optimistic About The Future Of Video Games Journalism](https://aftermath.site/video-game-journalist-2026.md) - 'It’s amazing how fast a business can move when you ARE the business'
- [It's Extremely Frustrating Seeing What's Become Of Video Games Journalism](https://aftermath.site/video-game-journalism-2026.md) - 'The last decade has seen the entire thing go to shit'
- [The Ghouls Who Run EA Deserve To Burn](https://aftermath.site/ea-saudi-arabia-deal-closing-andrew-wilson-pay.md) - Saudi Arabia's deal to purchase EA is going to cause a lot of pain, but it's officially happening
- [Welcome To The Resistance: Meet The Workers Dodging (And Sabotaging) Their Employer's AI Mandates](https://aftermath.site/ai-resistance-tips-workforce-llm-workers.md) - 'When I copy-edit writing I take an extra twenty minutes to double check, then say I had Claude copy edit it as well. Everyone’s really happy with my performance'
- [Game Devs Start Worker Hardship Fund For Laid Off Colleagues](https://aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-game-worker-hardship-fund-itch-io.md) - Proceeds from a 100+ game bundle will go toward the fund.
- [I Love Luxuriating In A Long Ass Game](https://aftermath.site/i-love-luxuriating-in-a-long-ass-game.md) - DO NOT listen to Nathan, who is never correct
- [All Games Should Be 15 Hours Long (Or Less)](https://aftermath.site/how-long-to-beat-video-games-15-hours.md) - A modest proposal
- [Do Not Buy The War Crime N64](https://aftermath.site/war-crime-n64-palmer-luckey-m64-modretro.md) - There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.
- [I Hate That They Closed My Local REI](https://aftermath.site/soho-rei-close-union.md) - I just want to go to a real store and have a real human help me buy stuff
- [I Love Getting Demolished By Souls Games](https://aftermath.site/souls-games-punishment.md) - Please beat me to a pulp.
- [I'm Just Not Into Souls Games, I'm Being Tested Enough As It Is](https://aftermath.site/i-hate-souls-games-bloodborne-elden-ring.md) - I am taking the opportunity this week to get something off my chest, something I haven’t been able (or willing) to share so publicly before: I hate Souls games. All of them. Even the ones that don’t have Souls in their name, because they still count. 🤝This is a companion piece to Chris' 'I Love Ge…
- [Death To Beginning The Story In Medias Res!](https://aftermath.site/death-to-beginning-the-story-in-media-res.md) - Here's a novel idea: Let's start stories at the beginning
- [All The Video Game Studios That Refuse To Use Generative AI](https://aftermath.site/video-games-no-ai.md) - People made games before it existed, and they'll keep doing so long after its gone
- [King Ghidorah Is A Bum](https://aftermath.site/king-ghidorah-is-a-bum.md) - The kaiju, not the rapper
- [Survival Games Are Comforting](https://aftermath.site/survival-games-rule.md) - There is nothing better than keeping your video game guy from getting hungry and cold
- [Survival Games Are Annoying](https://aftermath.site/survival-games-are-annoying.md) - You can't trick me, that man is made of pixels
- [I Hate Adobe](https://aftermath.site/i-hate-adobe.md) - Adobe is a wretched, exploitative company that loves generative AI. Many are coerced into paying money for their software and the software runs like garbage.
- ['You Should Try Making Funnier Posts': The Shittiest Parts Of Being A Video Game's Social Media Manager](https://aftermath.site/video-game-social-media-manager-community-manager.md) - 'Everybody on the team who isn't working on socials has an opinion on socials'
- [I Love Starting Games](https://aftermath.site/i-love-starting-games.md) - Do not under any circumstances listen to Nathan
- [I Hate Starting Games](https://aftermath.site/starting-games-bad.md) - The worst part of pretty much every video game
- [I Hate Doing Anime Interviews](https://aftermath.site/i-hate-doing-anime-interviews.md) - What are we doing here?
- [Stop Talking To Me, Google Search](https://aftermath.site/google-search-ai-conversation.md) - Since May, Google's AI summaries have tried to lure users into conversation with AI
- [Welcome To Hater Week](https://aftermath.site/aftermath-site-hater-week-announcement.md) - Get ready for a week of stories (and debates) about things we hate, love, and love to hate
- [We're Having A Sale!](https://aftermath.site/aftermath-subscription-sale-2.md) - We've got discounts on both our monthly and annual offerings
- [Weird Al > Hideo Kojima](https://aftermath.site/weird-al-saudi-arabia-riyadh-comedy-hideo-kojima.md) - When Saudi Arabia came calling, only one of them answered
- [The Steam Machine's ePaper Faceplate Is Open Source And Full Of Possibility](https://aftermath.site/steam-machine-epaper-inkterface.md) - Valve made the eInk Steam Machine faceplate open source to see what the community could do. We're already seeing results.
- [Can Somebody Get These BEGGARS Out Of Here?](https://aftermath.site/robert-pattinson-odyssey-chris-nolan-beggars.md) - Robert Pattinson is one of the finest actors of his generation.
- [A Whole Big, Fancy Book Just About Game UI](https://aftermath.site/game-ui-bible-database-book-lost-in-cult-edd-coates.md) - Menus and icons, for your coffee table
- [Workers Behind Immensely Popular Game Theorists YouTube Channel Will Get Their Union, With Or Without MatPat’s Help](https://aftermath.site/game-theorists-youtube-union-matpat-lunar-x.md) - "We are still people, even if we are not on camera, and we need to be treated as such"
- [Amazon, Like Netflix, Also Wants To Flail Around With Games](https://aftermath.site/amazon-netflix-video-games-luna.md) - Companies that don't know what to do with games keep doubling down on games
- [Old World Is A Modern Strategy Gaming Masterpiece](https://aftermath.site/old-world-4x-review-impressions.md) - Six years after release, it's still kicking ass
- [Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt](https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-accessibility.md) - Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind
- [Saber Interactive Won't Pay Up $3.1 Million In Wild Card Football Licensing Fees, Football Union Says](https://aftermath.site/saber-interactive-nflpa-wild-card-football-lawsuit.md) - The dispute has been ongoing for years over the game and its royalty payments
- [OpenAI's Expensive Macropad Feels Engineered To Piss Me Off Specifically](https://aftermath.site/openai-codex-micro-macropad.md) - OpenAI's Codex Micro is the opposite of why I like custom keyboards on every single level.
- [Xbox Gamer Suing Microsoft For Tariff Refunds As Nintendo Says They're Too Hard To Do](https://aftermath.site/xbox-microsoft-nintendo-tariff-refund-lawsuit.md) - 'If a consumer did not want to pay the advertised price, they were free to abstain from purchasing the product or seek out competing products,' Nintendo said
- [I'm Obsessed With Audrey Hobert's Girl Failure Music](https://aftermath.site/audrey-hobert-gracie-abrams-girl-failure.md) - Untethered from her longtime collaborator, Gracie Abrams, Hobert reveals herself as a very funny storyteller
- [If A Company Does Three Layoffs In Seven Months, Maybe It’s Bad At Being A Company](https://aftermath.site/disney-layoffs-july-2026.md) - Layoffs hit Disney (again) today, an occurance so common the CEO couldn't even be bothered to write a memo about them
- [Hearts Continue To Break Over Love And Deepspace](https://aftermath.site/hearts-continue-to-break-over-love-and-deepspace.md) - Where does Love and Deepspace go from here?
- [If His Shitty AI Movie Is What Finally Taught You Neill Blomkamp Is A Hack, Then So Be It](https://aftermath.site/neill-blomkamp-ai-movie.md) - It's 13 minutes of nothing
- [Things You Could’ve Done With $1 Million Instead Of Spending It On Jensen Huang’s Fuckass Jacket](https://aftermath.site/nvidia-jensen-huang-jacket-auction-million-dollars-ai.md) - There were so many better options
- [Anime Finally Caught On To The Restorative Power Of Kirby Kissing His Homies For The Plot](https://aftermath.site/i-want-to-love-you-till-your-dying-day-yuri-anime.md) - Anime and intimacy have had an indulgent history, but I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day comes up with a pretty cute justification for healing smooches
- [Cum Dungeon](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-dark-souls-elden-ring-farming.md) - Cum dungeon!
- [Fallout Didn’t Make Itself](https://aftermath.site/fallout-5-bethesda-xbox-layoffs.md) - People make games, a fact that Asha Sharma and the ghouls running Xbox sure seem to want you to forget
- [Netflix, Just Pay People To Make Video Games, You Are Making This Needlessly Complicated](https://aftermath.site/netflix-video-games-fifa.md) - The adults are in the room again
- [I'm Making Ceramics In My Microwave](https://aftermath.site/microwave-kiln-and-mini-pottery-wheel.md) - Nicole's miniature journey continues.
- [Unions File Unfair Labor Complaints Against Microsoft Over Decision To ‘Unlawfully’ Fire Xbox Workers](https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-cwa-unfair-labor-practice-bethesda.md) - "We are pursuing every available avenue to protect our members"
- [Game Workers Rally Against Microsoft Layoffs: 'Corporate Greed Is Destroying Our Games And Our Livelihoods’](https://aftermath.site/zenimax-save-our-devs-microsoft-protest-layoffs.md) - Former and current workers and supporters rallied outside ZeniMax offices across the US and Canada to protest Microsoft's latest cuts
- [Lowlands Away, Me John](https://aftermath.site/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynched-sea-shanty.md) - Sea shanties don't need remakes
- [There's A Tiny Speck Of Light At The End Of Civilization VII's Tunnel](https://aftermath.site/civilization-vii-test-of-time-impressions-review.md) - Most of this game's issues can't be fixed. Some, however, can.
- [Wait A Minute, Is This Fucking Book About Me?](https://aftermath.site/franz-kafka-the-metamorphosis.md) - Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is an absurdist classic-literature call-out post for thankless wage slaves everywhere.
- [Fans Rail Against Xbox Layoffs, Which Also Did A Number On Teams Responsible For The Platform](https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-product-teams-fan-criticism.md) - "Leadership will spend billions on marketing, or content, or acquisitions, or other things they think will attract customers, but completely neglect the actual people building the products"
- [The Definitive Ranking Of FromSoftware Farming Locations I Like](https://aftermath.site/dark-souls-elden-ring-sekiro-ac6-souls-runes-farming.md) - Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Elden Ring, Sekrio, Bloodborne, AC6 and more. I have been thinking about farming for weeks now.
- [Yoshitaka Amano Is More Centrist on AI Than You’d Hope](https://aftermath.site/yoshitaka-amano-is-more-centrist-on-ai-than-youd-hope.md) - Uh oh.
- [Grand Theft Auto VI, The Last Blockbuster](https://aftermath.site/gta-vi-grand-theft-auto-6-aaa-billions.md) - One final push for a dying industry
- [Workers Protest MindsEye Playtest For Bringing In Fans To 'Do Jobs That Would Otherwise Have Been Theirs'](https://aftermath.site/mindseye-protest-build-a-rocket-boy-iwgb.md) - "We will not stand by while executives continue time and again to put their own egos ahead of their workforce - eroding jobs, morale, and the future of the studio," said former employee Ben Newbon
- [Games Done Quick 'Excited' To Work With Saudi-Owned SNK For Around Three Hours Before Pulling Sponsorship Deal](https://aftermath.site/gdq-sgdq-snk-saudi-games-done-quick-controversy.md) - 'DQ is committed to supporting human rights and inclusivity, and we recognize that this partnership conflicted with those values'
- [As Video Game Industry Burns, Warframe's Devs Aren't Taking Anything For Granted](https://aftermath.site/warframe-tau-tennocon-2026-interview.md) - “I feel very lucky to be working on this game and to have this dev team and the community that we’ve built, because I’m no stranger to the fact that it could all end tomorrow"
- [Layoffs Hit id Software Frankfurt](https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-id-software-frankfurt-doom.md) - Half are out at yet another location as id Software insists that it still has the necessary manpower to make games
- [Reset Xbox To What, Exactly?](https://aftermath.site/podcasts/aftermath-hours-podcast-xbox-layoffs.md) - "What part of Xbox are you wanting to delete, and which part of Xbox do you want to go back to? Because I’m very suspicious of which part of Xbox it is"
- [It’s The Perfect Time To Watch GDQ](https://aftermath.site/sgdq-2026-speedruns-good.md) - Video games can still be good
- [Asha Sharma Assigned To Federal Reserve’s ‘Productivity And Jobs’ Task Force The Same Week She Oversaw 1,600 Layoffs (With Another 1,600 To Come)](https://aftermath.site/xbox-asha-sharma-federal-reserve-task-force-layoffs.md) - Lol, lmao
- [Layoffs Hit GameSpot Again](https://aftermath.site/gamespot-layoffs-july-2026.md) - It's the fifth round of layoffs since the company was purchased by Fandom
- [I Gave My Steam Machine A Second Stick Of RAM Because Valve Couldn't](https://aftermath.site/steam-machine-ram-upgrade.md) - I had to buy a 16GB stick of DDR5 RAM at 2026 prices so I hope you read this.
- [It's Time To Admit I Have Too Many 'Start The Day' Games](https://aftermath.site/puzzle-games-daily-oh-no.md) - They keep making new ones!
- [Goodbye, The Bear, I Thought You Were A Good Television Show](https://aftermath.site/the-bear-season-5-review.md) - The Bear was a show that wasn't as good as it thought it was, but was also still better than many gave it credit for
- [Microsoft’s Parade Of Indignities Continues: id’s Future Unclear, Obsidian On Fallout Duty, Bethesda Forced To Take Down Memorial](https://aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-obsidian-fallout-bethesda-memorial.md) - “Nothing says business success like nuking a team into the dirt and relegating them to support studio size while also throwing out massive technological achievements"
- [Taika's Reason Is A Murder Mystery Manga Where Your Dog Can Speak](https://aftermath.site/taikas-reason-paru-itagaki-manga.md) - Paru Itagaki’s done it again
- [How AI Is Ruining Education, In One Handy Chart](https://aftermath.site/ai-education-inside-higher-ed.md) - A Brown professor suspects students used AI to cheat on their midterms
- [Union Promises To Take ‘All Necessary Legal And Contractual Action’ To Fight For Laid-Off Workers As Impacts On Blizzard, Id Software Become Clear](https://aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-blizzard-id-software-unions.md) - "Entire teams have been gutted or even outright eliminated with institutional knowledge lost that can't be replaced"
- [Tenet Is Christopher Nolan’s Best Film](https://aftermath.site/tenet-christopher-nolans-best-film-inception-memento-odyssey.md) - Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.

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