I know serious TV criticism and news coverage has been in trouble for a while, like everywhere else in media, but like a frog enjoying an ever-warming afternoon bath, I
Man, I sure am enjoying this season of Fortnite, my favorite persistent, open and interoperable ecosystem.1 And thanks to Disney’s new $1.5 billion investment, I can’t
Workers at video game outlet IGN announced they’re unionizing Tuesday, with a supermajority of support from editorial and creative workers. With around 80 members in the unit, the union
Confession time: I had huge reservations ahead of Infinite Wealth's release. Not for the game itself--the Yakuza series is nothing if not dependable--but for one of my favourite
It’s a big day for AI in journalism–or at least, for Microsoft. This morning, Semafor revealed a partnership with Microsoft to bring AI to its newsroom. Meanwhile, CUNY’
On Friday night, the inscrutable whims of the YouTube algorithm landed me on Barber Westchester, a full-length, independent animated film from 2021 that I’d never heard of before. Here’
Despite a digital audience of over 70,000 people, Peanut Butter was not nervous. “Arf!” the three-year-old shiba inu replied defiantly when asked by Aftermath if nerves got to him
Over the weekend a number of reports have emerged claiming that some of the Xbox brand's biggest exclusives--including Starfield and the upcoming Indiana Jones game--are going to be
Public implosions are on my mind this week. On the journalism side of things, we saw media startup The Messenger shut down after less than a year in the centrist
