Podcasts
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Great Journalism Doesn’t Happen Overnight
"This is not a knock; this is a rallying cry. If you want this kind of work to be done, you have to support this kind of work"
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Can Resident Evil Requiem Grapple With Nuclear Tragedy? Does It Even Want To?
"I do think the games are capable of it; I don’t think this game is interested in that"
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AI Boosters Want To Sacrifice The Present For A Future That Will Never Come
"I hate these people so much for insisting that I should be fucking excited for this"
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Top Of The Jank Pile
This week, Gita and Luke are joined by Brendan Caldwell of the new independent media website Jank.Cool, which has maybe the best domain name of all time.
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Your Subscriber Dollars At Work: Aftermath Has A New Regular Contributor And Monthly Columnist
Welcome Ash Parrish and Joshua Rivera to our regular rotation of writers
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It’s Impossible To Keep Politics Out Of Games When They’re Literally Banging Down Your Door
"It doesn’t feel safe to be recording and having fun in the streets of Minneapolis these days"
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Nintendo’s Games Are Special Because Its Teams Are Intergenerational
"If you are the newest guy making Mario, you are sitting in the same team as Takashi Tezuka who made the first Mario"
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The Best Mothers And Ships In Games (Ft Mothership)
"Your mom doesn’t want you to disobey her, and if you do, she’ll kill you"
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Larian’s AI Usage Is A Perfect Storm Of Video Game Industry Ills
"This is part of the larger story of video game industry precarity"
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A Lot Of Great Games Will Never Win A Game Award
While the industry celebrated Clair Obscur several times over, we talked about the wonderful December releases that are more interesting than The Game Awards.