Feature - Aftermath (Page 4)

‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers

We’re a few years into a supposed artificial intelligence revolution, which could and should have been about reducing mundane tasks and freeing everyone up to do more interesting things

By Luke Plunkett

/ 7 Apr 2025

Someone Has To Save The Film And TV That Studios Won’t

This article originally appeared on February 17 at Defector, a worker-owned sports and culture website you should totally support. HBO had a series of legendary stand-up specials in the 1990s,

By Dan McQuade and Chris Person

/ 18 Feb 2025

Fantasy At The End Of The World

This article contains some spoilers for the ending of Metaphor: ReFantazio Over the past few months, I’ve picked up a nasty habit that I swore I’d kicked for

By Janus Rose

/ 10 Feb 2025

Red Hats, Red Blood: Roleplaying The January 6 Insurrection In A Brooklyn Warehouse

This article first appeared February 4 on Rascal, an "independent, reader-supported, worker-owned outlet for journalism about tabletop roleplaying games and the people who make them." Rascal is having

By Rowan Zeoli

/ 5 Feb 2025

A model of the Capitol from the game "Fight for America."

James Gunn Can't Stop Making Suicide Squads

Since James Gunn became the new boss of DC studios, it feels like he sticks to one formula: everything looks like his Suicide Squad. 2008, the year of the housing

By Alex Jaffe

/ 31 Jan 2025

the suicide squad from gunn's 2021 movie in the rain

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Lacks Faith in the Series' Biggest Mysteries

Early in the prologue of 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, your spymistress Leliana sets the tone: “‘Blessed are the peacekeepers, the champions of the just. Blessed are the righteous, the

By Katherine Cross

/ 27 Dec 2024

Restart, An ‘Independent’ Website Funded By Walmart, Isn’t Going To Save Games Journalism, But It’s Not Trying To

A season centered around a miraculous birth is in full swing, so it’s only fitting that a couple weeks ago, something verging on impossible happened: A company announced a

By Nathan Grayson

/ 26 Dec 2024

Restart, An ‘Independent’ Website Funded By Walmart, Isn’t Going To Save Games Journalism, But It’s Not Trying To

After The Election, Leftist Influencers Are At A Crossroads

Within seconds of left-leaning pundits calling for a “liberal Joe Rogan” the day after Trump’s reelection, the idea had already become a meme. At this point, posts deriding the

By Nathan Grayson

/ 18 Nov 2024

After The Election, Leftist Influencers Are At A Crossroads

Cool People Like Website Despite Its Many Flaws

If you haven’t already heard, it’s Aftermath’s first birthday! (We’re doing a sale about it, which you can learn more about here.) Like most one-year-olds, the

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Nov 2024

Cool People Like Website Despite Its Many Flaws

The Story Of The Adidas UltraBoost 1.0, The Greatest Sneaker Ever Made

I've been collecting sneakers for around 25 years now. In that time I've seen everything from the emergence of Dunks to...the return of the Dunk,

By Luke Plunkett

/ 22 Oct 2024

The Story Of The Adidas UltraBoost 1.0, The Greatest Sneaker Ever Made

A Year Of Hard Lessons For Twitch And Its CEO

Lights pulse, beats boom, and bodies bounce at Elsewhere, a music venue in Brooklyn. On stage, producer and DJ Zedd blazes through a brief, energetic set. It’d be easy

By Nathan Grayson

/ 13 Sep 2024

A Year Of Hard Lessons For Twitch And Its CEO

Video Game Developers Are Leaving The Industry And Doing Something, Anything Else

It's been a hellish few years for people employed in the video game industry, as big studios have been laying off workers every chance they get while smaller

By Luke Plunkett

/ 11 Sep 2024

Video Game Developers Are Leaving The Industry And Doing Something, Anything Else