Freelance - Aftermath

Pokémon Is For The Gays

This year, the Pokémon World Championships are in San Francisco — so here are the many reasons why Pokémon is gay as hell

By Marisa Ingemi

/ 28 Aug 2026

'Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam

'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.'

By Jay Castello

/ 17 Aug 2026

'Who’s Deciding The Fate Of This Game?' The Secretive Process Of Getting A Game With Sexual Content On Steam

Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind

By Grant Stoner

/ 22 Jul 2026

Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Game Workers Rally Against Microsoft Layoffs: 'Corporate Greed Is Destroying Our Games And Our Livelihoods’

Former and current workers and supporters rallied outside ZeniMax offices across the US and Canada to protest Microsoft's latest cuts

By Mikhail Klimentov

/ 16 Jul 2026

Game Workers Rally Against Microsoft Layoffs: 'Corporate Greed Is Destroying Our Games And Our Livelihoods’

Saros Is Peak Doom Metal

Saros was inspired by, and created in the oppressive light of, doom metal.

By Eden Kupermintz

/ 30 Jun 2026

The Obscure 1980s Gag Manga That’s Being Reclaimed By Trans People

The focus of "Stop!! Hibari-kun" isn't that Hibari is trans—it’s other characters’ cartoonish inability to chill out about it

By Janus Rose

/ 16 Jun 2026

The Obscure 1980s Gag Manga That’s Being Reclaimed By Trans People

Backrooms' Biggest Scare Is Capitalism

The meme turned found footage series turned movie explores the nostalgia--and the horror--of 90s corporate waste

By Liz Ryerson

/ 2 Jun 2026

Skibidi Toilet Community Goodwill Circling The Drain After Hollywood Studio Takes Over

Since Invisible Narratives bought the rights to Skibidi Toilet in 2023, fan creators have faced copyright strikes and clashed with the Creator Alliance trying to "professionalize" their work

By Steven Asarch

/ 30 Mar 2026

Skibidi Toilet Community Goodwill Circling The Drain After Hollywood Studio Takes Over

Twin Peaks And How To Get Back Up When Evil Roams Your Streets

Welcome back to The Work, a column about resistance in fiction. This month: A conversation with author Scott Meslow on his book on Twin Peaks, life in Minneapolis under ICE occupation, and getting back up when evil roams your streets.

By Joshua Rivera

/ 25 Mar 2026

Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) a man in a black suit, stares off into the middle distance in front of a red curtain.

A Love Letter To 'Girl Games'

Games are doomed by femininity.

By Bee Wertheimer

/ 25 Mar 2026

Marathon Is A Satire

Bungie's latest is a subtle but vicious comedy about work, debt and the corporate world

By Mikhail Klimentov

/ 17 Mar 2026

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI

After being sold to Clickout Media, sites like GamesHub, The Escapist, Videogamer, and others have added gambling and casino stories and AI content

By Jackson Ryan

/ 2 Mar 2026

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI