podcast
Despite What NYT, WaPo, And Vanity Fair Seem To Think, We Still Need Critics
"You’re ceding that process to people who do not have experience or training or standards"
Let’s Remember Some Good Video Game Boats
"Assassin’s Creed is reinventing interest in sea shanties. Screw you, TikTok"
You Have To Hear Chris Plante’s Sandwich Story
"It’s somehow getting on us, but we’re so happy that we’re not gonna die"
Controversial Opinion, But Faceless Payment Processors Probably Shouldn’t Be Able To Run The Whole World From The Shadows
"They finally found a way to censor video games for real"
Games Media Actually Had A Good Week, For Once
"Kotaku was sold to what is essentially a mom ‘n’ pop media company; Paste is owned by a guy"
Congratulations To Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s (Second) Gamer Mayor
"Unfortunately, our first gamer mayor – at least, in terms of policy – is Eric Adams"
Why Roblox Mega-Hits Like Grow A Garden Are Outpacing Steam’s Biggest Games
"Stop thinking of this as a video game. It’s social lubricant"
How Giant Bomb Went Un-Corporate
"The reality is, we don’t know how to make something like Giant Bomb work inside a corporation"
We’re In The Era Of The Business Idiot
"We’re watching what happens when the people who don’t really understand work control everything"
Polygon And Giant Bomb Are Being Sacrificed At The Altar Of Slop
"It’s all interchangeable to them. It’s all the same slop"
