On the latest Aftermath Hours, Luke and Gita are joined by Matt Leone, formerly of Polygon. This week, Leone launched Design Room, a new site to house his oral histories
In hindsight, the emergence of our modern, engagement bait-based world was inevitable. But of all the possible lenses through which to view the progression from a quainter, kinder internet to
Between RFK Jr speculating that video games are a root cause of mass shootings, the Secret Service probing the alleged Charlie Kirk killer’s Steam history, and the US Oversight
Charlie Kirk made a lot of people mad, and then he died. The first part almost certainly contributed to the second. But it’s unlikely that right-wing content creators and
It’s here. It’s real. It briefly broke Steam. If you even casually follow video game news, you already know I’m talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong. The bug-tastic
Silksong has sent ripples through the indie game world simply by existing. Just last week, all manner of mice and men were on the verge of deploying their best laid
Just when fans were beginning to lose faith – or at least get extremely sick of hearing people trot out the same tired memes during every Geoff Keighley game showcase – Hollow
It’s been a grim month for the field of criticism: the New York Times reassigned veteran critics, WaPo’s took a buyout, Vanity Fair elected to eliminate reviews, and
What began as Aftermath’s unofficial Boat Day has evolved into Aftermath’s unofficial Boat Week. With Riley freshly off a boat and me in the general proximity of many,
Aftermath Hours is primarily a show about the news – and there’s plenty of talk about The Issues on this week’s episode – but sometimes a moment stops you dead