Welcome back to 'What I Do', Aftermath's regular feature showcasing just what it is, exactly, that individuals in the video game business do every day.
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In the Aftermath newsletter last week, I wrote about the tragic end of a recent run I was on in The Long Dark, my favorite survival game. I almost immediately
I don’t believe any serious person really thought 2025 would magically be different from 2024 in terms of video game industry layoffs, but if you are one of those
Last month, YouTube introduced a new generative AI-powered “Inspiration” tab for creators. Like so many other gen AI products foisted on us by our increasingly shameless tech overlords, it has
Lonely Mountains: Downhill is one of my favorite games, a 2019 mountain biking sort of racer/ sort of Zen exploration of a virtual wilderness. Developer Megagon released a skiing-focused sequel
Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary that follows two out-of-work actors, struggling during UK covid lockdowns, trying to stage a production of Hamlet in Rockstar’s online game. It tells
It has been another exceedingly stupid week on planet Earth, the culmination of several nearly-as-stupid weeks before it. One of the most eye-catching jewels in this trash crown: Elon Musk,
Welcome back to another instalment of What I Do, Aftermath's semi-regular look at just what it is, exactly, that individuals do for a living in the video game
Depending on where you’re standing, the video game industry is in a state of caterpillar-like transformation into something new or a full-on crisis. Funding is scarce. Companies are rife
