The bizarre, de-aged Jurassic Park ad is another example of doing something because you could and not because you should. aftermath.site/jurassic-park-...

Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...

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Nintendo’s trailers of violent games are full of (purposefully?) missed shots aftermath.site/resident-evil-...

The bizarre, de-aged Jurassic Park ad is another example of doing something because you could and not because you should. aftermath.site/jurassic-park-...

In a week of announcements from the likes of Nintendo, Blizzard, and WaPo – not necessarily the good kind – we're gonna make the biggest of all (citation needed) on today's stream, perhaps involving @adashtra.bsky.social and @jmrivera.bsky.social. We go live at 4 PM ET www.twitch.tv/aftermathdot...

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life comes at you fast

As a principled video game executive, I believe AI is "metadata" mixed with "a parlor trick," and we should be skeptical of it. Then again, counterpoint: never mind aftermath.site/take-two-strau...

Friendship ended with Terrace House, Love Village is my new favorite dating show aftermath.site/love-village-t...

Had to blog about digital de-aging, the original Jurassic Park, and why nobody seems to ask themselves "hey, is this going to look good when we do it?" aftermath.site/jurassic-par...

turns out, I’m gonna be at DICE next week on behalf of @aftermath.site! DM/email if you want to meet up for a demo, interview, or just to talk

The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails: aftermath.site/steam-machine-...

Nobody needs this man, we're all so tired aftermath.site/nobody-needs-t...

With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.

The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails: aftermath.site/steam-machine-...

Nobody needs this man, we're all so tired aftermath.site/nobody-needs-t...

I know it’s annoying that I constantly ask people to sub, but subbing makes a huge difference. @aftermath.site has around 5,000 paying subs right now; most of us still work other jobs on the side. we have over 90k bluesky followers. if a fraction subscribed, it would literally change our lives

Want to know more about journalism co-ops like us? We're featured in this article from @niemanlab.org alongside some of the worker-owned news greats like @defector.com, @hellgatenyc.com, @coyotemedia.org, @sequencermag.bsky.social and @aftermath.site.

They do this because they can aftermath.site/washington-pos...

It's taken me all day to figure out what to say about today's WaPo layoffs, an unnecessary upending of the careers of hundreds of journalists, the paper itself, and the way millions of readers understand our current world aftermath.site/washington-p...

its boring to keep saying this, but the site only exists with subs. that's the business model. but even if you just sign up to our 'free' tier, you're still getting stuff, and that's a start!

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had an incredible interview the other day with dr. jess morrissette (@decafjedi.com) and dr. megan condis, about their fascinating new research paper:

Oh I thought this was fluff (and was stoked) but it goes HARD immediately

I subscribe to a lot of indie pubs, but here are five worker-owned companies I'll never abandon: - @404media.co: essential technology! - @rascal.news: essential tabletop! - @aftermath.site: essential video games! - @defector.com: essential everything! - @hellgatenyc.com: essential New York!

My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up. The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture. Read about it on @aftermath.site!

It's @adashtra.bsky.social! On the website! Wooo!!

Oh hey. It's me. I'm back. I wanted to talk to all the devs who took the war chest from their popular games (and YouTube careers!) and turned it into a publishing studio to find out what they're doing differently and if its working out for them. Turns out...yeah seems like its going good!

Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...

Hey, this article is about my research with Dr. Megan Condis! Thanks for writing about our project, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social and @aftermath.site!

This has the juice.

Aftermath was born from the wake of previous Washington Post layoffs, a way to keep writing for the audience we knew was out there without short-sighted corporate decisions getting in the way. The indie road is a tough one, but it's one way forward for writers and readers aftermath.site

The console wars, as told by 90s Nintendo and Sega advertisements aftermath.site/console-wars-n...

The Testament of Ann Lee makes a dying faith radical aftermath.site/testament-ann-...

The ashes of Ashes of Creation, Iron Lung & Project Genie bullshit: all the news from January 31-February 3 aftermath.site/video-game-new...

Adobe is ruthlessly killing off software that animators around the world are using every day: aftermath.site/adobe-animate-...

Once a hack, always a hack: aftermath.site/darren-aronofs...

The ashes of Ashes of Creation, Iron Lung & Project Genie bullshit: all the news from January 31-February 3 aftermath.site/video-game-new...

Adobe is ruthlessly killing off software that animators around the world are using every day: aftermath.site/adobe-animate-...

This past weekend at brunch my friends apologized for not taking Gamergate more seriously when it was happening and admitted that I was right. I've never wanted to not be right more.

hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”

Remembering the massive interest among billionaires in edutainment game pitches from indies in 2013 and wincing.

Really enjoyed being part of this story!

a very good summary of everything that's come out, from the stuff that's important to the stuff people have misrepresented

jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture

The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...

I’ve been ranting about Black Swan since I was it in 2011. I was furious was it was a clearly copying homework and only changing a few words. Ranging from changing the lead’s name from “Mina” to “Nina” and using Perfect Blue’s visual language. It used that language broken and poorly.

This article captures my experience with Cairn exactly. My real life climbing knowledge really gets in the way of enjoying the climbing in the game as it wants to be played. But I love all the moments around the climbing.