$1 gets you... •25 incredible interviews with the most fascinating people in video games •5 deep dives on storytelling, reviews, and media •1 oral history of Street Fighter: The Movie •Video episodes •Weekly bonus segments •And a community of over 1,000 passionate gamers www.patreon.com/c/PostGames

We're kicking off a series of music game oral histories with a look back at Rez Infinite -- and why it's been nine years without a follow-up.

New @apwot.bsky.social is live!

Hear about the NES US launch 40 years ago from the people that made it happen: Gail Tilden, Bruce Lowry and Lance Barr with @frankcifaldi.bsky.social from the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social moderating! Panel recording at youtu.be/f2WDfsiLiRA #prge #prge2025 #retrogaming #VGHF

Fun fact: I originally wanted to run this story the day @designroom.bsky.social launched because I thought it was going to be Rez Infinite's 10th anniversary. Turned out I was a year off, but then I figured, might as well do it anyway.

With Shadow of the Colossus behind us, our next project kicks off Monday: a music game series running throughout November.

i just signed up as a subscriber for @mattleone.bsky.social and co's new hotness! The FF7 and Street Fighter Oral Histories were critical pitstops on my journey to get into game dev, and I am excited to support an independent outlet helping chart the history of our artform from the words of artists!

The Last Guardian executive producer Yasuhide Kobayashi didn't want to move the game from PS3 to PS4.

Delighted to announce Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo, and equally thrilled to be working with @hollynielsen.bsky.social, @nadiaoxford.bsky.social, @illogicaljoker.bsky.social and Christian Donlan, who will be contributing essays to the book. Preorder at the link below!

​Over at The Ringer, I went long on the history of PlayStation online, from SOCOM and Uncharted 2 to its current live-service woes. Notable hearing Shawn Layden on​ GaaS:​ “A live-service game to me isn’t really a game. It’s a repetitive action engagement device.” www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...

Honored to contribute something to @mattleone.bsky.social's wonderful new jam! I really enjoyed reading back on these, still amazed that I got to talk to so many incredible devs about my favorite thing.

For the second of these, @nsuttner.bsky.social talks with Josef Fares about Ico, wordless storytelling, and why developers shouldn't listen too closely to players.

Another 10,000 words on Shadow of the Colossus?! Today, we're posting two never-before-seen interviews @nsuttner.bsky.social did for his @bossfightbooks.com book on Shadow that came out back in 2015. For the first, he talks to @thatgamecompany.com's Jenova Chen.

Was fun!

Takeshi Oga, the former Gravity Rush concept artist who did our Shadow of the Colossus cover, has just joined Bluesky. @ogatakeshi.bsky.social

It’s FunFactor… Fonday? Today we’ve got an à la carte bonus episode of @funfactorpod.com with @mattleone.bsky.social to chat about games history and preservation, how we tell stories, and his new oral histories project: @designroom.bsky.social. Extended preview in the free feed!

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

🚨🚨🚨 We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. • We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon • Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n • See more: designroom.site

It's past midnight on the east coast, which means it's officially Shadow of the Colossus' 20th anniversary. Come join the party.

Was great talking about @designroom.bsky.social with the Aftermath folks!

Wrapping up our first week — thanks to everyone who checked out the site, followed, and/or subscribed! Next week, we’ll be back with more Shadow of the Colossus coverage from an old friend.

Working on a feature for Design Room right now and it covers one of the most unique game designers I’ve ever researched. Even had a chance to sit down with them. Stay tuned 👀

We are going live in a few minutes with @mattleone.bsky.social to talk designroom.site, and more! www.twitch.tv/aftermathdot...

One more day! This is genuinely going to be one of the best things we've ever put out, so get your orders in now

New site: designroom.site Personal: rooftopshouting.com Shadow of the Colossus story: bit.ly/sotcoralhistory Niantic/Punchdrunk story: bit.ly/nianticpunchdrunk Street Fighter 2 book: bit.ly/likeahurricane Final Fantasy 7 book: bit.ly/500yearslater PlayStation 25th video: bit.ly/playstation25th

R-Type poster for #iam8bit20!! @iam8bit.com

Yesterday we posted a big Shadow of the Colossus oral history. Threading a few bits of trivia about that story below...

Getting off work? Finally have time to read a 10,000-word story? Or perhaps you live overseas... 👀

Getting off work? Finally have time to read a 10,000-word story? Or perhaps you live overseas... 👀

For the evening crowd... I launched a new oral histories site today. It's very good.

And third: A look behind the scenes at how we worked with Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga on the cover art for our Shadow of the Colossus story.

Second: We talked to six former Sony employees about The Last Guardian’s decade in development, and how one of them didn’t like moving it from PS3 to PS4.

Alongside today’s big Shadow of the Colossus oral history, we have three bonus stories for paid subscribers. First up: Our full interview with Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, talking about Wander’s character design, Warp’s influence on Team Ico, and why Ueda feels conflicted about the game’s ending.

Today's Polygon Exit Interview is with @mattleone.bsky.social , whose new site @designroom.bsky.social launched today! pvguide.ghost.io/polygon-exit...

Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.

STRAND TYPE ZINE: A Death Stranding Fanzine for NYCC this weekend! 👍 In honor of our fav post-apocalyptic, BB toting, cross country delivery man hiking, Dooms level two repatriating, Monster Energy drinking, poo and pee grenade throwing, strand type games from @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp

This is the story of Sega's R360: The legendary arcade cabinet that spun players around and left arcade floors far too early. Exclusive interviews, developer quotes, and more! I'd appreciate not only everyone watching, but also sharing this post and the video! youtu.be/I-LnKFILB5I

Come listen to @mattleone.bsky.social talk about his new project on this week's Rogue Signal!

Amazing thread!

Hey everyone. I’ll be honest, I’ve run out of rope on this “being a writer” business, to the point where my site either takes off, now, or I start applying for whatever local shop/cleaning jobs are available. This isn’t a “threat”, just an honest statement of where I am. Sorry. ko-fi.com/kimimi

Phenomenal-looking new book, as you'd expect from @readonlymemory.com.

Possibly the last one of these posts repromoting old Polygon oral histories -- looking back on the time we talked to the team behind Street Fighter: The Movie (the game).

We're running low on Polygon stories to repromote, which is probably a good sign. Here's one on Capcom vs. SNK that bookended our Street Fighter series, with art from @humanmgn.bsky.social. web.archive.org/web/20211017...

We're a little late to tie this to the PlayStation 30th anniversary, but it's still worth looking back on this profile/pseudo oral history on PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi.

Looking back at the time we dug deep into Street Fighter 3 for a Polygon oral history.

Latest Archipel book looks excellent.

The behind-the-scenes story of A Life Well Wasted and its first episode in three years. www.patreon.com/posts/rarest...

Monday was my last day at Vox Media which, after 14 years, feels wild to say out loud. But here I am! I'm looking for my next role, so if you think that may be with you please reach out! You can DM me here, or find me on LinkedIn, or email me (chrisgrant @ this domain).

Announcing Real Sound: Kaze no Regret Original Soundtrack on vinyl 💽 In its vinyl debut, experience composer Keiichi Suzuki's score to Kenji Eno's “game with no visuals," experienced entirely through sound. Presented on two blue & white LPs. Pre-order now 🔗👇