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Solve These Strange Jigsaws

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

Pokémon Battle Patent Reexamination A ‘Disruption Of The Normal Status Quo,’ Says IP Law Expert

Mamdani Won, And Also Cuomo Lost

Nothing But Respect For This Manual Ear And Nose Hair Trimmer

Dispatch Brings Back The Halcyon Era Of Online Water Cooler Talk

‘This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats’

I Owe My Workday To Criterion 24/7

Somehow, The Threat Of A Live-Action Akira Refuses To Die

The Seance Of Blake Manor Is My Blue Prince

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

I Will Grind In Final Fantasy Tactics Every Single Time And You Cannot Stop Me

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

Have You Heard The Good News About Tasks

We Have Never Been More 12 Years Old

You Could Be Playing Vanquish Right Now

Not Commenting Is Commenting

One Chainsaw Man Fan Calculated How Long You’d Survive Sex With Angel Devil Before Suffering From Twink Death

The Trump Halo Memes Aren’t Supposed To Make Sense

What The Hell Is Microsoft Doing?

Brainrot Goes To Court [Correction]

Days After Hyping Games Business To Investors, Netflix Closes Squid Game: Unleashed Studio

AI Political Videos Tell Us Too Much About The People Behind Them

Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn’t Stop The Internet’s Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life

Everyone Who Worked On A Video Game Needs To Be In The Credits

I Will Romance Every Character In Hades 2, But Under Duress

Why Are My Bluesky Bots So Into Irish

Check Out This Pair Of ‘Ridge Racer’ Sneakers, Reportedly Made To Commemorate Kaz Hirai’s Famous E3 2006 Presentation

Criterion’s Mobile Closet Wasn’t About The Van—It Was About IRL Friendships We Made Along The (Five-Hour) Way

Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’

A History of Histories

The Sweet Spot Of IMDb Is 6.3-7.6

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11

Battlefield 6’s Campaign Is An Act Of Narrative Cowardice

I Can’t Believe We’re Still Talking About This

I Apologize, Absolute Batman. I Wasn’t Familiar With Your Game

Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires

Look Out, I’m The Bus

The Killing Stone Is A Folk Horror Board Game Where Everything Is Story

We’re Throwing A Party, And You’re Invited

MindsEye Workers Condemn Leadership’s ‘Disrespect And Mistreatment’ In Open Letter

Everything Is Assassin’s Creed

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah

GameZone, A Website Dating Back To 1994, Has Had Its Archives Wiped

100 Meters Is A Soulful Gem About The Poetry Of Running

Baby Steps’ Manbreaker Did Not Break Me

Ubisoft Could Not Have Handled A Reconstruction Era Assassin’s Creed

VTuber Mori Calliope’s Anime Dream Came Full Circle In Creating Gachiakuta’s New Theme Song

100 Meters Director On Capturing The Art And Agony Of Track And Field Through Rotoscope Animation

Hades 2’s Story Doesn’t Change The Status Quo

Good Patch Notes

Epic Games Suing Two Fortnite Island Makers Over Inflated ‘Bot’ Engagement

Silent Hill F’s Best Puzzle Is A Masterclass In Anticipation

Wayward Is A Queer Exploration Of The Troubled Teen Industry

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy Is Working Because Of Greed And Cynicism

Microsoft Just Made It Easier Than Ever To Stop Putting Up With Microsoft

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

One Battle After Another Is An Instant Classic That Plays Fast And Loose With Its Politics

What Does It Sound Like To Slide Down A Breast Milk River? Ask Baby Steps Sound Designer Maxi Boch

The AirPods Pro 3 Are Everything I Wanted, And They’re Crucially Flawed

Candy Crush Player Sues Activision Blizzard Over Alleged ‘Scam’ Tournament

Q-UP Is An Esport About How Ridiculous Esports Are

I’ve Been Playing Town To City From Dawn To Dusk

Chainsaw Man Is Better Than The Bible

You Could Play Messenger Right Now, There’s Nothing Stopping You

The EA Sale Is Bad News For Everyone

The Lift Turns Household Chores Into Sci-Fi

Do We Really Need A Deus Ex Remaster?

Lawyers Look To Consolidate Dozens Of Roblox Child Exploitation Lawsuits

New Coalition Seeks To Help Palestinian Game Developers ‘Speak Loudly’ Through Games

Playing Is This Seat Taken? Feels Different When You Live In DC

A Warm Welcome To Nintendo Of America’s New President & CEO

Netflix’s Kiss Or Die Is Yakuza’s Cringiest Eroge Substory Turned Into A Full-Blown Variety Show

Finding Peace In Work

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

I Love Silksong Even When It Bugs Me

The Right’s Charlie Kirk Cancellation Spree Has Emboldened Gaming’s Worst

Why Major Events Like Charlie Kirk’s Death End Up On Roblox

I’m Not A Robot, But This Free Puzzle Game Unearthed My Human Limitations

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

Meta Spent Billions On AI So Mark Zuckerberg Could Look Like A Dipshit In Front Of Millions Of People

Arma Can Be A Boys Club, But This Trans Women-Only Platoon Aims To Change That

Endless Legend 2 Is Another Reminder That 4X Games Are Leaving Me Behind, And It Sucks

Hey James Gunn: Is Peacemaker Season 2 About A Nazi Alternate Universe?

‘Kei’ And ‘Midi’ Are Much More Interesting Video Game Definitions Than ‘Indie’ Or ‘AA’

US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOS At Online Radicalization Hearing

Florida Suing Porn Game Websites Over Alleged Age-Verification Violations

Henry Halfhead Is What Would Happen If Prey’s Mimics Were Cute

What’s Harder To Draw: Horses Or Kisses? We Asked An Expert

Everyone Was Right, The Studio Is Pretty Good

Of Course One Piece’s Pirate Flag Is The Symbol Of A Real-Life Youth Revolution

Deahas thed Star

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

Following ‘Recent Events,’ Mods Lock Helldivers Subreddit, While Helldivers 2 Stays Open

If Only So Many Of The Writers We Need Right Now Hadn’t Lost Their Jobs

Why Republicans Needed Charlie Kirk

Welcoming A Reluctant 43-Year-Old Man To Civil War (And Other) Strategy Video Games

Signal Rolls Out Secure Backups Just After I Had To Nuke My Message History

OK, But Who Is Inverting Their Horizontal Controls?

OK, But You Do Know You’re Eulogizing Charlie Kirk, Right?

The Baby Assassins Trilogy Revived The Lost Art Of Whimsical Action Comedies—And It’s Pretty Gay

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer

The Author Immortal Is A Metanarrative Isekai Comic That Explores The Messiness Of Separating The Art From The Artist

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

Running A Video Games Publisher AND Marketing Agency Sounds Absolutely Exhausting

Linda Linda Linda Is Good Good Good

Seven Months After Civ VII’s Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between

10 Months In The Making, Play For Peace Bundle Launches To Raise Money for Palestinian Aid

The OXO Rapid Brewer Is Great For Coffee And Better For ‘Soup’

More Sports Games Should Take A Year Off

The King Is Watching: It’s A Very Good Video Game

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Trump Tariffs Are Disrupting Planner Season

Let Me Love You, Crusader Kings 3

I Buy Prebuilt PCs Now, And Have Finally Found Peace

I Unironically Like Netflix’s Live-Action Kakegurui TV Series

Deftones Are Forever

Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong

Long Story Short Is A Lot, In A Good Way

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Staff Due To ‘Evolving Business Conditions’, Which Is Putting It Mildly

Vivi Is Screwing Up Magic: The Gathering, And You Know What? Good For Him

Fresh Tracks Is A Charming Skiing Rhythm Game

I Watched Kamen Rider Kuuga Because I Had To Know Why He Kicked This Villain’s Ass So Hard

City The Animation Turns Every Single Episode Into A Visual Flex

AI Can’t Suffer, But It Should Suffer For This

Overwatch 2 Developers Say They’re Leaning Into What Works

I Didn’t Win Zohran Mamdani’s Scavenger Hunt, But I Did Have A Nice Day Out In NYC

RPG Designer Goes Missing After Crowdfunding Award-Winning Game

Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Update]

What’s Going To Be The Next Silksong?

Apparently The Silksong Devs Were Just Being Normal About It

A ‘Game Capture Director’ Is The Person Who Gets The Gameplay Footage For A Video Game Trailer

King Of The Hill’s New Season Cements Its Legacy As The Definitive American Anime

The Naked Gun Will Heal Cinema

‘It’s Just Not Impressive If A Robot Is Doing It:’ Soundalike Voice Actors On AI

Big Gamescom Trailers Cost Up To $520,000 To Show, And Other Fun Facts

OK History, That’s Enough Rhyming For One Day

History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes

Curling Up With A Sandwich, A Warm Drink And Mafia: The Old Country

Despite What NYT, WaPo, And Vanity Fair Seem To Think, We Still Need Critics

Alien: Earth Has The Juice

What Cyberpunk 2077 Can Teach Real-World Cities

From Nintendo Power Hotline To Now, Human Labor Has Always Been The Soul Of Video Game Guides

I Broke My Foot But The iWalkFree Gave Me Mobility Back

Stripe Says Support Team Reps Were ‘Totally Wrong’ About LGBTQ Content Ban

New Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt’s Episode About A Cat Named After A Vibrator Gave Me Emotional Damage

Krafton Responds To Subnautica 2 Lawsuit, Doubling Down On Claims That Executives ‘Abandoned’ Development

Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’

Hell Yeah, Another Blizzard Union

Recommending Books Is The Best Part Of Tiny Bookshop

I Bloody Love The Drifter

How Anime Critics At IGN Navigate The Complex, Score-Obsessed Discourse

Good For Digital Foundry

Let’s Remember Some Good Video Game Boats

Wait, Are We Not All Keeping Our PCs On Top Of Our Desks

I Love The Game That Guardians of the Galaxy Almost Is

Of Course I Put My PC On The Floor, What Am I, An Idiot

I Spend A Lot Of Time In My Real Life Trying To Find The Perfect Seat, So Why Not Do It In A Game, Too

Wooden Cup-And-Ball Toy: A Review

Eddington Is A Compelling COVID Drama Until It Isn’t

Oh No, Merge Maestro Is Going To Be A Problem

The Best Shonen Manga Right Now Is About A Niche Performance Artist’s Fall From Grace

Labubu To Lafufu: ‘See You In Court’

And Roger Is A Short, Moving Game About Family

Gabe Newell Bought A Yacht Company

With A Boat And Some Help, You Can Read Moby Dick In A Day

IGN Lays Off 8 Staff, 12% Of Union

John Cena’s Heel Turn Sucked, And WWE Is More Morally Bankrupt Than Ever Before

You Have To Hear Chris Plante’s Sandwich Story

Death Stranding 2 Is A Joyful, Absurd Response To COVID

You Have 78 Seconds To Complete Your Bucket List In Time Flies

Board Game Company Fucks Around (Announcing A New Harry Potter Game), Finds Out (When Fans Revolt And Media Announce Boycotts)

‘Dopamine Simply Doesn’t Work Like That’: An Interview With A User Experience Researcher

Inside The Mass Call Campaign To Stop Video Game Censorship

The New York Times Will Never Learn

Clues By Sam Is My Favorite Daily Puzzle Game

Peak Is A Playground For Slapstick Comedy

Tencent Pitched Sony A Horizon Game, Got Rejected, Then Copied The Series, Sony Says In Lawsuit Filing

Why Are These Horrible Mental Health App Ads

The World Is Conspiring Against Me Legally Experiencing The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Controversial Opinion, But Faceless Payment Processors Probably Shouldn’t Be Able To Run The Whole World From The Shadows

I’m Mad We Didn’t Get A Spice Girls Anime

Let’s All Read A Shitty Video Game Press Release Together

Itch Hides Almost All NSFW Content Following ‘Scrutiny From Our Payment Processors’

Ironmouse Raises $1 Million For Immune Deficiency Foundation After Leaving Vtuber Agency Over Claims That It Owed $500,000 [Update]

This Was Inevitable

Riiiiidddgggeeee Raaaaccceerrrr Ziiiinnnneeeee

Wheel World Loves Bikes And The People Who Love Them

Ozzy Osbourne Played A Video Game Convention In 2009, And It Ruled

Call Of The Night Is Sensual Coming Of Age Anime I Craved As A Teen

Waypoint Writers Quit Over Removal Of Articles Related To New Steam Policy

We Should All Outgrow Our Heroes Like Tyler, The Creator

I’m Not Sure What PUBG’s Creator Is Trying To Do Here, But I’m Sort Of Into It

Warframe, Still A Space Ninja Game (Technically), Is Now Drawing Inspiration From World War I

EverQuest Emulator Threatens ‘The Very Existence of EverQuest Itself,’ Daybreak Argues In New Court Documents

‘Friendslop’ Isn’t Real, But People Love Posting About It Anyway

An Ode To Order Of Battle, A Game About Moving Guys Around A Map

Unknown Worlds Lawsuit Claims Krafton Intentionally Delayed Subnautica 2 To Avoid $250M Payout

Don’t Worry About Me Being A Nepo Baby, Says Nepo Baby

Video Game Horse Expert On Umamusume: ‘I Have Supremely Mixed Feelings’

A Salute To The 13%

Is Falling Asleep To Let’s Plays Medically Approved Gamer Melatonin Or Nah

The Penny Farthing Is Alive And Well In 2025

Your Guide To Feel-Bad-Anime Summer

This Is Not A ‘Stop Killing Games’ Explainer, I Just Think It’s Interesting

Why Disability Journalism In Games Needs To Evolve Beyond Marketing

If You’re Going To Reject Someone’s Video Game Job Application, You Don’t Have To Be A Dick About It

Pretty Girl Horse Racing Game ‘Uma Musume’ Is Engrossing And Weird As Hell

All My Pants Are From Outlier Because They Appear To Live Forever

Plushie Maker Suing Over ‘Emotional Support Chicken Nuggets’

What Will It Take To Get You Off Twitter

Now You Can Finance In-Game Items, In Addition To Burritos

With Anthem’s Impending Server Shutdown, I’m Trying It For The First Time

Dan Da Dan Is Back, And So Is My Obsession With Science Saru’s Keyframe Anime Posts

Bad News, I’m A 43-Year-Old Man And I’ve Recently Taken An Interest In The Civil War

Xbox’s ‘Golden Handcuffs’ Are Screwing Over Laid Off Workers

Orc City is A Twitter Meme Of Yesteryear

There’s No Reason To Keep Putting Up With Microsoft

Hideaki Anno Is Anime’s Ultimate Wife Guy

Sid Meier’s Colonization Is The American Video Game

Xbox Producer Recommends Laid Off Workers Should Use AI To ‘Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss’

Games Media Actually Had A Good Week, For Once

How Kenny Omega’s AEW Wrestling Theme Came To Life

Electronic Arts Leadership Are Out Of Their Goddamned Minds

Crunchyroll Says Anime’s ChatGPT Subtitling Came From Third-Party Vendor, Goes Against Its Policies

G/O Media Finally Sells Kotaku

Has Xbox Considered Laying One Person Off Instead Of Thousands

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Is More Popular Than Ever Thanks To A Dedicated Fan Community

Gamurs Has Been Selling Off Sites

An In-Depth Examination Of Death Stranding 2’s Shower Handles

I Spent Too Long Not Knowing There’s A Stealth Crossword Game

I’m Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn’t Have AI Crap In It

Squid Game Season 3’s Hwang Jun-ho Storyline Sucked

YouTube Channel Drumeo’s Freestyle Drum Covers Make Me Want To Take My Shirt Off And Yell “Hell Yeah”

Congratulations To Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s (Second) Gamer Mayor

Front Mission 3 Deserved Better Than This AI Slop

You win, Rent-A-Girlfriend. I Give Up

Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown Is My Own Special Trolley Problem

I Love The Alters And All Its Weird, Annoying Clones

This Game Sure Looks A Lot Like Venba

Roblox Accused Of Allowing Sexual Exploitation In Four Separate Lawsuits

My Favorite Mangaka Disguises, Ranked

Hell Yes Another Excellent Climbing Game

Jurassic Park Game Going To Extreme Lengths To Simulate Dinosaurs Mystifyingly Uses Gen AI For Humans, Gets Bullied Out Of It

Lies Of P: Overture Is The Best Parts Of The Game Executed With Confidence

Netflix’s Adolescence Is A Moving, If Sometimes Heavy-Handed, Warning About The Internet

Twitch Star Kai Cenat Really Wants NYC Mayor Eric Adams To Get Police To Apologize For Taking His Friend’s Car

To Truly Feel The Sparkle Of GQuuuuuuX’s Finale, You’ve Gotta Do Your Anime Homework

Experience The Joy Of Rejecting Andrew Cuomo Through A Video Game

Adventure Games, Poker And Casinos Do Not ‘Overlap’, You Weirdos

I Love My Partner Despite The Weird Way She Eats Oreos

Aftermath Endorses Zohran Mamdani For NYC Mayor

Big Year For Big Wheels

New Nexus Mods Owners Scramble To Assuage Community Concerns Following Sale By Burnt Out Founder

GameStop’s Expanding Trading Card Business Could Make A Tough Situation For Workers Worse

SiIvaGunner Is An Elaborate Game Music Joke Collective And One Of The Best Parts Of YouTube

Young Democrats Are Running Very Online Campaigns In 2025

New Scylla Songs!

To A T Is A Video Game That Just Makes You Feel Good

MindsEye Fuckin’ Sucks, Man

The Summer (Game Fest) Before The Fall (Of America)

How Relooted, A Game About Reclaiming African Artifacts From Western Museums, Ended Up Being Shown By A White Guy At Summer Game Fest

Good Day To Everyone Except The Senior Management At Electronic Arts

Hong Kong’s Removal Of Taiwan-Made Video Game Actually Spread The Game Further, Developer Says

Dispatch Is A Superhero Logistics Game

Disney’s Big AI Lawsuit Includes Some Very Damning Images

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword: The Orb Preview

Fantasy Life I: The Girl Who Steals Time Immediately Told Me To Get A Job

Striking SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Reach Tentative Video Game Deal

I’m Becoming Increasingly Obsessed With Fake Japanese Football Shirts [Update]

A Slot Machine Roguelike Is Way Too Intense

Seven Cool Video Games I Saw During (Well, After) Summer Game Fest

My Lies Of P Save File Is Dead And I Am Full Of Regret

Baby Steps Makes Me Feel Bad That I Stopped Meditating

Nice Hat, Loser

You Can Always Count On Sneakers

I Don’t Know What These Guys In Herdling Are, But Each One Is My Precious Child

Please Do Not Buy A Bootleg ‘Destroy AI’ Shirt

Nope, No, No Thank You

Why Switch 2 Preorders From Walmart Came With Coca-Cola And Pringles

I Waited In A Midnight Line For Two And A Half Hours To Watch Someone Else Get A Switch 2

Ubisoft Sexual Harassment Trial: ‘I’ve Seen Some Sordid Files, But On This Scale, Never’

I Need To Know If Sony’s Fight Stick Is Good Or Not

Nightreign is Uneven And Counter-Intuitive. Good.

We’re Really Just Going Through With All This, Aren’t We

Lol, Lmao (Spoilers For The End Of Clair Obscur Act One)

I Am Going To Do Right By The Witcher 4’s New Horse

Unreal’s AI Demo Had No Point

Finally, A Letterboxd For Wrestling

Consume Me Makes Teenage Stresses Fun (Sort Of, OK Not Really)

It’s Never Too Late To Talk About A Video Game

Zenimax Union Reaches Tentative Contract With Microsoft

Video Game Consoles Are Dead

What You Should Know Before Starting Elden Ring Nightreign

Look, I Appreciate What The Ninja Turtles Tactics Game Is Trying To Do

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Clair Obscur’s Story Mode

How Twitch Emote Artists Are Tackling The Rise Of AI Art

The Handmaid’s Tale Is Finally Over, Except It Isn’t

Ushimitsu Gao Is A Ghost Cuckold Romance Manga For Folks Who Defend Beastars (Me)

Parrying Is The Worst Thing In Video Games

Parrying Is The Best Thing In Video Games

How Good Are The Skin Deep Opening Credits

9 Kings: It’s A Good Video Game

Please Know That The House With The Doom Bathroom Is For Sale

Why Roblox Mega-Hits Like Grow A Garden Are Outpacing Steam’s Biggest Games

This Video Game Is Also a Hockey Training Tool

We Should Treasure Every Game That Still Gets A Nice, Physical Re-Release

Clair Obscur’s Real Heroes Came Before Expedition 33

I Am Excited To Report That It Is Once Again Time For Famicase!

GeoGuessr Map Makers Make Most Popular Maps Unplayable In Protest Of Saudi-Backed Esports World Cup

The Most Popular Window Air Conditioner Has Disappeared From Store Shelves

A Love Letter To The Suplex, Wrestling’s Greatest Move

My Watch Has Ended: Fortnite Is Back On The App Store

Tabletop Game Going Rogue Puts The Revolution Back In Star Wars

The Hundred Line’s Darumi Amemiya Is Mortifying And I Will Defend Her With My Life

Fortnite’s AI Darth Vader Has, Predictably, Been A Comedy Of Errors

This Shonen Anime Fights Toxic Masculinity

I Also Have A USB Stick Full Of Game Ideas, But I Will Share Them With You Before I Die

How Giant Bomb Went Un-Corporate

The Last Of Us Season 2 Is Bad Television

A Fond Farewell To Polygon, From The People Who Worked There

I’m Actually Getting Car Sick on The Internet Road Trip

The Need For GTA 6’s Success Is A Symptom Of A Broken Industry

HBO, Which Was Always HBO, Is HBO Again

Sour Patch Kids, Ranked

We Solved The Five-Year Mystery Of Who Owns Summergamesfest.com

The HÅG Capisco Is A Great Chair For People Who Sit Weird

Thunderbolts* Could Have Been Marvel’s Cube

Cast N Chill Is A Simple, Gorgeous Fishing Game

One Last Time, Discord Is Not A Suitable Replacement For Forums

Sista Hayley Williams And Moses Sumney’s Angsty R&B Ballad Is A Cry For Help

Giant Bomb Has Been Sold To Giant Bomb

The Infinity Nikki Community Isn’t Boycotting, They’re Girlcotting

K-Pop Fans Remain Allergic To Taste

We’re In The Era Of The Business Idiot

A Video Game Trailer Maker’s Take On The Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer

Healers In Marvel Rivals Went On Strike

I Simply Do Not Know Where To Start Writing About Clair Obscur

Conclave Fandom Is The Religious Left

Video Games Have A Funny Way Of Showing Up When You Need Them The Most

There Is No Getting Back On This Ride

Buy Our ‘Destroy AI’ T-Shirt

How Clair Obscur’s Composer Created An Incredible Soundtrack

The Horror At Highrook Is A Mysterious Card-Based Investigation Game, And Also There’s A Cat

Bring Back Those Long-Ass Game Show Mics

Why One Indie Studio Is Reacting To Economic Uncertainty By Lowering Its Prices – Instead Of Raising Them, Like Everyone Else

Soccer Mommy’s Guide To Stardew Valley, The Coziest Video Game Ever

Grand Theft Auto V Was Released On September 17, 2013

Polygon And Giant Bomb Are Being Sacrificed At The Altar Of Slop

An Exhaustive Collection Of Football Shirts Featuring Video Game Sponsorships

Polygon Sold To Valnet

Despelote Is A Small Game About How Big Soccer Can Be

The ZD-0+ Excellence Is As Close To A Perfect Controller As I’ve Gotten

Almost Three Years After Neutrality Agreement, Negotiations Between Microsoft And Unionized Workers Aren’t Going Well

I Didn’t Think It Was Possible, But They’re Making Duolingo Worse

I’m Obsessed With FLCL Reanimated

For No Particular Reason, Let’s Look At How Much Money EA Execs Made Recently

A Very Slick Vision For A New Nintendo Operating System

How To Not Play As Nathan Grayson In Clair Obscur

Grace Did Nothing Wrong

Big Sales Don’t Mean A Boycott Has Failed

Gennojo Fuckin’ Sucks, Man

AI Has Come For The Horse In The Hospital

Does Blue Prince Never End?

Indie Dev Who Pulled Game From Xbox In Solidarity With Palestinian-Led BDS Hopes Others Will Do The Same

Marvel Rivals Players Are Creating Ships So Wild They’re Making Comic Books Fun Again

Assassin’s Creed, I’m Begging You, Please Just End Like A Normal Video Game

You Don’t Need To Buy The Oblivion Remaster

Kowloon Generic Romance Is The Closest Anime Has Come To A Wong Kar Wai Film

Good Morning To All My Blue Prince Non-Sickos

Fine, I’ll Play Star Wars XCOM

The Labor That Goes Into Making Anime Is Often Overlooked, But It Shouldn’t Be

I Quit Watching Social Media Videos, And I Am *Not* Full Of Regret

Mel And Langdon Won’t Get Together On The Pitt—Except In Fanfiction

How OTK Lost Its Way

The Imperfect Words Of Parasite Eve

A Real Museum Worker’s Take On Two Point Museum

Steel Ball Run Is The Best JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part

Gamurs Websites Aren’t Just Laying Off Workers, Entire Sites Are Being Mothballed

Video Game Blogs From The 2000s Were Fast, Reckless And Very Bad At News

The Pitt Isn’t Just Another Anxiety-Inducing Medical Drama

The Politics, Theology, And Hype Behind The First Gamer Saint

The Price Of The PS5 Is Going Up, Once Again, In Europe And Australia

The Aftermath Hours Inside Baseball Week Worker-Owned Media Roundtable Special

How Xalavier Nelson Does It

When You Write About Games, Gaming For Yourself Is Liberating

Because Some People Have Asked, Here Are Aftermath’s Editorial Values

‘There Are So Few Of Us Left’: Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025

Games Media Can’t Ignore BDS Xbox Boycott

It Happened To Me: I Wrote Those Shitty Tweet Roundups

Making Sure Games Can Pass Age Ratings Around The World Is A Very Niche But Also Very Important Job

No Other Game Is Shaped Like Blue Prince

With The Switch 2, Even Nintendo Wants To Trap You In An Ecosystem

Twitch CEO: Controversial Decision To Unban Adin Ross Was About ‘Second Chance,’ Not ‘Business Considerations’

I’m Cursed With Knowledge About Zootopia’s Abortion Fan Comic, And Now So Are You

Games Writing Words I Hate

The Truth Behind The Sudden Conclusion Of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Showrunner’s Short-Lived Manga Series

Welcome Back To Inside Baseball Week

South Of Midnight Has Great Difficulty Options

‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers

Aftermath Vs 2025

Tariffs Are Going To Kill Board Gaming As We Know It

Switch 2 Pre-Orders Are The Future

Nintendo’s Long Line Of Hits Followed By Misses Might Continue With Switch 2

Psycho Patrol R Is A Hilarious Dream Of A Brutal Future

(Assassin’s Creed Has Been This Good For Ages)

The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck

Fuck This Anthropomorphic Diesel Engine In Particular

It Is Somebody’s Moral Imperative To Leak Coyote vs Acme To The World [Update]

I’m Apothecary Diaries-Pilled, And The Frog Scene Made Me Worse

I Found A New Age Of Magic At A Dungeon Synth Show In Queens

SAG-AFTRA Performers ‘Optimistic’ Despite Games Like Genshin Impact Replacing Striking Voice Actors

Deck Nine Takes Back GDC Award From Laid-Off Devs After Failing To Send Anyone To Accept It

Schedule 1 Is What Would Happen If Breaking Bad Was Stardew Valley

See the New Looney Tunes Movie in Theaters for the Love of God

Severance Season Two Stuck The Landing

Stop Sharing The Ghibli AI Slop, What Is Wrong With You

Split Keyboards Are Superior And The Reason I’m The Writer I Am Today

Social Media Has Me Ducking My Friends And It Sucks

Give Me A Future Worth Fighting For

Do I Really Have To Cheer For A Brand Account?

Game Informer Relaunches With Original Staff

Nobody Wants To Take Responsibility For ARK’s Bizarre AI Trailer

Dawnfolk Is The Chillest, Teeny-Tiniest City-Builder

Ubisoft Has Learned Nothing In The Last 11 Years

How Kendrick Lamar And Drake’s Rap Beef Reignited The Anime Big Three Discourse

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Is Impressive, But Does The Story Work?

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gets Nature Right

Report: Valnet Blacklisted Freelancers Who Complained About Pay Rates

Is It The Right Time For Shows About Wellness Conspiracies?

CWA And Video Game Workers Launch New Industry-Wide Union Anyone Can Join, Even If They’ve Been Laid Off

Total War: Pharaoh Does Complete 180 After Massive, Free Update

Download The TETRACHROMA Demo Right Now

Valve’s Mystique Is Served By Silence

The Crush House Is A Hectic Take On Reality TV

It Sure Is Complicated To Get Fortnite On Your Phone Now

I Just Wanted To Talk To A Human

Yes, Kamala IS Brat

Not Even Helldivers 2 Can Escape From Live Service Hell

Streamer Playing Through GTA IV With Traffic Speed At Max: ‘If Life Is Suffering, Why Not Choose More Suffering – And More Life’

Valve’s Baffling Deadlock Decisions Don’t Need Defending

The Joy Of The Perfect Stealth Game Run, Which I Will Never Know

I Am In Awe Of The Borderlands Movie’s Origin Story, A Burden You Must Now Also Bear

And Now For Some Good* News

‘Many PS1 Games Are Almost Impossible For Us To Play’

Disney Spent All That Money On… Fortnite Skins?

Kick Streamer Adin Ross Was The Perfect Useful Idiot For Donald Trump

The Boyfriend Shines In The Shadow Of Terrace House

How Is A Game With Just One Button This Hard

Welcome To The North

The IP Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Sweet, A Whole Website Of Video Game Menus

Goodbye Game Informer, Games Journalism Won’t – And Wouldn’t – Be The Same Without You

Maybe It Should Be Illegal To Instantly Delete A Website’s Archives

Every Olympics I Stand, Hand On Heart, And Salute The Great Nation Of Epyx

I Would Live In This Climbing Game

The Forsyte Saga Holds Up

At SAG-AFTRA’s First Picket, Video Game Performers Say ‘People Are Realizing They Can’t Just Be Beaten Around By The C-Suite Anymore’

Pete Parsons Doesn’t Need That Many Cars

Yanis Varoufakis Thinks Capitalism Has Been Killed By Technofeudalism, Something He Helped Usher In At Valve

I Am Terrible At Cataclismo, Which Makes Me Excellent At Cataclismo

Maybe A Lousy Mobile Game Is The Perfect Game For The Olympics

Thank Goodness You’re Here Is A Hilarious Game About Being Helpful

If You Want Movie Theater Popcorn, Buy Some Flavacol®

Ubisoft Has Learned Nothing In The Last 10 Years

Hot Labor Summer: Video Games Edition

SAG-AFTRA Striking Because Companies Won’t Offer Same AI Protections To Voice And Physical Performers, Not Happy About GTA VI Exemption

Flintlock Is As Good As A 2024 Video Game Needs To Be

Kunitsu-Gami Feels Like It Shouldn’t Exist

Video Game Voice Actors Strike Over AI

I Read Too Many Stardew Valley Guides, And I Am Full Of Regret

Folks, We Got Another One

I Just Like Moving Little Guys Around A Map

At Least It Will Be Satisfying To Wreck Fortnite’s Cybertruck

Humble Games Lays Off All Employees, Carries On In Name Only

Flock Is A Celebration Of Weird Little Guys

Warframe Is Adding A Romance System To A Game That Already Includes Pretty Much Every Other Type Of System Ever Conceived

Hell Yeah, Bethesda Game Studios Just Unionized

The Best Kicks In Video Games

Maybe Game Demos Aren’t Always A Good Thing

We (Almost) Like Everything About Longlegs

It Is Once Again Time To Return To The Dream Factory

Companies Distance Themselves As Players Recreate Trump Assassination Attempt In Fortnite, Roblox, And Minecraft

The Best Espresso Machine Is One You Hack Yourself

Clickolding Is Weird In A Very Good Way

The Revolution Has Begun

All Games Should Have A Kick Button