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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

How Should We Talk About The Trump Thing?

The Crab Has A Gun

The Rot Will Stop

Did You Know Farscape Is Streaming Around The Clock

Spelling Game Cryptmaster Feels Like The Opposite Of Homework

Peanut Butter Overcame Catastrophe To Complete His First Speedrun In Front Of A Live Audience

I Fucking Hate Ser Criston Cole

Welcome To Xbox’s Rot Economy

From The Sketchbook To The Stars: The Art Of Homeworld 3

You Can Finally Play Team Fortress 2 Again (For Now)