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When losing a job means losing a career: what comes next for laid off games journalists? aftermath.site/aftermath-game...

I sold $16K in Pokémon cards and it fucking sucked aftermath.site/pokemon-card-s...

*grimaces* *closes eyes* *clicks*

Great piece on a bleak trend. Really ridiculous how anyone could look at the problems with games media right now and still blame it on the workers being “dumb hacks” or whatever

my first feature for inside baseball week 2026 is live and it couldn't be much more inside baseball than writing about games media. thanks so much to everyone for taking part, this was not a fun thing to talk about

Pretttty fantastic piece imo about the abysmal current state of affairs in game journalism (myself and a couple of friends and close colleagues are all in here) bsky.app/profile/afte...

with another inside baseball week comes another subscriber drive! 5,800 is imminently achievable and unlocks a goal I’m extremely excited about: an annual, physical zine of our best stories aftermath.site/aftermath-su...

Welcome to the AAA video game "business," where being your publisher's best-selling game of the year can't save you from arbitrary staffing cuts.

There's simply no excuse for this. Sucker Punch has delivered two back-to-back acclaimed and high selling games. This team should be safe and celebrated. and yet this industry continues to be fucking demonic.

sad news to start the week: layoffs have hit sucker punch

Layoffs hit Ghost Of Yotei developer Sucker Punch aftermath.site/sucker-punch-l...

Couldn't be more thrilled to be the leadoff hitter for Aftermath's latest Inside Baseball week! Honored and elated that one of the worst experiences of my life could become an opportunity to stand among some of the people whose work motivated me to pursue writing, criticism, and journalism.

Our first Inside Baseball Week story is here, this roller coaster ride by @lucasderuyter.northsky.social about the darker side of selling Pokemon cards

that’s right, we’re doing it again. you’ve been warned

Our theme week is back! Get ready for some absurdly specific blogs! We've got a lot of stuff I'm very excited about!

A Little Age is a neat little game about building tiny towns: aftermath.site/a-little-age-i...

Dog Online reminds me I used to like websites aftermath.site/dog-online-neo...

Devs shouldn't have to be protecting their games, Valve should be protecting its shopfront: aftermath.site/steam-indie-ga...

Every single hobby I love has has been infected by slopped up and unserious software. It's exhausting. aftermath.site/ai-slop-hobbie...

Why do mainstream publications keep trying to help Xbox rehabilitate its image? aftermath.site/aftermath-hour...

REAL exciting week coming up at @aftermath.site, monday is gonna rule

Some updates to previous pieces. I did end up swapping the trackball of the keychron out for a compatible steel ball bearing. Much better! Still need to find a good compatible lubricant that won’t mess up the electronics though.

Through the magic of video games, Galactic Racer's button presses make holding a control pad feel like flying an actual Star Wars landspeeder: aftermath.site/star-wars-gala...

Avert your eyes from my masterpiece aftermath.site/sloppy-forgeri...

A Little Age is a neat little game about building tiny towns: aftermath.site/a-little-age-i...

Beautiful piece in @aftermath.site by @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social about committing to the bit aftermath.site/red-deck-win...

I genuinely think those who love video games for what they are and are searching for *somewhere* to call a spade, a spade in this weird era of AI slop, should start looking to @aftermath.site. I'll put it as succinctly as this: giving a shit is a superpower, and they do.

I joined the @aftermath.site crew this week to chat through my pivot to independence with @verticalslice.news and other video game GUBBINS. Here's my partial take on the Asha Sharma marketing tour:

this isn't even just digital hobbies. I've talked about this elsewhere but it's literally even spreading into line dancing. this one choreographer is leveraging his existing respect to grift everybody into playing + streaming his AI slop songs by choreographing to them

Dog Online reminds me I used to like websites aftermath.site/dog-online-neo...

Why do mainstream publications keep trying to help Xbox rehabilitate its image? aftermath.site/aftermath-hour...

$1200-1800 for a console is such commercial suicide I can't even muster a "get the fuck outta here" about the news aftermath.site/xbox-helix-nex...

Game developers fear that thieving AI vibecoders will make free game demos a thing of the past aftermath.site/steam-next-fes...

On doing the impossible: aftermath.site/red-deck-wins-...