Chris Plante

Why you should try Post Games: - An NPR-quality weekly podcast on video games - Hosted by a 19-year games media veteran - Rare interviews with the most interesting people in gaming, from philosophers to CEOs, sex game designers to Dunkey - And scripts, editing, and music that respect your time!

🐶🧺🎃 i interviewed dead by daylight devs for this…. in which i had something SPOOKY! to say thank u chris for the opportunity 🎃🎃🎃🎃🤍🤍🤍🤍

For @wired.com, I wrote about the unusual experience of having a Wikipedia page about yourself — and then being told you were never notable enough to have had one in the first place www.wired.com/story/the-tr...

Want a horror audio essay about John Carpenter's Halloween, asymmetrical horror games, and the greatest terror of all: existing online? I've timestamped @ashleybardhan.bsky.social's incredible segment in this video! youtu.be/-dyESDQJmSE?...

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

i put together a little video explaining 868-BACK for the curious! youtu.be/SU_67Y2Wb_0

What's the greatest moment in Luigi history? The easy (and probably right) answer is the Year of Luigi, but Mama Luigi and the Luigi Death Stare are up there. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Butker's stressed about the election

Wrote about GTA3, and how its world design has over time transformed from a believable open world to an eerie delight, something which still sets it apart as something special - just in a different way. Also, it's 25 years old today. How's your back?

Just went to a retail GameStop for a piece of my son’s Halloween costume. If you’re young and wondered what the final days of Blockbuster looked like, you can get a taste of the experience right now at your local strip mall

the perfect comic book cover doesn’t ex—

A player found something very very very hidden

HALLOWEEN was released on this day in 1978 and there's probably no movie I've written about more! Here are just a few of the things! For @vulture.com, a deep dive into its making and impact: buff.ly/w9gpicV

At least one of these dudes knows geography, but feared Rodgers would kick them off the group text.

For my Ohio friends!

Remember the 90s Schwarzenegger movie Eraser? Or the Charlie Sheen alien conspiracy thriller The Arrival? Or Keanu as Johnny Mnemonic? Well all three of these received FMV adventure games that CRUSHED MY ENTIRE SOUL IN UNIQUE AND HELLISH WAYS. My suffering distilled into 90 minutes, just for you:

You could wait until Monday to hear the full history of Luigi. Or, you could treat yourself and get the episode now and hear an entire extra act on Luigi's side hustle as one of the earliest memes.

For our next big story, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social talks to Simogo about one of 2024's best games. (Available now for paid subscribers, next week for all.)

I'm convinced every GTA is about the making of that GTA.

neopets has an island that has been shuttered since 2009, with only a mysterious, misty map left to mark its place. please come with me on a journey.

I hope you're ready for thousands of half-hearted GTA controversies!

potential cover for print issue 1

This piece from @papapishu.bsky.social is so good. A survey of the desolation

I was able to sit down for hours with the minds behind Civ, including Sid Meier, to make this video — and I only kind of teared up several times youtu.be/SdfxTXCw15s

11,000 WORD ORAL HISTORY OF THE CIVILIZATION FRANCHISE GO www.polygon.com/civilization...

“A book that combines criticism, history, and original reporting into something truly stellar” - @plante.bsky.social bossfightbooks.com/products/sup...

The Saudi wealth fund's acquisition of EA appears to be an extremely expensive piece of the larger Saudi sports-washing initiative. If so, things will continue to get worse for everything outside of EA Sports.

It's my birthday and there's one present I'd love: a review of Post Games on Apple Podcasts or your podcast app of choice!

i have a feeling today's story from @redfernbarrett.com will resonate with a lot of you <3

How much Fire Emblem is too much Fire Emblem? defector.com/how-much-fir...

I had the chance to read this a few months ago and really enjoyed it! Definitely worth checking out!

that’s a wrap on my time at pcmag, so hello! i'm bee, a games and digital culture essayist who's written for kotaku, a.v. club, unwinnable, aftermath, and more. if you need a writer hit my line at beewertheimer [at] gmail [dot] com check out my work at beewertheimer.com

I’m thrilled to announce Final Fantasy Resonance is terrific, and devastated to announce Vaan is one of the most useful visions in the game. Thanks to GI for letting me review it! ❤️❤️❤️

" I suspect the story they're telling will feel a lot closer to Red Dead 2 than it does to GTA V [...] The characters are meant to be a lot more likable and relatable. It feels like at the same time that Rockstar is trying to grow up a little bit, so are its games." ~ @jasonschreier.bsky.social

Umurangi Generation captured the collective angst of successive generations inheriting a broken world prepared for them like a shit sandwich. Here's my story for Remap about the developer's follow-up, Penguin Colony https://remapradio.com/articles/penguin-colony-wants-the-world-to-open-its-eyes/

I'm convinced every GTA is about the making of that GTA.

Dig! Dig! Dino! is going to be part of Steam's #NextFest tomorrow. This is a port of the game that launched on playdate's Season 2 and it was a fan favorite! Demo is already up if you are curious! Link: store.steampowered.com/app/4642320/...

Are there any great videos, books, features, or anything else on the history of SEGA post-consoles? Basically 2001 to the present.

It's @plante.bsky.social WEEK on Galaxy Brain. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRAND THEFT AUTO 6. The history of the franchise, the controversy, how it's going to slot into the culture wars, whether you can make a game for everyone in 2026, and some really great stuff about how it explains America

what to watch this weekend pvguide.ghost.io/weekend-watc...

I had a great time chatting with @cwarzel.bsky.social about what all of this GTA mania means -- and why we've only just reached the entrance of the circus.

Folks are starting to see the new Street Fighter movie. Here's a chat with the director about why it's SO weird!

Here's my review of You Can See Everything, which is a journalistic masterpiece. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

You absolutely want to sign up for @plante.bsky.social Post Games podcast. Especially this week as he has a massive interview with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier on GTA VI www.patreon.com/PostGames/po...

This toy just increased his stock +18% by falling with style. Pre-order now for $250,000.