About this podcast
The flagship podcast of Aftermath, a worker-owned, subscription-based website covering video games, the internet, and everything that comes after from journalists who previously worked at Kotaku, Vice, and The Washington Post. Each week, games journalism veterans Luke Plunkett, Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, Riley MacLeod, and Gita Jackson – though not always all at once, because that’s too many people for a podcast – break down video game news, Remember Some Games, and learn about Chris’ frankly incredible number of special interests. Sometimes we even bring on guests from both inside and outside the video game industry! I don’t know what else to tell you; it’s a great time. Simply by reading this description, you’re already wasting time that you could be spending listening to the show. Head to aftermath.site for more info.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 136 episodes
- Life After IGN (With Max Scoville And Brian Altano) · 1 h 28 min · Episode 135On a very special Inside Baseball Week episode of the show, we’re joined by Max Scoville and Brian Altano—formerly of IGN until recent layoffs forced them to create their own…
- The X In Xbox Stands For Expensive · 1 h 11 min · Episode 134On this week’s episode, Nathan and Riley are joined by Chris Kerr, formerly of Game Developer—the publication, not the concept—who’s now heading up newly launched site Vertical…
- Live From New York, It’s Aftermath Hours Live! · 1 h 45 min · Episode 133On this week’s very special episode, we come to you live—or at least, in-person—from Town Hall in NYC, alongside two NYC-based gaming luminaries: NYU Game Center director Naomi…
- Control Resonant’s Dylan Faden Did Nothing Wrong, Except For Everything He Did Wrong · 1 h 29 min · Episode 132Chris, Luke and Gita sit down to talk about Control Resonant, a game they're all thoroughly enjoying (with reservations). Come for the thoughtful discussion of why Remedy games…
- Bobby Kotick's Been Sending Legal Threats To Games Journalists · 1 h 39 min · Episode 131On this week’s episode, Nathan and Chris are joined by Nathan’s former Washington Post colleague, Mikhail Klimentov, to discuss the latter’s years-in-the-making report on former…
- A Framework For VR · 1 h 46 min · Episode 130This week, Chris and Luke talk to The Verge’s Sean Hollister about the Steam Frame, Valve’s latest foray into the VR space. Both Chris and Sean reviewed it, and we get into the…
- Zero Company Left If You Furlough Everyone (with Stephen Totilo) · 1 h 31 min · Episode 129On this week’s episode, Chris and Luke are joined by Stephen Totilo, formerly everybody’s boss at Kotaku and currently breaking stories at GameFile. The latest scoop is about Bit…
- The One Billion Dollar Video Game · 1 h 40 min · Episode 128On this week’s episode, Nathan, Chris, and Riley recap the highs (read: mids) and lows of Geoff Keighley’s least consequential annual advertisement fest, Gamescom Opening Night…
- Nothing About GTA VI's Launch Can Be Normal · 1 h 31 min · Episode 127On this week’s episode, Nathan, Chris, and Luke of Aftermath convene to discuss the pre-math of Grand Theft Auto VI’s impending, insanely anticipated release. With a Netflix…
- Alex Jones Popped Like A Balloon (With The Onion CEO Ben Collins) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 126On this week’s episode, Nathan and Gita are joined by Ben Collins of The Onion, because, against all odds, he and his comedic cohort have managed to transform Infowars—until…
- Balkanize The Video Game Industry (With Rami Ismail) · 1 h 38 min · Episode 125On this week’s episode, Nathan and Riley are joined by game developer, consultant, and general industry luminary Rami Ismail to discuss his new Levelling The Playing Field series…
- The Hater’s Guide To Hating (With Ed Zitron) · 1 h 51 min · Episode 124On this week’s very special Hater Week episode, Nathan, Chris, and Riley are joined by the crown prince of hating himself, Ed Zitron. We talk to Ed about what it means to be an…
- FromSoft Sicko Sh*t · 1 h 27 min · Episode 123On this week’s episode, Nathan and Chris are joined by Tyler Colp of PC Gamer to discuss an extremely pressing business matter: Chris wrote almost 9,000 words about his favorite…
- Chudbox Series X (With Reb Valentine) · 1 h 34 min · Episode 122On this week’s episode, Nathan and Gita are joined by Kotaku’s Reb Valentine to discuss that which has long been prophesied (derogatory): The Xbox layoffs finally happened, and…
- Farewell Physical Media, We Hardly Knew Ye · 1 h 16 min · Episode 121On this week’s episode, Nathan and Riley are joined by Wes Fenlon of PC Gamer to discuss his new project: Warp Point, a web 1.0-style webring of video game blogs for the modern…
- Full Steam (Machine) Ahead · 1 h 28 min · Episode 120On this week’s episode, Chris, Gita and Luke discuss the recent price announcement for Valve's console-competitor, the Steam Machine - it's $1,049 USD, but unfortunately that's…
- GOTY Season Came Early · 1 h 38 min · Episode 119On this week’s episode, Nathan and Chris are joined by a second Chris, this one of the Plante variety, to discuss the latter’s Earliest Game Of The Year awards. Why now? Because…
- Bummer Game Fest · 1 h 24 min · Episode 118On this week’s episode, Nathan and Luke are joined by Ethan Gach of noted Aftermath origin story Kotaku dot com to discuss… well, originally we were gonna talk about Summer Game…
- Lost In The Backrooms · 1 h 24 min · Episode 117On this week’s episode, Nathan and Chris are joined by musician, writer, and game developer Liz Ryerson hot on the heels of counterprogramming Summer Game Fest with the second…
- Zero Steam Decks: For People Who Aren’t Rich · 1 h 39 min · Episode 116On this week’s episode, Nathan, Chris, and Gita bid farewell to the Aftermath Twitch channel—at least, in terms of using it to record the podcast—and turn their sights toward a…
