About this podcast
Post Games is an audio magazine about how and why we love video games. Each week, host Chris Plante reports on a new, overlooked, or underappreciated topic in gaming culture. Why do people play games that scare them? Why do great games sometimes flop? How has one award turned tiny indie game makers into big-name millionaires? With original interviews, writing, and a traditional audio-magazine structure, Plante keeps things entertaining, informative, and always under 90 minutes. Because Post Games is meant to be listened to, not buried in a backlog. Learn more at www.post.games.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 79 episodes
- Adapting Lovecraft into an Anti-Fascist Game · 54 min · Episode 76This Week on Post Games:One big interview. No acts. “How to Fix Lovecraft? Start with Penguins." An indie developer adapts Lovecraft to talk about modern politics and culture…
- Luigi: A Biography · 48 min · Episode 75This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The Luigi Origin StoryAct 2: Luigi’s Mansion’s Surprising LegacyAct 3: Luigi, The Original Meme KingAct 4: A Halloween TreatGuests:Drew Mackie…
- A Sneak Preview of GTA6 with Jason Schreier · 51 min · Episode 74This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The Billion Dollar Business of GTA6Act 2: A Taste of the Biggest Game on the PlanetPatreon Bonus: Where Grand Theft Auto Goes from HereGuests:Jason…
- The Making of Street Fighter: The Movie (2026) · 47 min · Episode 73This Week on Post Games:An interview with Street Fighter (2026) director Kitao SakuraiPatreon Bonus Episode: An hour-long bonus episode “How Do You Fix Lovecraft? Start with…
- The Making of Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) · 50 min · Episode 72This Week on Post Games:The behind-the-scenes story of the making of Street Fighter: The Movie, released in 1994.Patreon Bonus: A Golden Age for Nerdy MuseumHear this bonus…
- Gamer Controls Corpse with A.I. from Hell · 1 h 3 min · Episode 71This Week on Post Games:Act 1: A Horror Novel About a GamerAct 2: Controlling a Corpse Like It's MarioPatreon Bonus: Resident Evil: A Spoiler-Chat with Film Critic Jordan…
- Video Games Are So Back / So Over · 1 h 3 min · Episode 70This Week on Post Games:The Mail Bag Is Open: Lots of Questions! Lots of Answers!Patreon Bonus: More Questions! More Answers!Guests:Post Games listeners! Bonus Episodes and…
- Fire Emblem: The Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall, and Rise · 58 min · Episode 69This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Fire Emblem’s Many False StartsAct 2: Fire Emblem Rises from the AshesPatreon Bonus: A Zelda Expert on the Ocarina of Time’s Controversial…
- The History of Wolverine (And His Games) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 68This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The History of Wolverine in ComicsAct 2: Wolverine’s Life as a Pop Culture IconPatreon Bonus (Available to everyone): The History of X-Men…
- How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm · 1 h 6 min · Episode 67This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The Rise of the Retro HandheldAct 2: Can Retro Handhelds Go Mainstream?Patreon Bonus: The Perfect Handhelds for Every Price RangeAct 3: The Big…
- The Perfect Game Review Doesn't Exist · 56 min · Episode 66This Week on Post Games:Act 1: A Game Review Is the Possible ImpossibleAct 2: Written Reviews Aren’t Dead Just YetAct 3: Better Living Through Game ReviewsPatreon Bonus: How to…
- Everything You Should Know About Fighting Games · 57 min · Episode 65This Week on Post Games:Act 1: A History of the Fighting Game GenreAct 2: How to Get into Fighting GamesAct 3: Why Marvel Tokon Is Getting All the HypePatreon Bonus: The 5…
- The International Sexy Game Controversy · 59 min · Episode 64This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The Sexy Game That’s Taken Over the WorldAct 2: A Werewolf Man, Dung Deliveries, and the Chinese GovernmentAct 3: Loving a Game That Will One Day…
- Games Need You to Give a Sh*t and Pay Attention · 58 min · Episode 63This Week on Post Games:Act 1: This One Game Is Two GamesAct 2: Fighting for Attention in the Age of Endless DistractionPatreon Bonus: Making Games with Christian…
- The Blessing and Curse of Pokémon · 1 h 2 min · Episode 62Bonus Post Games?!Support the show for $5 at Patreon.com/PostGames and get bonus episodes and segments!This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Game Freak’s 30 Years of Brilliant False…
- Gaming’s Toughest Critic Wants You to Live a Happier Life · 1 h 20 min · Episode 61This Week on Post Games:Act 1: A Life Making Sense of GamesAct 2: The Pleasure in Noticing the Small ThingsPatreon Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes of Grand Theft Auto’s Press…
- A Gaming Podcast Your Friends Will Love · 1 h 16 min · Episode 60Post Games is an NPR-style podcast about video games.Each week, games media veteran Chris Plante (co-founder of Polygon, co-host of The Besties) tackles a new topic with the help…
- What's the Point of Video Game Reviews? · 44 min · Episode 59This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Why Game Criticism Is a KindnessAct 2: What a Game Review Can and Can’t DoPatreon Bonus: The Reason Review Scores Make People So MadShow Notes and…
- What's Weird Nintendo (and Is It Still Alive?) · 1 h 14 min · Episode 58This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Defining ‘Weird Nintendo’Act 2: Weird Nintendo, #10-6Act 3: Weird Nintendo, #5-1Patreon Bonus: The Nintendo Story I Could Never TellShow Notes and…
- How the Games Industry Got to This Point · 54 min · Episode 57This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The Primordial Ooze of the Modern Game IndustryAct 2: No Time Like the PresentAct 3: How to Get People to See a Game in 2026Patreon Bonus: The Two…
