Welcome To Hater Week

Get ready for a week of stories (and debates) about things we hate, love, and love to hate | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 13 days ago

We're Having A Sale!

We've got discounts on both our monthly and annual offerings | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 13 days ago

Weird Al > Hideo Kojima

When Saudi Arabia came calling, only one of them answered | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 16 days ago

The Steam Machine's ePaper Faceplate Is Open Source And Full Of Possibility

Valve made the eInk Steam Machine faceplate open source to see what the community could do. We're already seeing results. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 16 days ago

Can Somebody Get These BEGGARS Out Of Here?

Robert Pattinson is one of the finest actors of his generation. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 16 days ago

A Whole Big, Fancy Book Just About Game UI

Menus and icons, for your coffee table | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 17 days ago

Workers Behind Immensely Popular Game Theorists YouTube Channel Will Get Their Union, With Or Without MatPat’s Help

"We are still people, even if we are not on camera, and we need to be treated as such" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 17 days ago

Amazon, Like Netflix, Also Wants To Flail Around With Games

Companies that don't know what to do with games keep doubling down on games | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 17 days ago

Old World Is A Modern Strategy Gaming Masterpiece

Six years after release, it's still kicking ass | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 18 days ago

Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 18 days ago

Saber Interactive Won't Pay Up $3.1 Million In Wild Card Football Licensing Fees, Football Union Says

The dispute has been ongoing for years over the game and its royalty payments | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 18 days ago

OpenAI's Expensive Macropad Feels Engineered To Piss Me Off Specifically

OpenAI's Codex Micro is the opposite of why I like custom keyboards on every single level. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 18 days ago

Xbox Gamer Suing Microsoft For Tariff Refunds As Nintendo Says They're Too Hard To Do

'If a consumer did not want to pay the advertised price, they were free to abstain from purchasing the product or seek out competing products,' Nintendo said | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 19 days ago

I'm Obsessed With Audrey Hobert's Girl Failure Music

Untethered from her longtime collaborator, Gracie Abrams, Hobert reveals herself as a very funny storyteller | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 19 days ago

If A Company Does Three Layoffs In Seven Months, Maybe It’s Bad At Being A Company

Layoffs hit Disney (again) today, an occurance so common the CEO couldn't even be bothered to write a memo about them | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 19 days ago

Hearts Continue To Break Over Love And Deepspace

Where does Love and Deepspace go from here? | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 19 days ago

If His Shitty AI Movie Is What Finally Taught You Neill Blomkamp Is A Hack, Then So Be It

It's 13 minutes of nothing | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 20 days ago

Things You Could’ve Done With One Million Dollars Instead Of Spending It On Jensen Huang’s Fuckass Jacket

There were so many better options | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 20 days ago

Anime Finally Caught On To The Restorative Power Of Kirby Kissing His Homies For The Plot

Anime and intimacy have had an indulgent history, but I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day comes up with a pretty cute justification for healing smooches | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 20 days ago

Cum Dungeon

Cum dungeon! | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 23 days ago

Fallout Didn’t Make Itself

People make games, a fact that Asha Sharma and the ghouls running Xbox sure seem to want you to forget | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 23 days ago

Netflix, Just Pay People To Make Video Games, You Are Making This Needlessly Complicated

The adults are in the room again | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 23 days ago

I'm Making Ceramics In My Microwave

Nicole's miniature journey continues. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 24 days ago

Unions File Unfair Labor Complaints Against Microsoft Over Decision To ‘Unlawfully’ Fire Xbox Workers

"We are pursuing every available avenue to protect our members" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 24 days ago

ZeniMax Workers Rally To Save 'The Spirit Of The Studio' After Microsoft's Latest Layoffs

'Corporate greed is destroying our games and our livelihoods.' | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 24 days ago

Lowlands Away, Me John

Sea shanties don't need remakes | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 25 days ago

There's A Tiny Speck Of Light At The End Of Civilization VII's Tunnel

Most of this game's issues can't be fixed. Some can. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 25 days ago

Wait A Minute, Is This Fucking Book About Me?

Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is an absurdist classic-literature call-out post for thankless wage slaves everywhere. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 25 days ago

Fans Rail Against Xbox Layoffs, Which Also Did A Number On Teams Responsible For The Platform

"Leadership will spend billions on marketing, or content, or acquisitions, or other things they think will attract customers, but completely neglect the actual people building the products" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 26 days ago

The Definitive Ranking Of FromSoftware Farming Locations I Like

Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Elden Ring, Sekrio, Bloodborne, AC6 and more. I have been thinking about farming for weeks now. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 26 days ago

Yoshitaka Amano Is More Centrist on AI Than You’d Hope

Uh oh. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 26 days ago

Grand Theft Auto VI, The Last Blockbuster

One final push for a dying industry | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 27 days ago

Workers Protest MindsEye Playtest For Bringing In Fans To 'Do Jobs That Would Otherwise Have Been Theirs'

"We will not stand by while executives continue time and again to put their own egos ahead of their workforce - eroding jobs, morale, and the future of the studio," said former employee Ben Newbon | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 27 days ago

Games Done Quick 'Excited' To Work With Saudi-Owned SNK For Around Three Hours Before Pulling Sponsorship Deal

'DQ is committed to supporting human rights and inclusivity, and we recognize that this partnership conflicted with those values' | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 28 days ago

As Video Game Industry Burns, Warframe's Devs Aren't Taking Anything For Granted

“I feel very lucky to be working on this game and to have this dev team and the community that we’ve built, because I’m no stranger to the fact that it could all end tomorrow" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 29 days ago

Layoffs Hit id Software Frankfurt

Half are out at yet another location as id Software insists that it still has the necessary manpower to make games | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Reset Xbox To What, Exactly?

"What part of Xbox are you wanting to delete, and which part of Xbox do you want to go back to? Because I’m very suspicious of which part of Xbox it is" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

It’s The Perfect Time To Watch GDQ

Video games can still be good | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Asha Sharma Assigned To Federal Reserve’s ‘Productivity And Jobs’ Task Force The Same Week She Oversaw 1,600 Layoffs (With Another 1,600 To Come)

Lol, lmao | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Layoffs Hit GameSpot Again

It's the fifth round of layoffs since the company was purchased by Fandom | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

I Gave My Steam Machine A Second Stick Of RAM Because Valve Couldn't

I had to buy a 16GB stick of DDR5 RAM at 2026 prices so I hope you read this. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

It's Time To Admit I Have Too Many 'Start The Day' Games

They keep making new ones! | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Goodbye, The Bear, I Thought You Were A Good Television Show

The Bear was a show that wasn't as good as it thought it was, but was also still better than many gave it credit for | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Microsoft’s Parade Of Indignities Continues: id’s Future Unclear, Obsidian On Fallout Duty, Bethesda Forced To Take Down Memorial

“Nothing says business success like nuking a team into the dirt and relegating them to support studio size while also throwing out massive technological achievements" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Taika's Reason Is A Murder Mystery Manga Where Your Dog Can Speak

Paru Itagaki’s done it again | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

How AI Is Ruining Education, In One Handy Chart

A Brown professor suspects students used AI to cheat on their midterms | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Union Promises To Take ‘All Necessary Legal And Contractual Action’ To Fight For Laid-Off Workers As Impacts On Blizzard, Id Software Become Clear

"Entire teams have been gutted or even outright eliminated with institutional knowledge lost that can't be replaced" | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago

Tenet Is Christopher Nolan’s Best Film

Don’t try to understand it. Feel it. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 1 month ago