People wanted blood and retribution, but it doesn't seem like they're gonna get it from this game The post Suicide Squad Is Fine appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Nobody gets that close to using Comic Sans by mistake The post Infinite Wealth Is (Maybe) A Scathing Critique Of American Business appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Pokimane, MatPat, and others aren't quitting. They're just leaving behind the grind The post Big-Name YouTubers And Twitch Streamers Aren’t Actually Retiring appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Take it from me, a sober person: drinking will always be there The post You Could Just Keep Doing Dry January appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The cruelty is the point The post You Can Never Satisfy These Ghouls appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Conflict about review code, but also games journalism The post The Suicide Squad Situation appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
'It's just a fucking job. You'll find another one. Move on.' The post Game Dev LinkedIn Guys Are Out There. You May Be Working With One Right Now. appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Just days before Bloodborne Kart was set to release, after two years of development The post Sony Forces Rebrand Of Bloodborne Fan Game From Creator It Had Already Allowed To Release A Bloodborne Fan Game appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Even if Embracer Group says we can't have them The post I Still Want Nice Things appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
There are too many choices The post I’m Stuck On Top Of This Mountain In The Long Dark appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Mass layoffs at Microsoft mean workers have to pick up the pieces The post The Damage appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Mass layoffs at Microsoft mean workers have to pick up the pieces The post The Damage appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
SFFPC cases are great, but I am sick of dealing with them, and the other options mostly look awful. The post I Would Simply Like A Full-Sized PC Case That Doesn’t Look Embarrassing appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
You thought reading our words was fun? Well get a load of this The post Introducing: Aftermath Hours, Our Weekly Podcast appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Listen, I'm not proud of it either The post So I Don’t Totally Hate Those Hero Wars Ads appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Microsoft is laying off 1900 people, or about 8% of its gaming division workforce, The Verge reported Thursday. The layoffs will largely affect people at Activision Blizzard, the company Microsoft just bought for nearly 69 billion dollars. In a message to staff printed by The Ver … | Continue reading
30 years of space games have been unable to recapture the magic The post X-Wing Is Video Gaming’s Greek Fire appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
I do not hate him! We're cool The post I Am Fine With The Robot Spider appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Near the end, I cried at my desk about once a week—but I’m getting ahead of myself. The post It Happened To Me: I Was A Daily Video Game Blogger appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
There's no need to galaxy brain Palworld's popularity. It's a new generation's take on a trend as old as time The post It’s Not That Deep appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
You demanded blood, and the Arena has provided The post Aftermath’s 2023 Game Of The Year Has Finally Been Decided appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
It's just one video game The post Palworld Is A Bummer That Millions Of People Are Enjoying appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
You don't need a gamer chair. You don't need a new chair period. There are plenty of chairs out there, yearning to be set free. The post The Best Gaming Chair Is A Used Office Chair From Craigslist appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Over the weekend, John Carmack, co-founder of Doom developer Id Software, researcher of the kind of AI nobody is sure how to achieve, questionable convention attender, and ex-rocket ship entrepreneur, had a thought. “Considering that muffin tops are the best part,” Carmack wr … | Continue reading
It may still prove to be interesting, but right now it's another survival-crafting game The post Four Hours In, ‘Pokémon With Guns’ Hasn’t Given Me Any Guns appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
As a player, it's fun. As a designer, I'm in awe. The post Heat Is A REALLY Good Board Game, My God, It’s Almost Perfect appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Learn from my mistake. The post This Office Chair Is Ruining My Life appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Indiana Jones in "The Great Circle" looks like Harrison Ford, but also Troy Baker The post Whose Mouth Is This? appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Even if all the news is bad The post I Don’t WANT To Write About Sad Things appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
We did it, everyone The post Mystery Solved appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
And why journalism talks about stuff that bums you out The post Here’s All The Layoffs That Happened ::Checks:: Yesterday appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Nobody needs this, some people like it, not much has changed The post It’s 2024, I Finally Got VR, It’s Fine appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The Palma isn’t perfect for everything, but it lets me do whatever I want and is transformative for books. The post I Love My Weird Little Phone-Shaped eReader appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
In most ways that count, video game players are already "comfortable" not owning games The post Video Game Ownership Is Already Dead appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The first Silent Hill game in ten years is incomprehensible, but very entertaining to watch someone else play. The post Not Even A Pepe Silvia Chart Can Summarize Silent Hill Ascension appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Following the Epic trial verdict, Apple will let developers link to off-App Store purchases The post Apple’s New App Store Policy Is Petty As Hell appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Rockstar and Remedy are beefing over the letter "R" The post Corporate Needs You To Find The Difference Between These Two Pictures appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Peanut Butter! The post Speedrunning Dog appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The Netflix show is a love letter to mundanity The post Carol And The End Of The World Makes The Boring Beautiful appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Hey, folks! Here in the U.S. it’s Martin Luther King Jr. day, which means many — though definitely not all — have the day off. In that spirit, we’re taking a quick little break, but we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow. In the meantime, what are you up to … | Continue reading
"All disciplines at all levels" have been impacted The post Employees Say ‘Sizable Portion’ Of Gearbox-Owned Studio Has Been Laid Off appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
This week's controversy was avoidable, but a wider reckoning over AI in voice acting is inevitable The post SAG-AFTRA’s AI Voice Acting Deal Was A Powder Keg Waiting To Go Off appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
The hits just keep coming The post Discord Lays Off 170 People, Or 17% Of Staff appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Many teams have been halved, with employees predicting feature slowdowns and worse support The post Latest Twitch Layoffs Spread Teams Even Thinner: ‘No Idea How Folks Are Going To Make It Work’ appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
There's no need for an AI device The post Why Would I Buy This Useless, Evil Thing? appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
CES is as predictable as the tides. New, marginally better graphics cards are announced along with several bad announcements about AI. Improvements in TV technology are promised but nothing earth-shattering happens. This year TVs are transparent, which is conceptually interesting … | Continue reading
I have only myself to blame The post I Don’t Understand My PC (Which I Built) appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
'Our goal continues to be shipping as many games as possible' The post Steam’s New AI Rules Will Open The Floodgates To A River Of Shit appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading