'All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad'| aftermath.site
Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games, other media and internet culture.| aftermath.site
A gamer neurologist discusses whether YouTubers are onto something with this Millennial-meets-Gen-Z craze| aftermath.site
There's a bad TV show buried under all this excruciating 'discourse'| aftermath.site
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We're all trying to find the guy who did this| aftermath.site
Nobody is forcing you to watch days of advertisements| aftermath.site
Kotaku has been purchased by the owners of sister site Gizmodo| aftermath.site
Several in-development games have been canceled, including Perfect Dark and Everwild| aftermath.site
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 Verge, Phil Spencer noted that it’s “been a little over […]| aftermath.site
As part of Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs, Activision Blizzard is effectively ending development on Warcraft Rumble.| aftermath.site
Nothing has defined 2023 more than people losing their jobs| aftermath.site
Bosses need to be held accountable for their failures| aftermath.site
None of the people being laid off were responsible for the decisions that have led to these layoffs| aftermath.site
I'm sure shareholders will click their heels when they hear that people have lost their jobs, and an incredible legacy that includes No One Lives Forever, F.E.A.R., Condemned, and Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor has been flushed down the toilet.| aftermath.site
Let’s say that 300-400 workers had just gotten laid off as a result of poor sales of games like EA Sports FC 25, as well as longstanding mismanagement of series like Dragon Age and Titanfall. Wouldn’t you think one or even a few of these people could stand to take a pay cut in order to prevent such an outcome?| aftermath.site
Hong Kong is warning that it will prosecute players that have downloaded or supported Reverse Front: Bonfire.| aftermath.site
We're trapped in the belly of the machine| aftermath.site
While Nintendo still focuses on console exclusivity, the rest of the video game industry is changing| aftermath.site
Black Panther is canceled, and workers (once again) suffer the consequences| aftermath.site
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BDS' call to boycott Microsoft is a call to action for gamers, and an imperative for games media| aftermath.site
I can’t honestly say I’m proud of everything I’ve written but I have very few regrets. I do feel ambivalent about the tweet roundups I wrote.| aftermath.site
Blame Zootopia 2 for flying too close to 2017 Tumblr brain rot| aftermath.site
We've got even bigger plans than last year, and we need your help| aftermath.site
It's the return of our most popular theme week, bringing you niche stories about game development, games journalism, and running this site| aftermath.site
'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'| aftermath.site
'The ordinary course of business' strikes again| aftermath.site
Like so many other gen AI products, YouTube's Inspiration tab has proven to be a solution looking for a problem. To creators producing award-winning journalistic work, it has suggested absolute bangers like “Ranking the most iconic video game villains” and “Top 5 hidden video game secrets revealed.”| aftermath.site
"We’re all in this together, and when we push, things move"| aftermath.site
Last week it was reported that GameStop, a clown show of a company peddling meme stocks and cheap video game merchandise, had unceremoniously and without notice shut down Game Informer, a magazine and website that had been publishing in some form since 1991. The decision was a terrible one for many reasons. For readers and […]| aftermath.site
Internet forums are still alive and kicking and full of information. Here are the best niche communities I could find that are alive and well.| aftermath.site
AI isn't a privilege issue, no matter what National Novel Writing Month says| aftermath.site
The games journalist debate over covering the hack is a look in the mirror| aftermath.site
"Frankly, it’s stunning that these video game studios haven’t learned anything from the lessons of last year"| aftermath.site
"When you compare that to the reality of this work, they're really not covered"| aftermath.site
The new Assassin’s Creed game stars what appears to be a black samurai, which is cool. Anyone who tries to argue is just not worth your time.| aftermath.site
Current and former staff say recent changes at the network have it in 'a race to the bottom'| aftermath.site
Sweet Baby Inc doesn't even remotely do what many think it does, but on the modern internet, that doesn't matter| aftermath.site
The Internet used to be so simple to use that people collectively coined the term “let me Google that for you” to make fun of people who had the audacity of asking other people questions online. In the future I fear that people will have no other choice but to ask people for information from the Internet, because right now it’s all full of AI dogshit.| aftermath.site