How Growth Is Killing Video Games
Better Offline5 Maalis 2025

How Growth Is Killing Video Games

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Gita Jackson and Nathan Grayson of worker-owned games site Aftermath to talk about how the growth-at-all-costs mindset is destroying games, how fandom culture naturally feeds extremism, how Aftermath does games journalism differently, and how despite everything, great games are still being made.

Gita Jackson:
https://bsky.app/profile/xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
https://aftermath.site/author/gita-jackson

Nathan Grayson:
https://aftermath.site/author/nathan-grayson
https://bsky.app/profile/nathangrayson.bsky.social

Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
https://www.amazon.com/Stream-Big-Triumphs-Turmoils-Twitch/dp/1982156767

Article on Skin Deep from Aftermath: https://aftermath.site/skin-deep-steam-next-fest-demo-impressions-pc

The New York Times: Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/arts/video-games-graphics-budgets.html

Aftermath - Fuck WB
https://aftermath.site/warner-bros-discovery-games-wonder-woman-monolith-shut-down

Pyre - https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/pyre/
Supergiant Games - https://www.supergiantgames.com
Avowed - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457220/Avowed/

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