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Adapting Lovecraft into an Anti-Fascist Game
2 november 2026 · 54 min
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One big interview. No acts. “How to Fix Lovecraft? Start with Penguins." An indie developer adapts Lovecraft to talk about modern politics and culture. Nazis’ heads explode. Mysterious sounds call from the Antarctic ice. And you play as a flock of puzzled penguins. [First aired on Post Games Patreon on Oct. 9, 2026.]
Guest:
Tali Faulkner: Director of Penguin Colony and Origame Digital
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Art & Music:
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Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional Music: Epidemic Sound
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Luigi: A Biography
26 oktober 2026 · 48 min
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Act 1: The Luigi Origin Story
Act 2: Luigi’s Mansion’s Surprising Legacy
Act 3: Luigi, The Original Meme King
Act 4: A Halloween Treat
Guests:
Drew Mackie: Thrilling Tales of Video Games
Ashley Bardhan: plant or beast
“Bonfire Party” by Joar Renolen (Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth)
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Theme: Mark Sparling
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A Sneak Preview of GTA6 with Jason Schreier
19 oktober 2026 · 51 min
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Act 1: The Billion Dollar Business of GTA6
Act 2: A Taste of the Biggest Game on the Planet
Patreon Bonus: Where Grand Theft Auto Goes from Here
Guests:
Jason Schreier: reporter at Bloomberg and author of Play Nice
Closing Song: “Hotel Hexapod” by Sean Beeson (Floor Plan: Slap Out of It!)
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The Making of Street Fighter: The Movie (2026)
12 oktober 2026 · 47 min
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An interview with Street Fighter (2026) director Kitao Sakurai
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An hour-long bonus episode “How Do You Fix Lovecraft? Start with Penguins”
Guests:
Kitao Sakurai: director of Street Fighter (2026)
Closing Song:
Jamal Green - The Deltburg Groove (Toem 2)
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The Making of Street Fighter: The Movie (1994)
5 oktober 2026 · 50 min
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The behind-the-scenes story of the making of Street Fighter: The Movie, released in 1994.
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Gamer Controls Corpse with A.I. from Hell
28 september 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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Act 1: A Horror Novel About a Gamer
Act 2: Controlling a Corpse Like It's Mario
Patreon Bonus: Resident Evil: A Spoiler-Chat with Film Critic Jordan Hoffman
Act 3: A Life in Games Journalism Led to a Beautiful New Magazine
Book Excerpt: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Guests:
Paul Tremblay: author of Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Jordan Hoffman: film critic and host of The Starlog Podcast
Mark Serrels: co-founder of CONTINUE? Magazine
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Art & Music:
Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional Music: Epidemic Sound
Excerpt:
Audiobook sample of Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay published by HarperAudio and William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Used courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers.
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Video Games Are So Back / So Over
21 september 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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The Mail Bag Is Open: Lots of Questions! Lots of Answers!
Patreon Bonus: More Questions! More Answers!
Guests:
Post Games listeners!
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Fire Emblem: The Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall, and Rise
14 september 2026 · 58 min
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Act 1: Fire Emblem’s Many False Starts
Act 2: Fire Emblem Rises from the Ashes
Patreon Bonus: A Zelda Expert on the Ocarina of Time’s Controversial Design
Act 3: Why We Quit Games We Love
Guests:
Nadia Oxford: the co-host of Axe of the Blood God and author of From Pixels to Prose: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling
Max Nichols: game designer and head of Hyrule Interviews
Contributor Segment:
Najay Greenidge, one more round
Nick Yee: co-founder of Quantic Foundry
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The History of Wolverine (And His Games)
7 september 2026 · 1 uur 13 min
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Act 1: The History of Wolverine in Comics
Act 2: Wolverine’s Life as a Pop Culture Icon
Patreon Bonus (Available to everyone): The History of X-Men Games
Guests:
Connor Goldsmith: Comics writer, host of CEREBRO.
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How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm
31 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
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Act 1: The Rise of the Retro Handheld
Act 2: Can Retro Handhelds Go Mainstream?
Patreon Bonus: The Perfect Handhelds for Every Price Range
Act 3: The Big Announcements from Gamescom
Guests:
Russ Crandall: Host of Retro Game Corps
Giovanni Colantonio: Editor-at-large, Polygon
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The Perfect Game Review Doesn't Exist
24 augustus 2026 · 56 min
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Act 1: A Game Review Is the Possible Impossible
Act 2: Written Reviews Aren’t Dead Just Yet
Act 3: Better Living Through Game Reviews
Patreon Bonus: How to Have Richer Conversations about Games
Guests:
Chris Donlan: critic, essayist, and author
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Everything You Should Know About Fighting Games
17 augustus 2026 · 57 min
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Act 1: A History of the Fighting Game Genre
Act 2: How to Get into Fighting Games
Act 3: Why Marvel Tokon Is Getting All the Hype
Patreon Bonus: The 5 Ingredients of a Perfect Summer Game
Guests:
Ash Parrish: Senior reporter, Kotaku
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The International Sexy Game Controversy
10 augustus 2026 · 59 min
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Act 1: The Sexy Game That’s Taken Over the World
Act 2: A Werewolf Man, Dung Deliveries, and the Chinese Government
Act 3: Loving a Game That Will One Day Disappear
Patreon Bonus: Just How Bad Is the EA Sale?
Guests:
Ash Parrish: Senior reporter, Kotaku
Natalie Checo: Community + social media manager and writer, Sunset Visitor
Rebekah Valentine: Senior reporter, Kotaku
Closing Song: “Band on the Run (16 Bit, SNES)” by spaceyorick
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Games Need You to Give a Sh*t and Pay Attention
3 augustus 2026 · 58 min
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Act 1: This One Game Is Two Games
Act 2: Fighting for Attention in the Age of Endless Distraction
Patreon Bonus: Making Games with Christian Faith
Guest:
Xalavier Nelson Jr.: Studio head, designer, and writer, Strange Scaffold
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The Blessing and Curse of Pokémon
27 juli 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Game Freak’s 30 Years of Brilliant False Starts
Act 2: Beast of Reincarnation Won’t Be Ignored
Patreon Bonus: Game Freak’s Top 5 Games (That Aren’t Pokémon)
Act 3: A New Game Magazine? In This Economy?!
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Guests:
Robert Sephazon: Game designer, producer, historian, and curator
Ryan Rigney: Editor-in-chief, Chisel
Art & Music:
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Additional music: Epidemic Sound
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Gaming’s Toughest Critic Wants You to Live a Happier Life
20 juli 2026 · 1 uur 20 min
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Act 1: A Life Making Sense of Games
Act 2: The Pleasure in Noticing the Small Things
Patreon Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes of Grand Theft Auto’s Press Events
Bonus: An Excerpt from “The Small Stuff” Audiobook
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Guests:
Ian Bogost: Game designer, essayist, professor, and author of “The Small Stuff”
Closing Song: “The Path of the Wind (from My Neighbor Totoro)” performed by Gentle Love
Art & Music:
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Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound
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A Gaming Podcast Your Friends Will Love
13 juli 2026 · 1 uur 17 min
Post Games is an NPR-style podcast about video games. Lees meer
Each week, games media veteran Chris Plante (co-founder of Polygon, co-host of The Besties) tackles a new topic with the help of guest experts. This episode is a tasting menu: four conversations with four very different experts.
YouTuber AnyAustin reflects on growing old as a gaming YouTuber. Author Keza MacDonald gives us a hint of Nintendo's future. Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen explains how metrics and optimization have infected our favorite games. And critic and game designer Tim Rogers recommends the perfect starting point for Dragon Quest.
This is the perfect entry point for newcomers and a taste of what's available for paid subscribers on the Patreon!
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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Getting Old as a Professional Gaming YouTuber
Act 2: Nintendo’s Future
Act 3: How Metrics Infected Video Games
Bonus Act: Tim Rogers Recommends You Play This Dragon Quest First
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Guests:
Any Austin: Gaming YouTuber
Keza MacDonald: Journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
C. Thi Nguyen: Philosopher, educator, and author. His latest book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game
Tim Rogers: Critic and designer at Action Button
Art & Music:
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What's the Point of Video Game Reviews?
6 juli 2026 · 44 min
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Act 1: Why Game Criticism Is a Kindness
Act 2: What a Game Review Can and Can’t Do
Patreon Bonus: The Reason Review Scores Make People So Mad
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Guests:
Harper Jay: Critic and Writer
Art & Music:
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Theme: Mark Sparling
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What's Weird Nintendo (and Is It Still Alive?)
29 juni 2026 · 1 uur 14 min
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Act 1: Defining ‘Weird Nintendo’
Act 2: Weird Nintendo, #10-6
Act 3: Weird Nintendo, #5-1
Patreon Bonus: The Nintendo Story I Could Never Tell
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Guest:
Jeremy Parish: host and author of Video Works, co-host and co-founder of Retronauts
Art & Music:
Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
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How the Games Industry Got to This Point
22 juni 2026 · 54 min
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Act 1: The Primordial Ooze of the Modern Game Industry
Act 2: No Time Like the Present
Act 3: How to Get People to See a Game in 2026
Patreon Bonus: The Two Big Bets That Led to Xbox's Current Problems
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Guests:
Rob Pardo: CEO of Bonfire Studios, former CCO of Blizzard Entertainment
Jason Schreier: reporter at Bloomberg News, co-host of Triple Click
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The Earliest Game of the Year Awards
15 juni 2026 · 2 uur 46 min
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The EGOTYs: 50 critics, directors, designers, reporters, authors, and comedians share their favorite games of 2026
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How to Have a Persona Summer
8 juni 2026 · 1 uur 41 min
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Act 1: Persona, Explained!
Act 2: Where to Start (or Continue) with Persona
Act 3: Why Tribeca Film Fest Includes Video Games
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Guests:
Brendon Bigley and Stephen Hilger: co-hosts of Into the Aether
Leigh Alexander: narrative designer, writer, and former games journalist
Casey Baron: Senior Programmer of the Tribeca Film Festival
Closing Song: “Aria of the Soul” by The Blueshift Big Band (The Persona 30th Anniversary Jazz Album)
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What You Should Know about James Bond
1 juni 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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Act 1: Everything You Need to Know about Bond
Act 2: Why Bond Games and Movies Have Become So Tough to Make
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Act 3: 007 First Light’s Narrative Director on Creating a New Bond
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Guests:
Matt Gourley: co-host of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, James Bondings, With Gourley & Rust, and many other great podcasts
Martin Emborg: Narrative and Cinematic Director, 007 First Light
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How to See the Profound Beauty in Gaming's Tiniest Details
25 mei 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
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Act 1: Try Not to Lose 100 Followers
Act 2: How to Look Closely at Gaming’s Little Details
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Guests:
Any Austin: Gaming YouTuber
Closing Song: “He’s Out There” (Screaming Savage Blood Death)
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The History (and Future) of Bubsy
18 mei 2026 · 1 uur 11 min
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Act 1: The History of Bubsy 2D
Act 1.5: The Case for Bubsy 3D
Act 2: The Making of Bubsy 4D
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Act 3: The News of the Week
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Guests:
Fabian Rastorfer and Ben Miller: co-leads of Fabraz, Bubsy 4D
Ben Esposito: Designer on Neon White, Donut County, and Bubsy 3D: Bubsy in
Evan Minsker: Proprietor, critic, and reporter at see/saw
Closing Song:
“Techno Syndrome 2026” by Benjamin Wallfisch from Mortal Kombat 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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The History of The Legend of Zelda (1986)
11 mei 2026 · 1 uur 13 min
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Hey Post Games listeners! It's Post Games' first anniversary. To celebrate, and to give myself some time to prep the summer episodes, I'm sharing one of the monthly Patreon-exclusive episodes. This is the history of the original The Legend of Zelda, featuring one of the series' foremost experts and historians.
If you like this episode, you'll enjoy the rest of Past Games. Each month, I talk with a different expert about a game or moment celebrating an anniversary this year. Previous episodes include L.A. Noire with Tim Rogers, along with histories of Dark Souls and Animal Crossing with people who wrote the books on each.
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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The Making of The Legend of Zelda
Act 2: The 30-Year Evolution of Zelda Games
Act 3: A History of the Zelda Fan Community
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Guests:
Max Nichols: Game designer, educator, and operator of Hyrule Interviews
Closing Song: “Boléro” Maurice Ravel. Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Parism. Conducted by Manuel Rosenthal
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The Nine Lives of Games Journalism
1 mei 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
You now have access to my recent talk at NYU Game Center, previously only heard by 200 or so people in downtown Brooklyn. The lecture, given last Thursday, is titled “The Nine Lives of Video Games Journalism,” and in it, I suggest where the games media is heading by comparing the current trends to the past 50 years and the many publications that have come and gone. Lees meer
[The talk moves fast. I crammed about 90 minutes of lecture into an hour. So I’m making the Google Slides deck available for folks who’d like to follow along. You can find them at www.post.games. I’ve also edited the audio to smooth the flow here and there. An unedited video version will be available on the NYU Game Center’s YouTube page in the coming weeks.]
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This Game Won’t Save the World*
28 april 2026 · 48 min
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Act 1: A Mini Golf Game at the Not-Quite End of the World
Act 2: Making Fun Games about Big Problems
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Guests:
Friedrich Kirschner: founder and Creative Director of Three More Years
Maria Cârstian: creative producer of Three More Years
Closing Song: “Nepturne” by 100 Rabbits (Oquoine)
Art & Music:
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He Won the Biggest Award in Indie Games. Then He Did It Again.
20 april 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
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Act 1: What Is a “Solo” Game Developer in 2026
Act 2: Making Titanium Court One Hour at a Time
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Act 3: The News of the Week
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AP Thomson: designer of Titanium Court
Closing Song: “Backbay Shaws (Lyrical)” by AP Thomson
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Where Do Video Games Go from Here?
13 april 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
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Act 1: How to Tell Stories about Video Games
Act 2: Where Video Games Go From Here
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Questions from listeners like you!
Remy Siu: Creative director at Sunset Visitor
Abby Howard: Co-founder of Black Tabby Games
Tony Howard-Arias: Co-founder of Black Tabby Games
Closing Song: “Blushin’” by James Currier (Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart)
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Video Games Are Art. Are Museums Ready?
6 april 2026 · 54 min
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Act 1: Games Enter the Art World
Act 2: How Games Help Us Through Tough Conversations
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Guests:
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: artist, game designer, and archivist
Closing Song: “It’s Raining Inside Alo’s Home” by Prateek Saxena (Fishbowl)
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2026's Fantasy Masterpiece Took 8 Years, 4 Attempts, and 1 Disco Elysium
30 maart 2026 · 1 uur 22 min
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Act 1: Dissecting Disco Elysium, Organ by Organ
Act 2: Converting Tabletop RPGs into Video Game Nirvana
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Christoffer Bodegård: writer and developer, Esoteric Ebb
Nathan Grayson: co-founder and reporter, Aftermath.site
Closing Song: “Battle Beneath the Crust” by Marskye (Dosa Divas)
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Why Pinball Moved from Bars to Basements
23 maart 2026 · 1 uur 7 min
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Act 1: How Stern Survived the Pinball Apocalypse
Act 2: What Makes a Pinball Table Special in 2026?
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Seth Davis: President and CEO, Stern Pinball
Lewis Gordon: Reporter and Critic
Closing Song: “A Musical Tale” by bermei.inazawa (Chicory: A Musical Tale)
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Logo and show art by James Bareham
Theme by Mark Sparling
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Games Can Save Us from the Hell of Silicon Valley Optimization
16 maart 2026 · 1 uur 26 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Games Teach Us to Break Free from Life’s Grind
Act 2: Metrics Suck the Joy Out of Life
Patreon Bonus: Have Metrics Infested Video Games?
Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
C. Thi Nguyen: a philosopher, educator, and author. His latest book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game
Gita Jackson: critic, editor, and co-founder of Aftermath
Closing Song: “Ocarina of Time” by Sixth Station Trio (Zelda Classics album)
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The ESA Saved Video Games Once. Can It Do It Again?
9 maart 2026 · 1 uur 15 min
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Act 1: The 17-Year Fight to Protect Games from the Government
Act 2: The ESA’s President on AI, Child Safety, and Calls for Unionization
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Guests:
Stanley Pierre-Louis: President and CEO, ESA
Closing Song: “Jumping Voices (Big Walk Theme)” by aksfx (Big Walk)
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What Is Fictosexuality?
2 maart 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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Act 1: What Is Fictophilia?
Act 2: Fandom, Parasocial Relationships, and Big Tech
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Tanja Välisalo: Teacher, researcher, and project coordinator at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland
Nicole Carpenter: Reporter at publications like 404 Media, Vulture, Polygon, and more
Closing Song: “Character Selection Theme “ by Vibe Avenue (Tears of Metal)
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The Resident Evil Auteur in His Own Words
23 februari 2026 · 1 uur
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, and the Birth of the Video Game Movie
Act 2: Life of a Video Game Movie Auteur
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Paul W.S. Anderson: Director of Mortal Kombat, the Resident Evil film series, and more
Kazuma Hashimoto: Video game critic, analyst, and consultant
Closing Song: "Altar" by Jorge Flores (Desktop Explorer)
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Edmund McMillen Wants You to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions
16 februari 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: A Career Built on “A Cry for Help”
Act 2: “This Is a Fuck You”
Patreon Bonus: Tidepools, Pinball, and a Musical: The “Sunny Side” of Edmund McMillen
Guests:
Edmund McMillen: Co-creator of Mewgenics
Closing Song: “Fleas and Parasites” by Matthias Bossi and John Evans (Mewgenics)
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Robbing Museums? Sounds Like Fun
9 februari 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Stealing What's Yours
Act 2: The Need for Africanfuturism
Patreon Bonus: What It's Actually Like Making Games in South Africa
Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests:
Ben Myres, CEO, Co-Founder, and Creative Director of Nyamakop
Mohale Mashigo, Narrative Director of Relooted
Nathan Grayson, Co-Founder of Aftermath
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A History of Dragon Quest (and Why To Try It Now)
2 februari 2026 · 51 min
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Act 1: Dragon Quest’s Many False Starts in America
Act 2: How Dragon Quest Became Inescapable
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Act 3: The News of the Week
Guests: Andrew Webster, The Verge & Tim Rogers, Action Button
Closing Song: “Haven” by Nicolas Gueguen (MIO: Memories in Orbit)
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Nintendo Gets the History Book It Deserves
26 januari 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: How Nintendo Became a Game Company
Act 2: Nintendo’s Present
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Act 3: News of the Week
Guest: Keza MacDonald, journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
Closing Song: "Oubliette: from Ratcheteer DX (Matthew Grim)
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Adapting Life into a Video Game
19 januari 2026 · 50 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Turning Your Life into a Game
Act 2: Recreating a Place and a Moment
Patreon Bonus: The History of Memoir Games in 5 Titles
Act 3: News of the Week
Guest: Meredith Gran, creator of Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Closing Music: Perfect Tides: Station to Station
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Mothership and a History of Women in Games Media
9 januari 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: A History of Women in Games Media
Act 2: Mothership Lands on Earth
Patreon Bonus: Imagining a Better Future for Video Games
Act 3: The News of the Week
Patreon Bonus Mini-Episode: A Century of Women’s Media in 15-Minutes
Guests: Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah, founders of Mothership.blog
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Say hello to your next favorite website.
Mothership is a site built at the intersection of gender and games. Today, I’ll be chatting with founders Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah. They’ll provide a primer on the history of women in games media, dating back to the early 1980s. And they’ll share their months-long effort to make Mothership a reality.
To set the stage, here’s part of Mothership.blog‘s mission statement:
"Whenever we boot up an RPG character creator (or pick up a TTRPG character sheet), we can’t help but interrogate the choices that are available — and the ones that aren’t. We’ve noticed how many female video game characters, even our favorites, have hourglass figures and pale complexions. We can’t help but consider and interrogate the gender norms on display among male characters in games as well, whether we’re revving a Lancer as Marcus Fenix or swinging a sword as Link… or putting on a Gerudo disguise.
At Mothership, you’ll read writing from a diverse roster of contributors. You’ll find reviews, criticism, and opinion stories about games’ depiction of gender, as well as stories about how these games are marketed. You’ll get investigative reporting on the people who make games in an era when “DEI” is on the wane. You’ll re…
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2026's Big Games, Trends, and Showdowns
5 januari 2026 · 58 min
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Guest: Ash Parrish, reporter and critic at The Verge
Act 1: The Industry
Act 2: The Games and Trends
Patreon Bonus: The Best and Worst Case Scenarios for 2026
Act 3: The News of the Week
2026 has only just begun, but already I’m certain it’ll be (at least for gaming culture) historic.
Yes, it’s the year of GTA 6. It’s also the year of no fewer than ten thousand other games. Barring a cataclysmic event, more games will be released in 2026 than in any year prior.
This avalanche of competition will continue to be bad news for game makers, who must not only will they battle for attention with their contemporaries, but also the tens of thousands of “new” and now steeply discounted games released since the pandemic, the free-to-play time drains, and the entirety of retro gaming playable on ever cheaper handheld emulators.
Inversely, in 2026, this abundance will be a boon for most of you listening, at least in the short term. Where the glut of games that nearly killed the game industry in the 1980s was garbage, we are not wonting for high quality games serving nearly every imaginable niche.
Before 2025 ended, I had already played a dozen or so solid games that will be released in 2026. And two 2026 games would have made my 2025 Game of the Year list had they been released.
Add in some acquisitions, some closures, an uptick in unionization, a delinquent government oversight, and a nauseating economy, and you will be overwhelmed with existential questions about the medium.
Will video game players return to buying new games after years of gorging on forever games? Will Take Two and Grand Theft Auto deal the final blow to the once-powerful video game publishers? Will developers find new ways to get their games to their intended audience, or will more and m…
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The Pokémon origin story
29 december 2025 · 1 uur 33 min
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Before Game Freak created Pokémon, it was a hand-stapled video game zine written by a crew of arcade-loving teenagers.
Welcome to the debut episode of Past Games, the new Patreon-exclusive series dedicated to revisiting the stories behind classic games and gaming moments. Over the next few months, we’ll be flipping through dusty periodicals and dog-eared history books to learn more about 2026’s big gaming anniversaries.
For this episode, I invited my buddy Brendon Bigley (Wavelengths, Into the Aether) to talk pocket monsters. I share the history of the biggest children’s entertainment icon since Mickey Mouse, and Brendon shares his experience of growing up alongside the rise of Pokémania.
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What 2025 taught us about games
22 december 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
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This week on Post Games: the final listener mailbag of 2025!
Act 1: Questions about video games
Act 2: Questions about the industry and the culture
Patreon bonus: Questions about the nitty-gritty of gaming
Act 3: The news of the week
This week, I emptied the Post Games mailbag and tried to answer as many questions as I could muster. The result is one of the longest episodes to date, with the AMA spanning three acts and over 60 minutes!
Plus, a very special extended news of the week: I chatted with Phil Salvador from the Video Game History Foundation. The VGHF has preserved the Sega Channel, the 1990s predecessor to PlayStation Now and Xbox Game Pass. How the hell do archivists preserve such a thing? Listen to find out!
Now, I’d say this is the final episode of 2025, but that’s not entirely true. Next week, I’ll be sharing a special Patreon-exclusive mini-episode, reflecting on my personal favorite games of the year, along with a few small surprises. But I’m getting ahead of myself!
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How games and anime became BFFs
15 december 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
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This week on Post Games: How video games and anime took over pop culture together.
Act 1: Anime in your video games
Act 2: Video games in your anime
Patreon bonus: The anime every gamer should watch
Act 3: News of the Week
Last year, I helped oversee the first major national survey of anime consumption in the United States. Before the survey, I knew anime had achieved pop culture status, with characters from Dragon Ball appearing in Fortnite and musicians like Megan Thee Stallion wearing over a dozen anime cosplays. Even still, the numbers surprised me.
Nearly half of Gen Z watches anime once a week. And a quarter of millennials. 44% of anime viewers have had a crush on an anime character. And 65% of anime viewers find the form more emotionally compelling than other forms of media. Anime fans claimed to watch for escape and comfort. But also for strength, a tool to prepare them for a big test or a challenging day at work.
We ran this survey at Polygon, a site broadly focused on video games, because while games and anime are two different mediums, they have for decades influenced and elevated one another. And the line between the two is blurrier and blurrier, with shows inspiring games that inspire more shows.
How did we get here?
To find out, I reached out to Geoff Thew, the founder and host of the hit anime YouTube channel, Mother’s Basement.
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The history (and secrets) of The Game Awards
8 december 2025 · 59 min
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UPDATES
Before we get to this week’s episode, I have two important updates!
Post Games mailbag returns: I’m collecting listener voice notes for my final mailbag episode of 2025. I’d love questions reflecting on 2025 or looking forward to 2026. But you’re welcome to ask anything related to games! Here’s how to email me audio using a smartphone and any voice notes app.
The First Official Post Games Movie Screening: This Friday, I’ll be hosting a screening of Mortal Kombat (1995) at The Frida in Santa Ana, CA. I’ll have some rare Post Games shirts and hats on sale. I’d love to see you there, so if you come, please say hello!
THIS WEEK ON POST GAMES
The Game Awards isn’t the Oscars. It’s not the Tonys. If we’re being generous, it shares the same pop cultural status as the modern MTV Music Video Awards. But even if the show is a bit embarrassing and largely serves as an advertisement for future games, it matters.
It matters to big game publishers and tiny developers alike. All nominees stand to not only get a healthy dose of public praise, but a burst of press and a spike in sales. Especially if they win.
With more games released in 2025 than in any other year, awareness is invaluable. The Game Awards claimed a 2024 audience of 154 million streams, which would mean more people watched it than the Super Bowl. Even if the audience is actually half that number, then The Game Awards remains one of the most widely seen annual broadcasts in the world.
So this week on Post Games, we take The Game Awards seriously. My guest is the only year-round Game Awards beat reporter and analyst, Polyon’s Oli Welsh.
Act 1: The history of The Game Awards
Act…
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Two Blue Prince interviews, seven months apart
1 december 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
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This week on Post Games, “Life Before and After Releasing Blue Prince”:
Act 1: The Days Before Blue Prince
Patreon bonus: The Magic site that made Blue Prince possible
Act 2: The Days Before The Game Awards
Patreon bonus: Blue Prince: The Movie? Blue Prince 2?
Act 3: News of the Week
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18 reasons to be thankful for video games
24 november 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
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Welcome to The Inaugural Post Games Thanksgiving Special!
I’ve invited 19 people from across video games to share what they’re thankful for. They could celebrate a game, a person, a place, a trend, an idea, or whatever else inspires them. Our guests come from across the entertainment and media industries, including award-winning indie game designers, a former executive from a AAA publisher, brilliant text-based critics, beloved audio-only hosts, a contract-securing union leader, and a good ol' fashioned movie star.
Here's the party's guest list!
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon
Kirk Hamilton
Christian Donlan
Jenny Jiao-Hsia
Lucy James
Austin Walker
Chris Novak
Tina Sanchez O’Hara
Blessing Adeoye Jr.
Sarah Elmahleh
Giovanni Colantonio
Najay Greenidge
Chris Bratt
Nina Freeman
Frank Lantz
Kitty Calis and Jan Willem Nijman
Evan Narcisse
Because this episode is a holiday special, and because we have so many guests, there are no acts and no news of the week. Instead, what follows are nearly twenty notes of gratitude from our brilliant guests. And Patreon subscribers get an extra-long personal note from me, in which I talk about what I’m grateful for this year: the games, the movies, the books, the music, the people, and most importantly, the opportunity to do this show.
We have so many delicious dishes to plop on your plate, so let’s work our way around the buffet!
This week on Post Games: The Thanksgiving Special
19 guests share what part of video game culture they’re thankful for
Why I’m grateful for change and how you can create your own
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Bonus segment: Why I’m thankful for change (and how you can create your own)
Plus, the films, movies, books, ideas, and other things I’m thankful for
Early access to ad-free episodes
Video versions of new episodes!
Five hour-long episodes of Vid…