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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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: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/xoxogossipgita.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/xoxogossipgita.bsky.social&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://aftermath.site/author/gita-jackson">https://aftermath.site/author/gita-jackson&nbsp;</a>
Nathan Grayson:&nbsp; <a href="https://aftermath.site/author/nathan-grayson">https://aftermath.site/author/nathan-grayson</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nathangrayson.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/nathangrayson.bsky.social</a>
Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stream-Big-Triumphs-Turmoils-Twitch/dp/1982156767">https://www.amazon.com/Stream-Big-Triumphs-Turmoils-Twitch/dp/1982156767</a>
Article on Skin Deep from Aftermath: <a href="https://aftermath.site/skin-deep-steam-next-fest-demo-impressions-pc">https://aftermath.site/skin-deep-steam-next-fest-demo-impressions-pc&nbsp;</a>
The New York Times: Video Games Can&rsquo;t Afford to Look This Good <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/arts/video-games-graphics-budgets.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/arts/video-games-graphics-budgets.html</a>
Aftermath - Fuck WB <a href="https://aftermath.site/warner-bros-discovery-games-wonder-woman-monolith-shut-down">https://aftermath.site/warner-bros-discovery-games-wonder-woman-monolith-shut-down</a>
Pyre - <a href="https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/pyre/">https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/pyre/</a> Supergiant Games - <a href="https://www.supergiantgames.com">https://www.supergiantgames.com</a> Avowed - <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457220/Avowed/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/2457220/Avowed/</a>
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Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. 

Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.

Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. 
Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.

Better Offline

Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build.



Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.

Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build.
 
Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.

How Growth Is Killing Video Games

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