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This week on Post Games, “What we have in common with world-ending AI.”
Act 1: Why every AI superfan and skeptic should play Universal Paperclips. A review conversation with AJ Fillari, co-host of dotzip and producer of Into the Aether
For Patreon subscribers, an intermission: 5 "clicker" games to play after Universal Paperclips
Act 2: An extended interview with Frank Lantz, the creator of Universal Paperclips about designing a game from the AI's POV
Act 3: The news of the week, including cool game art for a good cause
Also for Patreon subscribers: a recording of Frank Lantz’s famous speech about the trouble with modern video games
This episode is part one of a two-part series on what we can learn about AI and ourselves through video games. Next week, we'll continue with "How I AI-proofed my career after imagining the apocalypse."
(Image: Chris Plante via Team Asobi/SIE)
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This week on Post Games, “What is a video game console launch in 2025?”
Act 1: What’s it like to run a video game shop when a console launches? An interview with Kelsey Lewin, the co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games
Act 2: Nintendo’s history of console launches. An interview with Chris Kohler, Editorial Director of Digital Eclipse
Act 3: The news of the week, including big announcements leading into Summer Game Fest
And for Patreon subscribers, a bonus act: What it was like to be parents scrambling for new consoles and games in the 1990s. An interview with my parents.
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This week on Post Games, “Why you can’t escape porn, sex, and lewd games.”
Act 1: How NSFW games went from the backrooms to the front page
Act 2: An interview with Hot Pink, a successful lewd game developer
Act 3: The news of the week, including the definitive answer to the most important question in America in this troubling moment: Is parrying in games good or bad?
For Patreon subscribers: The long, successful history of sex games in Japan. Want to know how the Western market went from decades of porn game prohibition to the modern lewd game free-for-all? The answer can be found in the decades of Japanese “eroge.” Plus, a reading from The Joy of Cybersex.
Like the show? Consider subscribing to Post Games on Patreon! Subscribers keep the show alive, get tons of cool stuff, and can listen to new episodes early! This Monday, I’m publishing the first video in the Video Game Journalism 101 series! Next Friday: the Switch 2 launch special with Nintendo historians Kelsey Lewin and Chris Kohler!
Logo by James Bareham
Theme by Mark Sparling
Special thanks to guest Hot Pink
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This week on Post Games, “You won the biggest award in indie games. Now what?”
Act 1: The history of indie games and its biggest award, The Independent Games Festival’s Seamus McNally Grand Prize
Act 2: An interview with Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson, the latest IGF Grand Prize winners, about how post-award life changes – and stays the same
Act 3: The news of the week, including incredible and rare games you can now play in English
Plus: For Patreon subscribers, a bonus interview: The story of the high school kids who won the first-ever IGF Grand Prize in 1999 for Fire and Darkness. One of the game’s creators actually hopped on a call and shared what became of the team and their lost game
Subscribe to Post Games on Patreon. Keep the show alive, get tons of cool stuff, and listen to new episodes early! Next Friday: why you can't escape porn/sex/lewd games! And on Monday, June 2, the first video in the Video Game Journalism 101 series!
Logo by James Bareham
Theme by Mark Sparling
Special thanks to guests Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, and Mark Feghali
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Want to know more about what’s happening behind the scenes at Post Games? Curious where the show is heading in its first year? Post Games: Episode 0 serves as an audio FAQ. Structured like a traditional episode, this prequel features an interview with Platformer founder and Hard Fork co-host Casey Newton about independent journalism's history, function, and value.
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Post Games will be available to everyone on May 26. Patreon subscribers will get early access to Episode 1 (and Episode 0) on Friday, May 23. Here’s a link.
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