Post Games is an NPR-style podcast about video games.
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!
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
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
Early access to ad-free episodes
Weekly bonus segments
Monthly bonus episodes, including…
8 episodes of Past Games, where experts share the histories of beloved games
The 5-part video series Video Games Journalism 101, adapted from NYU Game Center’s games media course
Surprise specials, including
Access to the Post Games Patreon Group Chat
And more!
How to See the Profound Beauty in Gaming’s Tiniest Details (Post Games)
Pat O’Brien’s (https://patobriens.com/)
Bubby’s Yokohama (Google Maps)
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (Wiki)
Toy Story | I will Go Sailing No More HD 720p (YouTube)
Green Dot Aviation (YouTube)
a youtuber is normal about planes (normal about it)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 (www.flightsimulator.com)
What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’ (The Ezra Klein Show)
Nintendo Gets the History Book It Deserves (Post Games)
The genius behind Zelda is at the peak of his power — and feeling his age (Washington Post)
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games (YouTube)
Walking Tour of Nintendo Global Headquarters in Kyoto, Japan (Kit & Krysta)
Nintendo’s shiny new museum needs more dirt (The Verge)
Games Should Save Us from the Daily Grind (Post Games)
Starlight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula (Wiki)
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (Wiki)
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha Dow Schüll (Princeton University Press)
Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception by María Lugones (JSTOR)
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