Post Games
Post Games is an audio magazine exploring how and why we love video games. Host Chris Plante reports weekly on new, overlooked, or underappreciated topics in gaming culture, such as why people play scary games or why great games sometimes flop. The show features original interviews and writing, with a traditional audio-magazine structure that keeps episodes under 90 minutes.
Episodes
How to Have a Persona Summer
This Week on Post Games:Patreon Bonus: The Rules of Persona SummerAct 1: Persona, Explained!Act 2: Where to Start (or Continue) with PersonaAct 3: Why Tribeca Film Fest Includes Video GamesShow Notes and Bonus Episodes:Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more
What You Should Know about James Bond
This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Everything You Need to Know about BondAct 2: Why Bond Games and Movies Have Become So Tough to MakePatreon Bonus: A History of Bond Games in Five TitlesAct 3: 007 First Light’s Narrative Director on Creating a New BondShow Notes and Bonus Episodes:Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus se
How to See the Profound Beauty in Gaming's Tiniest Details
This Week on Post Games:Act 1: Try Not to Lose 100 FollowersAct 2: How to Look Closely at Gaming’s Little DetailsPatreon Bonus: Getting Old as a Professional YouTuberShow Notes and Bonus Episodes:Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgam
The History (and Future) of Bubsy
This Week on Post Games:Act 1: The History of Bubsy 2DAct 1.5: The Case for Bubsy 3DAct 2: The Making of Bubsy 4DPatreon Bonus: The Bubsy Parody About Loving Modern ArtAct 3: The News of the WeekShow Notes and Bonus Episodes:Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, an
The History of The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Editor's Note: 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. Ea
The Nine Lives of Games Journalism
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.[The talk moves fast. I
This Game Won’t Save the World*
This Week on Post Games: Act 1: A Mini Golf Game at the Not-Quite End of the WorldAct 2: Making Fun Games about Big ProblemsPatreon Bonus: How to Stay OptimisticShow Notes and Bonus Episodes:Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames fo
He Won the Biggest Award in Indie Games. Then He Did It Again.
This Week on Post Games:Act 1: What Is a “Solo” Game Developer in 2026Act 2: Making Titanium Court One Hour at a TimePatreon Bonus: AP Thomson’s Titanium Court Book Club (Coming 4/27)Act 3: The News of the WeekShow Notes and Bonus EpisodesWant full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusiv
Where Do Video Games Go from Here?
Show Notes and Bonus EpisodesWant full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis Week on Post Games:Act 1: How to Tell Stories about Vid
Video Games Are Art. Are Museums Ready?
Show Notes and Bonus EpisodesWant full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:Act 1: Games Enter the Art WorldAct
2026's Fantasy Masterpiece Took 8 Years, 4 Attempts, and 1 Disco Elysium
Show Notes and Bonus EpisodesWant full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:Act 1: Dissecting Disco Elysium, Org
Why Pinball Moved from Bars to Basements
Show Notes and Bonus EpisodesWant full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis Week on Post Games:Act 1: How Stern Survived the Pinbal
Games Can Save Us from the Hell of Silicon Valley Optimization
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:Act 1: Games Teach Us to Break Free from Life’s GrindAct 2: Metri
The ESA Saved Video Games Once. Can It Do It Again?
[Editor’s note: This week, all subscribers will have access to the Patreon-exclusive bonus segment. If you enjoy this extra material, or would just like to support the long-term health of the show, please consider subscribing on Patreon or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.]Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segme
What Is Fictosexuality?
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:Act 1: What Is Fictophilia?Act 2: Fandom, Parasocial Relationship
The Resident Evil Auteur in His Own Words
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5INCOGNI Deal: To get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan, go to incogni.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:Act 1: Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, and the Birth of the Video G
Edmund McMillen Wants You to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This 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 McMillenGuest
Robbing Museums? Sounds Like Fun
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This week on Post Games:Act 1: Stealing What's YoursAct 2: The Need for AfricanfuturismPatreon Bonus: What It's Actually Like Making Games in South AfricaAct 3: The News of the WeekG
A History of Dragon Quest (and Why To Try It Now)
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This week on Post Games:Act 1: Dragon Quest’s Many False Starts in AmericaAct 2: How Dragon Quest Became InescapablePatreon Bonus: Tim Rogers on How to Savor a Dragon Quest GameAct 3
Nintendo Gets the History Book It Deserves
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This week on Post Games:Act 1: How Nintendo Became a Game CompanyAct 2: Nintendo’s PresentPatreon Bonus: The Future of Nintendo After Its Icons DepartAct 3: News of the WeekGuest: Ke
Adapting Life into a Video Game
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This week on Post Games:Act 1: Turning Your Life into a GameAct 2: Recreating a Place and a MomentPatreon Bonus: The History of Memoir Games in 5 TitlesAct 3: News of the WeekGuest:
Mothership and a History of Women in Games Media
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5This week on Post Games:Act 1: A History of Women in Games MediaAct 2: Mothership Lands on EarthPatreon Bonus: Imagining a Better Future for Video GamesAct 3: The News of the WeekPat
2026's Big Games, Trends, and Showdowns
Want full show notes for free, including links to everything we mention? Visit www.post.gamesGet weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5Guest: Ash Parrish, reporter and critic at The VergeAct 1: The IndustryAct 2: The Games and TrendsPatreon Bonus: The Best and Worst Case Scenarios for 2026Act 3: The News of the Week
The Pokémon origin story
Editor's Note: Hey Post Games listeners. To give myself a lighter load this holiday, I’m posting one of the monthly Patreon-exclusive episodes. The patrons selected the origin story of Pokémon. They think you’ll enjoy it, and I do, too!If you like this episode and want access to a backlog of bonus episodes and future bonuses, subscribe to Patreon.com/PostGames for $5. Next Monday, I’ll be
What 2025 taught us about games
Get weekly bonus segments, video episodes, monthly exclusive episodes, and more at patreon.com/postgames for only $5Want full show notes? Visit www.post.gamesThis week on Post Games: the final listener mailbag of 2025!Act 1: Questions about video gamesAct 2: Questions about the industry and the culturePatreon bonus: Questions about the nitty-gritty of gamingAct 3: The news of the weekThis
How games and anime became BFFs
Visit patreon.com/postgames to get bonus segments, early access, and exclusive monthly episodes like "The birth of Pokémon: 30 years ago, a young game critic imagined the biggest franchise on the planet" for $5Visit post.games to get full episodes for free, including links to all games and stories referenced in today's showThis week on Post Games: How video games and anime took over pop c
The history (and secrets) of The Game Awards
Visit patreon.com/postgames to get bonus segments, early access, and exclusive monthly episodes like "The birth of Pokémon: 30 years ago, a young game critic imagined the biggest franchise on the planet" for $5Visit post.games to get full episodes for free, including links to all games and stories referenced in today's showUPDATESBefore we get to this week’s episode, I have two important
Two Blue Prince interviews, seven months apart
Get video versions of every episode, bonus segments, and monthly exclusives for $5 at patreon.com/postgamesGet free show notes at post.gamesThis week on Post Games, “Life Before and After Releasing Blue Prince”:Act 1: The Days Before Blue PrincePatreon bonus: The Magic site that made Blue Prince possibleAct 2: The Days Before The Game AwardsPatreon bonus: Blue Prince: The Movie? Blue Prin
18 reasons to be thankful for video games
Get full show notes for free at post.gamesGet bonus and video episodes, extra segments, and more for $5 at patreon.com/postgamesWelcome 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 acro
2025's scariest game recreates the site of a real tragedy
Get extra segments, video episodes, bonus episodes, and early access at patreon.com/postgamesGet full episode notes for free at post.gamesI was stunned when I first saw Cave Crave, a VR game in which the player squeezes through dark tunnels, the gaps so tight that the character must hold their breath, causing red light to pulse. As your virtual lungs empty, you see the blood vessels in yo
What it's actually like to release a game in 2025
Post Games for $1!! - The Early Bird, Not-Quite-Black Friday SaleRather than compete with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I’m running my holiday deal early. Subscribe to the Patreon before 11/14 and get your first month for $1. Yes, you read that right. A buck gets you...Video episodes!Weekly bonus segments!5 deep dives on storytelling, reviews, and media!1 oral history of Street Fighter:
Why people play games that scare them
Get extra segments, video episodes, bonus episodes, and early access at patreon.com/postgamesGet full episode notes for free at post.gamesSure, spooky season is over. But listeners, the scary season has just begun at Post Games. To prepare you, I have invited one of my favorite horror critics, Ashley Bardhan, to explain the appeal of playing horror games – and how they might make your lif
20 years later, Shadow of the Colossus still matters
Get video episodes, extra segments, bonus episodes, and early access at www.patreon.com/postgamesGet full show notes free at post.gamesFew video games achieve mainstream cultural relevance. Fewer still get labeled as "art." And only a handful of games that get through the culling manage to retain their relevance across decades. Shadow of the Colossus is the exception to the rules of video
Why Great Games Sometimes Flop
Get weekly bonus segments, Patreon exclusive episodes, and early access at patreon.com/postgamesGet the full show notes for free at www.post.gamesLast week, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier explained how the too many games problem came to be. This week, we hear how game creators are adapting to make sure the best games reach you – rather than get lost at the bottom of an ever-growing pil
The "Too Many Games" Problem
Get bonus segments and episodes, plus early access, at Patreon.com/postgamesGet full show notes for free at www.post.gamesAt an unknowable point in the past five years, gamers were granted three wishes:I want more games to play than I could ever have time for.I want them to be cheap, if not free.And I want to be able to play them whenever and however I want.The result has been great for f
Demystifying Nintendo (Plus: Life as an NSFW gaming YouTuber)
Get video episodes, weekly bonus content, and early access at Patreon.com/postgamesGet the full episode notes for free at www.post.gamesThis week, you get two podcasts for the price of one.First: the Nintendo mailbag. Listeners sent in a U-Haul's worth of questions about Nintendo. What's up with the unusually "usual" approach to the Switch 2 release? Why can the publisher do whatever it l
The growing threat of video game censorship
Subscribe to the Patreon for bonus content at patreon.com/postgamesSubscribe to the free newsletter for full show notes at www.post.gamesA few months ago, NSFW games appeared to be thriving. Then came the censorship campaign. To help us understand what shifted in the culture over the summer, and where NSFW games go from here, I needed an expert on media censorship, video games, pornograph
Microsoft before and after the Xbox
Get bonus segments and episodes for $5 at Patreon.com/postgamesGet full show notes in the free newsletter at post.gamesThis week on Post Games: How did Xbox get here?Former VP of Xbox Game Studios Shannon Loftis takes us on a guided tour of Microsoft's gaming ambitions, from the days before Windows 95 to Xbox's ambitious bet on the future of entertainment.Patreon bonus prologue: The case
Going to college for video games
Get bonus content in every episode at patreon.com/postgamesGet full show notes in the free newsletter at www.post.gamesWhat's it like to pursue a degree in video games? And what's life like as a video game professor?This week, my guest is Aaron Trammell, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who teaches undergraduate and graduate students about games, ranging from video gam
The rarest video game podcast returns
Get full episode notes at post.gamesGet bonus segments and episodes for $5 at patreon.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games:
Act 1: The story of a video game studio in 2025
Act 2: Behind-the-scenes of A Life Well Wasted
Patreon Bonus: Games and perverts
Act 3: The news of the Week
Find episode notes and more at www.post.games. Subscribe to the Patreon for early access to episodes, addi
The True Story Behind Street Fighter: The Movie (Patreon Bonus Sample)
Listen to the full audiobook at patreon.com/postgames.Find episode notes and more at www.post.games. Subscribe to the Patreon for early access to episodes, additional segments, and bonus materials at patreon.com/postgames. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#
Can you fit cable TV into a video game?
Subscribe for $5 to get bonus segments and episodes at Patreon.com/postgamesGet the newsletter with full show notes and links for free at www.post.gamesThis September, following a successful run on the experimental gaming handheld Playdate, Blippo+ will release on Nintendo Switch and Steam. The game, created in collaboration with an iconic indie band, attempts to reproduce the feeling of
How video game movies got good
Get full episode notes at www.patreon.com/postgames and www.post.gamesVideo game adaptations threaten to replace superhero movies as Hollywood's favorite fad. How did Mario and friends evolve from box office poison into some of the most valuable IPS in movie history? Today on Post Games: an extended interview with filmmaker and video essayist Patrick H. Willems, in which we make sense of
A Broadway musician’s double life as a murder mystery maker
Get full show notes at www.post.gamesSubscribe for bonus segments and episodes, plus everything is ad-free! www.patreon.com/postgamesHeads up! You can now watch Post Games shorts on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.Today's guest is musical composer, orchestrator, lyricist, conductor, and musician Mike Pettry, who climbed the rungs of the theater world and now performs in the orchestras of a
Big predictions for the future of games
Get full episode notes for free at www.post.gamesGet bonus content, early episodes, and extended episode notes for $5 a month at www.patreon.com/postgamesThis week on Post Games, I'm answering your questions about the future of games. Plus, an extended conversation with video game podcaster, YouTuber, and content creator Brendon Bigley about his long-running series Into the Aether and his
Games about death improve our lives
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The forgotten history of Donkey Kong
Get the full episode notes at www.post.gamesSubscribe to the Patreon for bonus content and early releases at www.patreon.com/postgamesGaming historian Jeremy Parish joins me for the entire episode to tell the story of gaming’s most famous primate.Act 1: How Donkey Kong saved NintendoAct 2: Donkey Kong’s long journey back to the topPatreon Bonus: The Top 5 Donkey Kong games – and the #1 st
How to make video games funny
Get the full episode notes with links at www.post.gamesSubscribe to the Patreon for early access, bonus segments, and a monthly video series at patreon.com/postgamesThis week on Post Game: Late-night comedy writer Mike Drucker and Tactical Breach Wizards director Tom Francis explain how they make video games funny and find the humor in loving video games.Patreon bonus prologue: What it's
The life, death, death, death, death, and rebirth of Atari
Get full show notes for free at https://postgame.substack.com/Get bonus segments, early and ad-free episodes, and a monthly video series at https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGamesThis week on Post Games, Atari CEO Wade Rosen joins me to discuss gaming’s ship of Theseus. While everyone remembers Atari at its height, most folks ignored the company's struggles following the games industry crash
Why video games feel better and worse than ever before
Get full episode notes, links, and related materials for free at www.post.gamesGet extra-long episodes, bonus content, monthly videos, and more (plus, no ads!) at patreon.com/postgamesWelcome to Post Game’s first annual physical, in which a special guest joins me to assess the health and stability of gaming, from the creators to the players, the industry to the culture. I’ve invited one o
The case of Dunkey vs. Death Stranding
Get full episode notes at www.post.games and subscribe on Patreon at patreon.com/postgames.Before we get started...If you have a moment and don't mind, please leave a review of Post Games on Apple Podcasts. I know, it's silly, but it's also a humongous help in these early days.This week on Post GamesAct 1: Dunkey on his love/hate relationship with Death Stranding, life as YouTube game cri
How to fight brilliant (and stupid) AI
Editor’s note: This week, I’m making all acts available to all listeners. The Patreon edition of the episode, however, is still early and ad-free. For context: My two guests participated on tight timelines and under special circumstances. And my essay was the conclusion of last week’s episode. As I finished the edit, I felt bad putting any of the acts behind the paywall. This won’t be the
What we have in common with world-ending AI
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 AetherFor Patreon subscribers, an intermission: 5 "clicker" games to play after Universal PaperclipsAct 2: An extended interview with Frank Lantz, the creator of U
Why the Switch 2 launch felt different
Get full episode notes, links, and bonus materials for free at www.Post.Games.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 GamesAct 2: Nintendo’s history of console launches. An interview with Chris Kohler, Editorial Director of Dig
Why you can't escape all of those sexy games
Find all links and referenced materials at www.post.gamesThis 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 pageAct 2: An interview with Hot Pink, a successful lewd game developerAct 3: The news of the week, including the definitive answer to the most important question in America in this troubling moment: I
The award that changes the lives of its winners
See the full episode notes and links at www.post.gamesThis 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 PrizeAct 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
Post Games FAQ (w/ Casey Newton)
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.Find episode notes and mo
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