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Post Games

Post Games is an audio magazine about how and why we love video games. Each week, host Chris Plante reports on a new, overlooked, or underappreciated topic in gaming culture. Why do people play games that scare them? Why do great games sometimes flop? How has one award turned tiny indie game makers into big-name millionaires?With original interviews, writing, and a traditional audio-magazine structure, Plante keeps things entertaining, informative, and always under 90 minutes. Because Post

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54:46

The rarest video game podcast returns

Post Games ·

2025/09/08

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 2025Act 2: Behind-the-scenes of A Life Well WastedPatreon Bonus: Games and pervertsAct 3: The news of the WeekFind 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

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9:44

The True Story Behind Street Fighter: The Movie...

Post Games ·

2025/09/05

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.

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50:04

Can you fit cable TV into a video game?

Post Games ·

2025/09/01

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 channel surfing in the early days of cable television.Its graphics aren’t graphics at all, but full-motion video

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1:01:30

How video game movies got good

Post Games ·

2025/08/25

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 30 years and five distinct eras of video game adaptations.Act 1: The Doomed DecadesAct 2: The Hollywood HitsA

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56:05

A Broadway musician’s double life as a murder mystery...

Post Games ·

2025/08/18

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 award-winning Broadway shows. His performances have accompanied artists like Ben Platt and Idina Menzel.But as his

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56:53

Big predictions for the future of games

Post Games ·

2025/08/11

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 new gaming news publication, Wavelengths. Act 1: A Q&A about the future of video gamesBonus for Patreon: The

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54:51

Games about death improve our lives

Post Games ·

2025/08/04

Two options for full show notes, including links to stories, games, and related topics!Subscribe to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/postgamesSubscribe to the free newsletter at www.post.gamesNext week: For the mailbag, send voice notes to postgamesmailbag (at) gmail. Please keep them under 90 seconds and include your name and pronouns.This week on Post GamesCountless video games depict death, but few ask us to contemplate our mortality. Thank goodness. Mario wouldn’t be nearly as fun if we had to

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50:45

The forgotten history of Donkey Kong

Post Games ·

2025/07/28

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 strangestAct 3: The news of the weekFind episode notes and more at www.post.games. Subscribe to the Patreon for

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1:09:26

How to make video games funny

Post Games ·

2025/07/21

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 like to write jokes for NintendoAct 1: Adapting a life of video games into a comedic memoirAct 2: The cheats to

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49:54

The life, death, death, death, death, and rebirth of...

Post Games ·

2025/07/14

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 of 1983. Understandably! For forty years, Atari has been a brand in search of a purpose.Rosen is determined to

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1:08:26

Why video games feel better and worse than ever before

Post Games ·

2025/07/07

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 of the smartest, analytical, and forward-thinking minds in video – writer, developer, publisher, critic, analyst,

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49:43

The case of Dunkey vs. Death Stranding

Post Games ·

2025/06/30

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 critic, and the power of changing your mindA bonus act for Patreon subscribers: Dunkey on video game critics and

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1:21:37

How to fight brilliant (and stupid) AI

Post Games ·

2025/06/23

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 norm – frankly, I’ll need more paid subscribers before the end of the year if I want to keep this my full-time

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1:10:52

What we have in common with world-ending AI

Post Games ·

2025/06/16

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 Universal Paperclips about designing a game from the AI's POVAct 3: The news of the week, including cool game art

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53:42

Why the Switch 2 launch felt different

Post Games ·

2025/06/09

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 Digital EclipseAct 3: The news of the week, including big announcements leading into Summer Game FestAnd for Patreon

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1:12:58

Why you can't escape all of those sexy games

Post Games ·

2025/06/02

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: Is parrying in games good or bad?For Patreon subscribers: The long, successful history of sex games in Japan. Want

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50:05

The award that changes the lives of its winners

Post Games ·

2025/05/26

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 sameAct 3: The news of the week, including incredible and rare games you can now play in EnglishPlus: For Patreon

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31:03

Post Games FAQ (w/ Casey Newton)

Post Games ·

2025/05/25

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 more at www.post.games. Subscribe to the Patreon for early access to episodes, additional segments, and bonus

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Subscribe to Post Games

Post Games ·

2025/05/18

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. 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.

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