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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The Sexy Game That’s Taken Over the World
Act 2: A Werewolf Man, Dung Deliveries, and the Chinese Government
Act 3: Loving a Game That Will One Day Disappear
Patreon Bonus: Just How Bad Is the EA Sale?

Guests:
Ash Parrish: Senior reporter, Kotaku
Natalie Checo: Community + social media manager and writer, Sunset Visitor
Rebekah Valentine: Senior reporter, Kotaku
Closing Song: “Band on the Run (16 Bit, SNES)” by spaceyorick

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Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: This One Game Is Two Games
Act 2: Fighting for Attention in the Age of Endless Distraction
Patreon Bonus: Making Games with Christian Faith

Guest:
Xalavier Nelson Jr.: Studio head, designer, and writer, Strange Scaffold

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Art & Music:
Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Game Freak’s 30 Years of Brilliant False Starts
Act 2: Beast of Reincarnation Won’t Be Ignored
Patreon Bonus: Game Freak’s Top 5 Games (That Aren’t Pokémon)
Act 3: A New Game Magazine? In This Economy?!

Show Notes:
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Guests:
Robert Sephazon: Game designer, producer, historian, and curator
Ryan Rigney: Editor-in-chief, Chisel

Art & Music:
Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: A Life Making Sense of Games
Act 2: The Pleasure in Noticing the Small Things
Patreon Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes of Grand Theft Auto’s Press Events
Bonus: An Excerpt from “The Small Stuff” Audiobook

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Guests:
Ian Bogost: Game designer, essayist, professor, and author of “The Small Stuff”
Closing Song: “The Path of the Wind (from My Neighbor Totoro)” performed by Gentle Love

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Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound

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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!

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This Week on Post Games:
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

Show Notes:
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Guests:
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

Art & Music:
Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
Theme: Mark Sparling
Additional music: Epidemic Sound

All interviews are edited for concision and clarity.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.