Get full show notes at www.post.games Subscribe for bonus segments and episodes, plus everything is ad-free! www.patreon.com/postgames Heads 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....
Aug 18, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Get full episode notes for free at www.post.games Get bonus content, early episodes, and extended episode notes for $5 a month at www.patreon.com/postgame s This 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 games Bonus for Patr...
Aug 11, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Two options for full show notes, including links to stories, games, and related topics! Subscribe to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/postgames Subscribe to the free newsletter at www.post.games Next 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 Games Countless video games depict death, but few ask us to contemplate our mortality. Thank goodness. Mario wouldn’t be nearly as fun if we h...
Aug 04, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Get the full episode notes at www.post.games Subscribe to the Patreon for bonus content and early releases at www.patreon.com/postgames Gaming 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 Nintendo Act 2: Donkey Kong’s long journey back to the top Patreon Bonus: The Top 5 Donkey Kong games – and the #1 strangest Act 3: The news of the week Find episode notes and more at www.post.games . Subscribe to the Pat...
Jul 28, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Get the full episode notes with links at www.post.games Subscribe to the Patreon for early access, bonus segments, and a monthly video series at patreon.com/postgames This 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 Nintendo Act 1: Adapting a life of video games into a comedic memoir Act 2: The ch...
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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/PostGames This 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 determine...
Jul 14, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Get full episode notes, links, and related materials for free at www.post.games Get extra-long episodes, bonus content, monthly videos, and more (plus, no ads!) at patreon.com/postgames Welcome 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, ana...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 Games Act 1: Dunkey on his love/hate relationship with Death Stranding, life as YouTube game critic, and the power of changing your mind A bonus act for Patreon subscribers: Dunkey on video game crit...
Jun 30, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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-ti...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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 ...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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 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 f...
Jun 09, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Find all links and referenced materials at www.post.games 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 Ja...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 2
See the full episode notes and links at www.post.games 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: Fo...
May 26, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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...
May 25, 2025•31 min
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....
May 18, 2025•55 sec
