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How OTK Lost Its Way OTK was meant to be an org for and by some of the world's biggest streamers, but thanks to egos, whims, and controversies, it's proven to be anything but a sure bet 10 Comments Nathan Grayson
The Labor That Goes Into Making Anime Is Often Overlooked, But It Shouldn’t Be "These are huge crunches. It burns people out" 4 Comments Nathan Grayson
I Quit Watching Social Media Videos, And I Am Not Full Of Regret Just don't look 10 Comments Riley MacLeod
Mel And Langdon Won’t Get Together On The Pitt—Except In Fanfiction Shipping is simply a very normal human activity: imagining things. 4 Comments Gita Jackson
The Imperfect Words Of Parasite Eve Parasite Eve taught me about change well before the words appeared 8 Comments Niko Stratis
Inside Baseball Week 6 Comments Luke Plunkett
Games Media Can’t Ignore BDS Xbox Boycott BDS' call to boycott Microsoft is a call to action for gamers, and an imperative for games media 10 Comments Autumn Wright
It Happened To Me: I Wrote Those Shitty Tweet Roundups I wasn’t writing blogs about what “the internet” was reacting to—I was writing to describe what I see as “the internet.” 9 Comments Gita Jackson
The Politics, Theology, And Hype Behind The First Gamer Saint Teenager Carlo Acutis, set to be canonized at the end of this month, will be the Catholic Church's first millennial saint 3 Comments Riley MacLeod

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Manga Steel Ball Run Is The Best JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part The Real Man’s World is a moment that’ll stick with me forever 2 Comments Isaiah Colbert
The Pitt Isn’t Just Another Anxiety-Inducing Medical Drama In between instilling an appreciation for medical personnel, it’ll have you fujoshiing out 2 Comments Isaiah Colbert

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Video Game Blogs From The 2000s Were Fast, Reckless And Very Bad At News When everything was news, nothing was 17 Comments Luke Plunkett
The Price Of The PS5 Is Going Up, Once Again, In Europe And Australia The PS5 launched at AUD$750, it'll now be AUD$830 9 Comments Luke Plunkett
The Aftermath Hours Inside Baseball Week Worker-Owned Media Roundtable Special What is this? A crossover episode? (Yes) 2 Comments Nathan Grayson
How Xalavier Nelson Does It "The systems you set up give you the life that you live in. You can only hope it's the life that you want to live" 4 Comments Nathan Grayson
When You Write About Games, Gaming For Yourself Is Liberating There is no greater joy than playing a game without worrying about turning that into "content." 8 Comments Chris Person
Because Some People Have Asked, Here Are Aftermath’s Editorial Values Stuff we stand for, stuff we believe 2 Comments Luke Plunkett

Media Gamurs Websites Aren’t Just Laying Off Workers, Entire Sites Are Being Mothballed 'Entire websites, like the Escapist and Twinfinite, are just sitting basically dormant' 6 Comments Luke Plunkett
A Real Museum Worker’s Take On Two Point Museum Can I do a better job at this than my bosses? 6 Comments Tom Emery