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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Stealing What's Yours
Act 2: The Need for Africanfuturism
Patreon Bonus: What It's Actually Like Making Games in South Africa
Act 3: The News of the Week

Guests:
Ben Myres, CEO, Co-Founder, and Creative Director of Nyamakop
Mohale Mashigo, Narrative Director of Relooted
Nathan Grayson, Co-Founder of Aftermath

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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Dragon Quest’s Many False Starts in America
Act 2: How Dragon Quest Became Inescapable
Patreon Bonus: Tim Rogers on How to Savor a Dragon Quest Game
Act 3: The News of the Week

Guests: Andrew Webster, The Verge & Tim Rogers, Action Button
Closing Song: “Haven” by Nicolas Gueguen (MIO: Memories in Orbit)

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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: How Nintendo Became a Game Company
Act 2: Nintendo’s Present
Patreon Bonus: The Future of Nintendo After Its Icons Depart
Act 3: News of the Week

Guest: Keza MacDonald, journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
Closing Song:  "Oubliette: from Ratcheteer DX (Matthew Grim)

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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Turning Your Life into a Game
Act 2: Recreating a Place and a Moment
Patreon Bonus: The History of Memoir Games in 5 Titles
Act 3: News of the Week

Guest: Meredith Gran, creator of Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Closing Music: Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Upcoming Mini-Episode: An extra special bonus for Patreon subscribers. On the launch day of Station to Station, January 22nd, I’ll release an additional mini-episode in which Meredith and I talk about the game’s themes, twists, and ending. It was incredible to chat with a game creator without the fear of spoilers, to actually dig deep into the work and their intentions. You’ll love it!

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This week on Post Games:
Act 1: A History of Women in Games Media
Act 2: Mothership Lands on Earth
Patreon Bonus: Imagining a Better Future for Video Games
Act 3: The News of the Week
Patreon Bonus Mini-Episode: A Century of Women’s Media in 15-Minutes
Guests: Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah, founders of Mothership.blog

Editor's note: This episode went live at the same time as its Patreon version so everyone had access to news of Mothership.blog. The public Post Games feed will return to its Monday release time next week.

Say hello to your next favorite website.
Mothership is a site built at the intersection of gender and games. Today, I’ll be chatting with founders Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah. They’ll provide a primer on the history of women in games media, dating back to the early 1980s. And they’ll share their months-long effort to make Mothership a reality.
To set the stage, here’s part of Mothership.blog‘s mission statement:

"Whenever we boot up an RPG character creator (or pick up a TTRPG character sheet), we can’t help but interrogate the choices that are available — and the ones that aren’t. We’ve noticed how many female video game characters, even our favorites, have hourglass figures and pale complexions. We can’t help but consider and interrogate the gender norms on display among male characters in games as well, whether we’re revving a Lancer as Marcus Fenix or swinging a sword as Link… or putting on a Gerudo disguise.
At Mothership, you’ll read writing from a diverse roster of contributors. You’ll find reviews, criticism, and opinion stories about games’ depiction of gender, as well as stories about how these games are marketed. You’ll get investigative reporting on the people who make games in an era when “DEI” is on the wane. You’ll read historical deep dives on the games and creators that paved the way, especially those that didn’t get due credit way back then."

This is a sprawling conversation about games, gender, media, and that deep urge we all share to connect and be seen
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