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Post Games

Chris Plante

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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 Game...

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Episodes (71)

The History of Wolverine (And His Games)

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How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm

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Aug 31, 20261:06:07pending

The Perfect Game Review Doesn't Exist

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Aug 24, 202655:47pending

Everything You Should Know About Fighting Games

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Aug 17, 202657:22pending

The International Sexy Game Controversy

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Aug 10, 202659:24pending

Games Need You to Give a Sh*t and Pay Attention

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Aug 3, 202657:31pending

The Blessing and Curse of Pokémon

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Jul 27, 20261:02:06pending

Gaming’s Toughest Critic Wants You to Live a Happier Life

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Jul 20, 20261:20:03pending

A Gaming Podcast Your Friends Will Love

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Jul 13, 20261:16:33pending

What's the Point of Video Game Reviews?

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Jul 6, 202644:12pending

What's Weird Nintendo (and Is It Still Alive?)

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Jun 29, 20261:14:29pending

How the Games Industry Got to This Point

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Jun 22, 202653:56pending

The Earliest Game of the Year Awards

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Jun 15, 20262:46:11pending

How to Have a Persona Summer

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Jun 8, 20261:40:58pending

What You Should Know about James Bond

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Jun 1, 20261:04:27pending

How to See the Profound Beauty in Gaming's Tiniest Details

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May 25, 20261:05:27pending

The History (and Future) of Bubsy

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May 18, 20261:11:13pending

The History of The Legend of Zelda (1986)

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May 11, 20261:13:20pending

The Nine Lives of Games Journalism

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May 1, 20261:08:27pending

This Game Won’t Save the World*

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Apr 28, 202647:39failed

He Won the Biggest Award in Indie Games. Then He Did It Again.

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Apr 20, 20261:03:03pending

Where Do Video Games Go from Here?

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Apr 13, 20261:02:15failed

Video Games Are Art. Are Museums Ready?

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Apr 6, 202653:32failed

2026's Fantasy Masterpiece Took 8 Years, 4 Attempts, and 1 Disco Elysium

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Mar 30, 20261:21:52failed

Why Pinball Moved from Bars to Basements

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Mar 23, 20261:06:31failed

Games Can Save Us from the Hell of Silicon Valley Optimization

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Mar 16, 20261:25:42failed

The ESA Saved Video Games Once. Can It Do It Again?

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Mar 9, 20261:14:56completed

What Is Fictosexuality?

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Mar 2, 20261:04:07completed

The Resident Evil Auteur in His Own Words

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Feb 23, 20261:00:03pending

Edmund McMillen Wants You to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions

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Feb 16, 20261:09:41pending

Robbing Museums? Sounds Like Fun

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Feb 9, 20261:03:42pending

A History of Dragon Quest (and Why To Try It Now)

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Feb 2, 202650:46pending

Nintendo Gets the History Book It Deserves

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Jan 26, 20261:02:20pending

Adapting Life into a Video Game

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Jan 19, 202649:53pending

Mothership and a History of Women in Games Media

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Jan 9, 20261:02:48pending

2026's Big Games, Trends, and Showdowns

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Jan 5, 202657:38pending

The Pokémon origin story

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Dec 29, 20251:32:31pending

What 2025 taught us about games

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Dec 22, 20251:12:01pending

How games and anime became BFFs

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Dec 15, 20251:05:03pending

The history (and secrets) of The Game Awards

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Dec 8, 202558:41pending

Two Blue Prince interviews, seven months apart

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Dec 1, 20251:05:20pending

18 reasons to be thankful for video games

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Nov 24, 20251:13:05pending

2025's scariest game recreates the site of a real tragedy

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Nov 17, 202543:46pending

What it's actually like to release a game in 2025

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Nov 10, 20251:07:20pending

Why people play games that scare them

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Nov 3, 202557:21pending

20 years later, Shadow of the Colossus still matters

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Oct 27, 202554:58pending

Why Great Games Sometimes Flop

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Oct 20, 202551:06pending

The "Too Many Games" Problem

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Oct 13, 202546:59pending

Demystifying Nintendo (Plus: Life as an NSFW gaming YouTuber)

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Oct 6, 20251:00:07pending

The growing threat of video game censorship

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Sep 29, 202549:33pending