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In-depth analysis and opinion pieces on games, their designs and their narratives.
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Money's a lil tight right now so making my services more widely available.
Audio editing/mixing/mastering for YouTube, podcasts, albums/EPs, etc.
If you want me to write for your website or consult on a piece you're writing yourself, I can do that too.
Lemme know if you're interested!
Audio editing/mixing/mastering for YouTube, podcasts, albums/EPs, etc.
If you want me to write for your website or consult on a piece you're writing yourself, I can do that too.
Lemme know if you're interested!
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You probably haven't heard of Garbanzo Quest by @zachisagardner.bsky.social, but it's an incredible game with a lot to say. Today we dive deep into this classic and emerge with a newfound understanding of what it means to be an independent artist in the first place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rk...
A Video About Garbanzo Quest (by Zach Gardner)
YouTube video by MML's Commentaries
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You probably haven't heard of Garbanzo Quest by @zachisagardner.bsky.social, but it's an incredible game with a lot to say. Today we dive deep into this classic and emerge with a newfound understanding of what it means to be an independent artist in the first place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rk...
As I said earlier, Bugonia rules. The Departed is pure junk food movie for me nowadays. Nostalgia is poison but Toy Story had me welling up about how much I wanted to go to Pizza Planet as a kid. Sherlock Jr still has me flabbergasted that Buster Keaton managed to do all of that OVER A CENTURY AGO
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As I said earlier, Bugonia rules. The Departed is pure junk food movie for me nowadays. Nostalgia is poison but Toy Story had me welling up about how much I wanted to go to Pizza Planet as a kid. Sherlock Jr still has me flabbergasted that Buster Keaton managed to do all of that OVER A CENTURY AGO
Part of Damo Suzuki's band for two shows in 2007 and 2010.
Obscene Extreme Festival 2022.
Opened for Agoraphobic Nosebleed in 2017.
Opened for Drug Church in 201...3? 2014?
Obscene Extreme Festival 2022.
Opened for Agoraphobic Nosebleed in 2017.
Opened for Drug Church in 201...3? 2014?
now do five concerts you’ve played
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Part of Damo Suzuki's band for two shows in 2007 and 2010.
Obscene Extreme Festival 2022.
Opened for Agoraphobic Nosebleed in 2017.
Opened for Drug Church in 201...3? 2014?
Obscene Extreme Festival 2022.
Opened for Agoraphobic Nosebleed in 2017.
Opened for Drug Church in 201...3? 2014?
Finally got around to watching Bugonia. As an Alasdair Gray fanatic that hasn't quite forgiven Yorgos Lanthimos and crew for Poor Things, this felt like a real return to form. Absolute blast!
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Finally got around to watching Bugonia. As an Alasdair Gray fanatic that hasn't quite forgiven Yorgos Lanthimos and crew for Poor Things, this felt like a real return to form. Absolute blast!
Every so often I'll revisit an old vid to reflect on where my mind/life was at, what worked, what I'd change if I did it now, etc. An interesting time capsule I suppose.
Revisiting this one in particular, made during lockdown, feels particularly wild. Still think it's a good piece of writing!
Revisiting this one in particular, made during lockdown, feels particularly wild. Still think it's a good piece of writing!
Dishonored in 2021 is a Different Kind of Grim
YouTube video by Writing on Games
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Every so often I'll revisit an old vid to reflect on where my mind/life was at, what worked, what I'd change if I did it now, etc. An interesting time capsule I suppose.
Revisiting this one in particular, made during lockdown, feels particularly wild. Still think it's a good piece of writing!
Revisiting this one in particular, made during lockdown, feels particularly wild. Still think it's a good piece of writing!
It's a shame that Acrobatic Tenement was recorded/mixed so poorly, because it arguably features some of At the Drive-In's best songs.
Paid Vacation Time
YouTube video by At the Drive-In - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It's a shame that Acrobatic Tenement was recorded/mixed so poorly, because it arguably features some of At the Drive-In's best songs.
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I am a sucker for the holidays, so Post Games is on sale till Sunday night.
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am a sucker for the holidays, so Post Games is on sale till Sunday night.
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
$1 gets you all episodes. Videos. Bonus content. No ads. Everything.
(But for real, after this, I need to stop with the sales, because this is a terrible way to make money!)
patreon.com/postgames
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review
YouTube video by Critical Error
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Had a chance to go over this script a while back and I am very excited that it's finally out there! Pim is seriously so good at this stuff you guys
🟥!!NEW VIDEO!!🟥
In which I talk about Pablo Picasso, his (deeply misogynistic) view of women as "machines for suffering", and how both relate to the narrative of Silent Hill f.
youtu.be/nD_TgaxUOsE
In which I talk about Pablo Picasso, his (deeply misogynistic) view of women as "machines for suffering", and how both relate to the narrative of Silent Hill f.
youtu.be/nD_TgaxUOsE
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Had a chance to go over this script a while back and I am very excited that it's finally out there! Pim is seriously so good at this stuff you guys
Gotten a few heartfelt e-mails from developers lately asking me to check out their game, including a key in the e-mail... and then I check the Steam page and find this kind of AI disclosure. Makes me question if the e-mail I thought was heartfelt was even written by the dev. Truly toxic to your game
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Gotten a few heartfelt e-mails from developers lately asking me to check out their game, including a key in the e-mail... and then I check the Steam page and find this kind of AI disclosure. Makes me question if the e-mail I thought was heartfelt was even written by the dev. Truly toxic to your game
EA Sports FC 26
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
EA Sports FC 26
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Hey, to let everyone know: I have been made aware by several people that my Twitter handle has been taken by someone impersonating me. They are soliciting in people's DMs.
I closed my account a year ago. I don't really have control of anything, other than to ask people to report it.
I closed my account a year ago. I don't really have control of anything, other than to ask people to report it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hey, to let everyone know: I have been made aware by several people that my Twitter handle has been taken by someone impersonating me. They are soliciting in people's DMs.
I closed my account a year ago. I don't really have control of anything, other than to ask people to report it.
I closed my account a year ago. I don't really have control of anything, other than to ask people to report it.
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Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Working with editors early on made me realise that, truly, maybe the biggest problem with YouTube criticism is no one has to work with an editor
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I get this ALL the time on social media. I think because I’m sometimes self-deprecating on here and because there’s now a lot of chummy chat available on the VGC Podcast, some people think they can joke about my weight, how I raise the kid etc. There’s a line between being friendly and being friends
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I get this ALL the time on social media. I think because I’m sometimes self-deprecating on here and because there’s now a lot of chummy chat available on the VGC Podcast, some people think they can joke about my weight, how I raise the kid etc. There’s a line between being friendly and being friends
Major depression and other (then undiagnosed) conditions
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Major depression and other (then undiagnosed) conditions
I can't stop thinking about this game. If you haven't played it, there's so much more to it than you think. You have no idea. Buy it, play it ASAP.
Baby Steps is $13.99 on US PS+ buff.ly/aJGEOvR
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I can't stop thinking about this game. If you haven't played it, there's so much more to it than you think. You have no idea. Buy it, play it ASAP.
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I like Aftermath very much, but I don't agree that games "should" be any given thing - and the assertion that "art these days feels self-aware and too clever by half" is not my general experience with recent art.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I like Aftermath very much, but I don't agree that games "should" be any given thing - and the assertion that "art these days feels self-aware and too clever by half" is not my general experience with recent art.
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My album Defeater is streaming everywhere.
This record is the sound of 39 minutes of rainfall while you sit inside with the windows open.
FFO: Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, boygenius, Future Teens, Spanish Love Songs.
This record is the sound of 39 minutes of rainfall while you sit inside with the windows open.
FFO: Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, boygenius, Future Teens, Spanish Love Songs.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My album Defeater is streaming everywhere.
This record is the sound of 39 minutes of rainfall while you sit inside with the windows open.
FFO: Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, boygenius, Future Teens, Spanish Love Songs.
This record is the sound of 39 minutes of rainfall while you sit inside with the windows open.
FFO: Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, boygenius, Future Teens, Spanish Love Songs.
Kill Bill still rocks. One Battle After Another remains one of the best films I've seen in years. Antichrist doesn't hold up as well as I thought it might, despite looking incredible. The Duke in Saló really looks distractingly like that Sargon of Akkad guy
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kill Bill still rocks. One Battle After Another remains one of the best films I've seen in years. Antichrist doesn't hold up as well as I thought it might, despite looking incredible. The Duke in Saló really looks distractingly like that Sargon of Akkad guy
This is such a great review that pretty much mirrors my own experience with the game (as someone who was brought in to offer my thoughts on it pre-release). I often find myself frustrated with this uphill battle Jake mentions, but reading this I think "...sometimes I just gotta do it." Real cool.
🚨 MORSELS REVIEW 🚨
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Would love to get some eyes on this! I know it’s an uphill battle posting about a game with a small footprint post-launch, but I think it’s worth making space for reviews like this.
jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/morsels-re...
Morsels Review
Don't Look Away
jakesteinberg.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is such a great review that pretty much mirrors my own experience with the game (as someone who was brought in to offer my thoughts on it pre-release). I often find myself frustrated with this uphill battle Jake mentions, but reading this I think "...sometimes I just gotta do it." Real cool.
Deleted that last post because it turns out I fucking despise too many places in Scotland
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Deleted that last post because it turns out I fucking despise too many places in Scotland
two things I care about:
1) scotland in the world cup
2) new converge
1) scotland in the world cup
2) new converge
Love Is Not Enough
YouTube video by Converge - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
two things I care about:
1) scotland in the world cup
2) new converge
1) scotland in the world cup
2) new converge