Riley MacLeod

Riley MacLeod

@rcmacleod.bsky.social

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Co-founder of Aftermath, a website about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
https://aftermath.site/

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I got to be on one of my favorite podcasts talking about one of my favorite topics, cults! Come check out our discussion about Cult of the Lamb and what, if anything, it has to say to people in high-control groups. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...

Brief: Cult of the Lamb Anti-Cult School? (w/Riley MacLeod) — Conspiritualitywww.conspirituality.net Gaming journalist and Master of Divinity Riley MacLeod joins Matthew to talk about whether the hit indie game Cult of the Lamb might be all the inoculation against cultic dynamics that generation Al...

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Hell yeah, Bethesda Game Studios just unionized: aftermath.site/bethesda-uni...

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19c a day to support a wholly independent video games website? It's the deal of the century. Example: a cool thing about our subs model is that the more we get, the bigger and better the site gets. More stuff. More people. But it still costs you the same 19c a day. aftermath.site/aftermath-20...

Did you know that instead of paying just $7 (or $10) a month to support independent games media website @aftermath.site, you can also buy annual subscriptions that work out even cheaper? A $70 subscription is just 19c a day! That is--we are biased, but still--a good deal. aftermath.site/products

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Maybe game demos aren't always a good thing aftermath.site/game-demos-s...

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Did you know that instead of paying just $7 (or $10) a month to support independent games media website @aftermath.site, you can also buy annual subscriptions that work out even cheaper? A $70 subscription is just 19c a day! That is--we are biased, but still--a good deal. aftermath.site/products

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NEW: We found JD Vance's Venmo and analyzed his friends and friends of his friends. His direct friends list reveals connections to a wide array of people he'd likely call "elites," and it doesn't take too many hops before things get weird. Scoop by @dmehro.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social & me:

J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Showswww.wired.com The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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mere moments after the trump assassination attempt, players of fortnite, roblox, and minecraft began repeatedly recreating the scene. companies' responses have revealed holes in their moderation policies and a desire to distance themselves where possible aftermath.site/fortnite-rob...

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the revolution has begun: as a direct result of my blog about how all games should have a kick button, one developer has already added a kick button to their game. you could be next! aftermath.site/kick-button-...

a hill I will absolutely die on: all video games should have a kick button aftermath.site/anger-foot-d...

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Clickolding is weird in a very good way aftermath.site/clickolding-...

Tenacious D canceling their tour let me dig into how much everyone, from politicians to regular people, are struggling to figure out how to talk about the Trump thing aftermath.site/how-should-w...

Maybe this convo will be more productive here than twitter: I kept coming across a cool-sounding event today that states it's for "femme/trans/women/non-binary" folks, and it makes me feel nuts trying to understand if, as a trans man, I am included in that category even though "trans" is in the name

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Look I know it sucks that a Trump-appointed judge who has been in the tank for Trump has dismissed the case against Trump using nonsense pretext, but it's important to remember that Biden will, uh... and then the Democrats intend to respond by, uh... and at least we still have, uh...

Judge Cannon ruled that she was not bound by a Supreme Court case that expressly said the attorney general was authorized to appoint a special prosecutor.

I, like, get this decision on the democrats' part but also

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WE'RE BACK IN DA COOL ZONE, BABYYYY

Wow our generation may not be able to buy homes but we do get our very own reichstag fire, great!

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Donald Trump is rushed off stage by Secret Service during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Follow live updates. cnn.it/3zCBPSW

Some video game jokes about Biden's presser have served as the justification for me writing a dumb blog I've meant to write for years. Thanks, Joe!

A politics meme highlights the real crisis in America: too many video game titles sound the same aftermath.site/video-game-t...

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The rot will stop aftermath.site/aftermath-ho...

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NYC!! www.nypl.org/blog/2024/07...

Pick Up a Free James Baldwin Title in Celebration of His 100th Birthday | The New York Public Librarywww.nypl.org The New York Public Library is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin one of our largest adult book giveaways!

s/o @carlivelocci.com for this valuable information

Did you know Farscape is streaming around the clock? aftermath.site/did-you-know...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziot...

WaPo further Troncs itself

Fusion TV Network Promo Launch Music Video 2013www.youtube.com Fusion TV Promo Launch Music Video 2013Pop culture. Satire. News.

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*Nothing* can stop stream day... except a holiday, which is what happened last week. Today we're back on Twitch at 4 PM ET to discuss Xbox's rot economy, the death of Kotaku Australia, and TV shows we're watching despite our better instincts (The Boys S4 and Acolyte)

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The Boys season 4 is going nowhere fast aftermath.site/the-boys-sea...

Finally got to this game and it is just sooo fun and clever, super glad I checked it out

Spelling game Cryptmaster feels like the opposite of homework aftermath.site/cryptmaster-...

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shout out to Horn Pond in Woburn Mass. for being shaped like a cartoon whale with the face of John Quincy Adams

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please consider subscribing if you aren't already. 3600 is amazing, its more than double our launch figure in less than a year, but as you can see the 5000-5500 mark is where we really need to get

Been a minute since we've done one of these, but: We recently passed the 3,600 subscriber mark! Merch is on the way -- after we sort through some logistics -- and another podcast isn't far off. Thank you to all of our subscribers, without whom none of this would be possible

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peanut butter, a dog, completed his first speedrun in front of a live (and very loud) audience during sgdq. it was not as easy as it looked. human -- rather than dog -- error nearly wrecked the whole thing aftermath.site/dog-speedrun...

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I hate Ser Criston Cole so much: aftermath.site/i-fucking-ha...

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Zaslav, yesterday, on the pres. election: “We just need an opportunity for deregulation, so companies can consolidate and do what we need to to be even better,” he said. Today, CNN to lay off 100 staffers. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers as It Preps Major Revamp of Digital Effortswww.hollywoodreporter.com CNN CEO Mark Thompson told staff Wednesday that its first digital subscription product will launch this year, and that it is exploring a "strategic push into AI."

You don't need charts and breakdowns of Xbox's new Game Pass tiers to see what's happening here: things that cost more and work for you less, because everything is rotting from the top

Welcome to Xbox's rot economy aftermath.site/xbox-game-pa...

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The strangest people in the world to me are the members of Biden's stan army. Here is an excellent guide to these weirdos from @therafischwartz.bsky.social. www.discourseblog.com/p/bidens-sta...

Biden's Stan Army is Full of Weird Little Freakswww.discourseblog.com An incomplete taxonomy of the most annoying fandom online today.