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 Games is meant to be listened to, not buried in a backlog. Learn more at www.post.games.
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Fire Emblem: The Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall, and Rise
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Fire Emblem’s Many False StartsAct 2: Fire Emblem Rises from the AshesPatreon Bonus: A Zelda Expert on the Ocarina of Time’s Controversia
Sep 14 58 min
The History of Wolverine (And His Games)
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The History of Wolverine in ComicsAct 2: Wolverine’s Life as a Pop Culture IconPatreon Bonus (Available to everyone): The History of X-Me
Sep 7 1 h 13 min
How Retro Handhelds Hijacked Your Algorithm
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The Rise of the Retro HandheldAct 2: Can Retro Handhelds Go Mainstream?Patreon Bonus: The Perfect Handhelds for Every Price RangeAct 3: T
Aug 31 1 h 06 min
The Perfect Game Review Doesn't Exist
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: A Game Review Is the Possible ImpossibleAct 2: Written Reviews Aren’t Dead Just YetAct 3: Better Living Through Game ReviewsPatreon Bonus
Aug 24 55 min
Everything You Should Know About Fighting Games
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: A History of the Fighting Game GenreAct 2: How to Get into Fighting GamesAct 3: Why Marvel Tokon Is Getting All the HypePatreon Bonus: Th
Aug 17 57 min
The International Sexy Game Controversy
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The Sexy Game That’s Taken Over the WorldAct 2: A Werewolf Man, Dung Deliveries, and the Chinese GovernmentAct 3: Loving a Game That Will
Aug 10 59 min
Games Need You to Give a Sh*t and Pay Attention
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: This One Game Is Two GamesAct 2: Fighting for Attention in the Age of Endless DistractionPatreon Bonus: Making Games with Christian Faith
Aug 3 57 min
The Blessing and Curse of Pokémon
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This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Game Freak’s 30 Years of Brill
Jul 27 1 h 02 min
Gaming’s Toughest Critic Wants You to Live a Happier Life
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: A Life Making Sense of GamesAct 2: The Pleasure in Noticing the Small ThingsPatreon Bonus: Behind-the-Scenes of Grand Theft Auto’s Press
Jul 20 1 h 20 min
A Gaming Podcast Your Friends Will Love
Post Games is an NPR-style podcast about video games.
Each week, games media veteran Chris Plante (co-founder of Polygon, co-host of The Besties) tackles a new topic wit
Jul 13 1 h 16 min
What's the Point of Video Game Reviews?
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Why Game Criticism Is a KindnessAct 2: What a Game Review Can and Can’t DoPatreon Bonus: The Reason Review Scores Make People So Mad
Sho
Jul 6 44 min
What's Weird Nintendo (and Is It Still Alive?)
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Defining ‘Weird Nintendo’Act 2: Weird Nintendo, #10-6Act 3: Weird Nintendo, #5-1Patreon Bonus: The Nintendo Story I Could Never Tell
Sho
Jun 29 1 h 14 min
How the Games Industry Got to This Point
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The Primordial Ooze of the Modern Game IndustryAct 2: No Time Like the PresentAct 3: How to Get People to See a Game in 2026Patreon Bonus
Jun 22 53 min
The Earliest Game of the Year Awards
This Week on Post Games:
The EGOTYs: 50 critics, directors, designers, reporters, authors, and comedians share their favorite games of 2026Patreon Bonus: I share my Top
Jun 15 2 h 46 min
How to Have a Persona Summer
This Week on Post Games:
Patreon Bonus: The Rules of Persona SummerAct 1: Persona, Explained!Act 2: Where to Start (or Continue) with PersonaAct 3: Why Tribeca Film Fest
Jun 8 1 h 40 min
What You Should Know about James Bond
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Everything You Need to Know about BondAct 2: Why Bond Games and Movies Have Become So Tough to MakePatreon Bonus: A History of Bond Games
Jun 1 1 h 04 min
How to See the Profound Beauty in Gaming's Tiniest Details
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: Try Not to Lose 100 FollowersAct 2: How to Look Closely at Gaming’s Little DetailsPatreon Bonus: Getting Old as a Professional YouTuber
May 25 1 h 05 min
The History (and Future) of Bubsy
This Week on Post Games:
Act 1: The History of Bubsy 2DAct 1.5: The Case for Bubsy 3DAct 2: The Making of Bubsy 4DPatreon Bonus: The Bubsy Parody About Loving Modern Art
May 18 1 h 11 min
The History of The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Editor's Note:
Hey Post Games listeners! It's Post Games' first anniversary. To celebrate, and to give myself some time to prep the summer episodes, I'm sharing one of
May 11 1 h 13 min
The Nine Lives of Games Journalism
You now have access to my recent talk at NYU Game Center, previously only heard by 200 or so people in downtown Brooklyn. The lecture, given last Thursday, is titled “The
May 1 1 h 08 min
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Post Games is the podcast I suggest to my non-gamer friends to convince them that there’s an intelligent, funny and most of all, hugely artistic world they are missing out on. Throw in an episode with my other favorite show’s host - Russ Cradle from Retro Game Corps - and you have a solid gold show!
MLamonster · Aug 2026
This is genuinely one of the most insightful and unique gaming podcasts out there. I’ve enjoyed Chris’ work for well over a decade, and listening to him and the gang on The Besties every week is always a great time, but Post Games really lets his skills as a journalist shine. He’s a masterful interviewer, a fun host, and he covers topics that, frankly, most other gaming media either ignores or only mentions in passing. If you have any interest at all in video games, the people who make them, the industry surrounding them, and the communities that enjoy them, Post Games is a 100% must-listen.
astrotyler · Jul 2026
I came to Post Games a fan od host Chris Plante’s other work in video games journalism and podcasting, and it immediately became one of my most anticipated listens each week. The show’s format and focus on interviews fills a void (one I didn’t even realize was still there) left behind by the gaming magazines I read as a kid.
Alex LaVelle · Jul 2026
This show is so thoughtful and informative on many aspects related to video games! Chris finds interesting angles to approach the subject and regularly books great interviews that peel back the curtain for those who care! Thanks for a great show, looking forward to listening for a long time!
SupermarketGiant · Jul 2026
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