Big predictions for the future of games (Brendon Bigley)

Want to know what will happen in video games over the next five years? I have the answers. And by answers, I mean educated guesses.

Mullet Madjack

This week on Post Games, I'm answering your questions about the future of games. Plus, an extended conversation with video game podcaster, YouTuber, and content creator Brendon Bigley about his long-running series Into the Aether and his new gaming news publication, Wavelengths.

•  Act 1: A Q&A about the future of video games

• Bonus for Patreon: The nitty-gritty bits of gaming’s future, from AI to 

• Act 2: How to launch a new video games media brand w/ Brendon Bigley 

• Bonus for Patreon: The trick to creating a successful podcast

• Act 3: The news of the week

Death Stranding 2

Act 1: A Q&A about the future of video games

• The Triple Click podcast (Maximum Fun)

• Video game storage options (Etsy)

• Hideo Kojima’s social media (Instagram)

• When Fortnite’s original map returned in 2024 (Polygon)

• How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War (NYTimes)

• Megan Farokhmanesh's recent games industry reports (Wired)

Unsighted

Patreon bonus: The nitty gritty of gaming’s future

• Charlie Hall’s 2014 deep dive into the Polish game scene (Polygon)

• Games from Brazilian game scene

  • Mullet Madjack (Steam)

  • Unsighted (Steam)

  • Horizon Chase Turbo (Steam)

• What Constitutes A Strand Game? (The Gamer)

Act 2:  The challenge of launching a new games publication in 2025 

• The Wavelengths homepage (wavelengths.online)

• Into the Aether (Apple Podcasts)

• What makes a game a MASTERPIECE? (Wavelenghts YouTube)

• Does it Matter That the Switch 2 Launch Lineup Was Bad? (Wavelengths YouTube)

Patreon bonus: How to launch a successful podcast

• This Week in Marvel (Marvel)

• Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) (Bookshop.org)

• In Our Time (BBC)

BioShock Infinite

Act 3: News of the week

• We got the rights to one of the first game magazines (The Video Game History Foundation)

• Original reviews of Wrecking Crew and Donkey Kong (Computer Entertainer)

• Digital Foundry Leaves IGN, Now Fully Independent - So What Happens Next? (Digital Foundry YouTube)

• Next BioShock game changes leaders after development turmoil (Bloomberg)

• Ok is not ok, good is bad, great is the new great and BioShock 4 is coming out, as Take-Two boss stops short of claiming that up is down (PCGamer)

Once Upon a Katamari

This week in video game links

• Once Upon A KATAMARI | Kocchi no Kento - Eeja Eeja naika Music Video (YouTube)

• Dig Donkey Kong Bananza? Check out this new hole game next (Polygon)

• Fantasy FPS classics Heretic and Hexen have been revived and remastered for PC and consoles (Eurogamer)

• Finally! 8BitDo Pro 3 In-Depth Review (Retro Game Corps)

• Peak developers would rather you pirate its game than play Roblox "microtransaction-riddled ripoff slop" (Eurogamer)

Free game of the week: Hog Hunters Online

"Welcome to Hog Hunters Online, a long running MMO game set in a post apocalyptic fantasy world where hogs have taken over, fight back against the evil hog threat and take back the world! Join the MMO in its final hours before the servers are taken offline forever, experience the final update with your friends one last time. Make the most of it because you only get one chance."

What else I’m enjoying

• Watching Weapons (Plante on Letterboxd)

• Listening to the Primal Planet soundtrack (YouTube)

• Making TikTok videos (Post Games on TikTok)