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 with the help of guest experts. This episode is a tasting menu: four conversations with four very different experts.

YouTuber AnyAustin reflects on growing old as a gaming YouTuber. Author Keza MacDonald gives us a hint of Nintendo's future. Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen explains how metrics and optimization have infected our favorite games. And critic and game designer Tim Rogers recommends the perfect starting point for Dragon Quest.

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This Week on Post Games:

• Act 1: Getting Old as a Professional Gaming YouTuber
• Act 2: Nintendo’s Future
•  Act 3: How Metrics Infected Video Games
•  Bonus Act: Tim Rogers Recommends You Play This Dragon Quest First

Show Notes:

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Guests:

• Any Austin: Gaming YouTuber
• Keza MacDonald: Journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
• C. Thi Nguyen: Philosopher, educator, and author. His latest book is The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game
• Tim Rogers: Critic and designer at Action Button

Art & Music:

• Logo and Show Art: James Bareham
• Theme: Mark Sparling
• Additional music: Epidemic Sound

All interviews are edited for concision and clarity.

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