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18 reasons to be thankful for video games (19 special guests!) (Patreon)

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2025-11-21 18:58:40
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Welcome to the first annual Post Games Thanksgiving Special!

I've invited 19 people from across video games to share what they're thankful for. It could be a game, a person, a place, a trend, an idea, or whatever else inspires them. Our guests come from across entertainment and media, including award-winning indie game designers and former AAA publisher executives, text-based critics and audio-only hosts, a union leader, and a movie star.

Because this episode is a holiday special, and because we have so many guests, there are no acts and no news of the week. Instead, what follows are nearly twenty notes of gratitude from our brilliant guests. And Patreon subscribers get an extra-long personal note from me, in which I talk about what I’m grateful for this year: the games, the movies, the books, the music, the people, and most importantly, the opportunity to do this show.

We have so many delicious dishes to plop on your plate, so let’s work our way around the buffet!

This week on Post Games: The Thanksgiving Special

19 guests share what part of video game culture they're thankful for

Why I'm grateful for change and how you can create your own

Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon

The Big Sick (JustWatch)

Little America (AppleTV)

Welcome to Chippendales (Hulu)

Ella McCay (Hulu)

Borderlands 4 (Steam)

Kirk Hamilton

Triple Click (Triple Click)

Strong Songs (Patreon)

Strong Songs: The Last Waltz (Spotify)

Mirror (for reflecting on your greatness as a supporter of niche media) (Wikipedia)

Christian Donlan

Night and the City (Eurogamer)

The Inward Empire (Bookshop.org)

Sable review: sparseness and beauty (Eurogamer)

Rytmos review - all the tangled beauty and curiosity of music itself (Eurogamer)

Jet Set Radio Future Playthrough - Skyscraper District & Pharaoh Park (AlexTheMan8393)

The Ambience of Monkey Island (BuzzMoo)

Jenny Jiao-Hsia

Consume Me (Steam)

Post Games episode, “The award that changes the lives of its winners” (Post Games)

Jenny’s games (Itch.io)

She Counted Calories as a Teen, Then Created a Game About It (NYTimes)

Lucy James

Friends Per Second (Skill Up)

Kurt and Lucy Gotcha Covered (GameSpot)

Fireside Chat: Sam Lake and Lucy James (Fellow Traveler)

and Roger (Steam)

Austin Walker

Friends at the Table (https://friendsatthetable.net/) 

A More Civilized Age (https://amorecivilizedage.net/) 

Shelved by Genre (Ranged Touch)

Boshi’s Place (boshi.place)

Babycastles (Wikipedia)

Chris Novak

Chris Novak, Xbox’s head of research and design, is leaving after nearly 20 years (The Verge)

Spark Lab presents Future of the Future: Chris Novak (Spark Business Lab NZ)

Save Point (The Verge)

Elden Ring’s Erdtree (Fandom)

EverQuest (Wikipedia)

Tina Sanchez O’Hara

Dev Heads (YouTube)

God of War: Ragnarok (Steam)

Call of Duty: WWII (Steam)

Apex Legends (Steam)

Contra (Wiki)

Blessing Adeoye Jr. 

Kinda Funny Games (YouTube)

Kinda Funny Game Showdown (YouTube)

We Need To Fix Black Hair in Video Games - The Blessing Show (Kinda Funny Games)

Awards! Nominees Details For The Knickerbocker Award For Best Journalism! (The New York Videogame Critics Circle)

BlessingJr (Twitch)

Steam Curator, Roguelikes (Steam)

Sarah Elmahleh

Sarah Elmahleh’s credits (IMDB)

How to fight brilliant (and stupid) AI (Post Games)

Digging into SAG-AFTRA’s Stellar Win With Sarah Elmaleh (Game Developer)

The Rise of the Video Game Union (Polygon)

Giovanni Colantonio

Gio’s author page (Polygon)

Big year for hole (Polygon)

Lumines Arise is the cure for our cynical world (Polygon)

Used Sony PS2 (Ebay)

Najay Greenidge

Campus Hate Lives on the Internet. Administrators Need to Catch Up. (NYTimes)

Kids are catching ‘Ivy League Fever’ and the pressure to succeed is leaving many overwhelmed and burned out (WHYY)

Remedy (remedygames.com)

Chris Bratt

People Make Games (YouTube)

Dreams on a Pillow - a videogame experience about the 1948 Nakba, based on a true story (LaunchGood)

People Make Games (PMG) Co-Founder Chris Bratt Interview - Human Can Opener (The 41st Precinct)

The Games Press (Apple Podcasts)

Nina Freeman

Last Call (itch.io)

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Steam)

Cibele (Steam)

how do you Do It? (Steam)

The Steam Deck (Steam)

Frank Lantz

Q-UP (Steam)

What we have in common with world-ending AI (Post Games)

Universal Paperclips (Decisionproblem.com)

Frank’s blog (Donkey Space)

Roblox (Roblox.com)

Kitty Calis and Jan Willem Nijman

Disc Room (Steam)

Minit (Steam)

Nuclear Throne (Steam)

r/IndieDev (Reddit)

Chauvet Cave (Wikipedia)

Evan Narcisse

Evan’s comics (Marvel)

Rise of the Black Panther (Goodreads)

The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games (Kotaku)

One Man’s Mission to Make Video Games a Little Less White (Mother Jones)

Wu-Tang Clan’s new video game project is ‘for the culture’ (The Verge)

Collaboration (Cambridge Dictionary)

Patreon Bonus: Why I'm thankful for change (and how you can create your own)

Library Finder (usa.gov)

Libby (libby.app)

The Frida Cinema (Instagram)

Films directed by David Cronenberg (Letterboxd)

This Is a Story About Loss (Vox.com)

This week in video games links

My new surprise obsession: A game about running a 1930s newspaper (Game File)

What Parents Should Know About the Loot Box Changes Coming to Fortnite (Crossplay)

The Game Awards are overdue for a board game category (Polygon)

I’m Having a Bad Time (and Loving it) (Unwinnable)

There's a difference between hard games and hardcore ones, and the distinction matters (PCGamer)

Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a first-person deckbuilding spin-off out 2026 (RPS)

"This is not a phase that teenage boys go through" - legendary Xbox boss Peter Moore on how Microsoft made Xbox 360 "a cultural phenomenon" (Eurogamer)

Tavern Keeper: It's Good (Aftermath)

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age (NYTimes)

Free game of the week: RUIN

"Explore the Experience of RUIN! The first chapter of the legendary IP owned and distributed by ubiquitous Super-Corp, Official Electric. As a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the original release, we've faithfully recreated the Original RUIN so you can experience the experience on Your Device, Your Way..." (itch.io)

What else I'm enjoying

Gonzo Performs "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday" (The Muppets)

A Hockey Team Recreated The Evangelion Intro For A Stadium Full Of Fans (Aftermath)

Fleet Foxes - Angel In The Snow (from the “Oh. What. Fun.” Soundtrack) (Fleet Foxes)

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Comments

Josh Nichols

Inaugural > First Annual 😛

Josh Nichols

I am thankful for independent creators making interesting things and being able to also make a living doing it!

Directional Joy

The comments seemed disabled, for audio listeners of the podcast (for some reason). I just wanted to pop in here and give a HUGE 🤗 to the creative people, in gaming, that welled up in tears speaking to the process and the important individuals that got them to the finish line. ❤️

Kyle Starr

I’m thankful you had The Indoor Kids on the show! That was the podcast that got me into podcasts — the first gaming podcast I’d listened to with something interesting to say. Safe to say it changed my entire career trajectory. Thank you for all of the wonderful and thoughtful conversations you’ve shared this year. Very thankful for Post Games!

geopet

Well I didn’t expect to be crying while listening to a Thanksgiving podcast special today, but I definitely did while Jenny Jiao Hsia talked about what they are thankful for! Another amazing episode, Chris. Thank you!

Jaé C

What an excellent episode!

Ivan Reese

I'm thankful for podcasts as a medium. It's a quirky little space where parasocial relationships seem good actually, where the cost and skill needed to make something of professional calibre are comparatively low, where there are countless thriving microgenres (I recently discovered the world of 30 second podcasts), and where Chris was able to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of Polygon. I've loved every episode of PG to date, and can't imagine how hard it must be to do all the research and writing that makes this show so compelling. Here's to a great half-year so far and many, many more to come!

Robert Secundus

Very lovely anthology episode. I wonder, when making an episode like this, what kind of thoughts go into the editing process? Do you aim for an arc for the clips, or consider pacing, the way you would when putting together clips from one interview? (Also, concerning audiobooks, if you haven't encountered his fiction before, John Darnielle's work should be of interest. All of his books are written with the ear in mind and feature some music by him. WOLF IN WHITE VAN's subject matter is relevant to the show, and Darnielle himself is interested in gaming [most specifically MtG])

Eric Leslie

Did I go buy Consume Me before Jenny Jiao-Hsia was even done with her segment? Goddamn right I did, and I'm sorry I hadn't already. I'm thankful for this episode. Wonderful work, as always, that I'm proud to be supporting.

Tikwid

My dude, this rips so incredibly hard.

Elyse

This was a wonderful episode, Chris! I got choked up more than once and downright cried during Jenny’s message. I also want to thank you for the shout out to public libraries. I’m the head of circulation at my library I’m constantly trying to evangelize about the resources we offer. I’m thankful for the book A Physical Education by Casey Johnston which has introduced me to my new passion: powerlifting. And at the moment, I’m so thankful for Ball x Pit which has kept me company during a very difficult week of grieving. And of course, I am thankful for my three favorite podcasts: Post Games, Into the Aether, and Eye of the Duck.

Eric Leslie

A small request - would it be possible to get a list and some links to the "Games of the Week" that get inset into the video? I don't think (maybe I'm wrong?) the audio version has any reference to them, and I usually consume the show that way.

GB Coffey

Thank you, king. Go Chiefs.

The Biggest Papa

Your authenticity and genuine nature make this podcast informative in the way that you might walk down a street with a friend as he fills you in on his life. It is apparent through these interactions with friends and peers that you are just a good dude that I’m happy to support!

Lloydusorrus

Absolutely loved this one, what a belter

Jason Zenz

Thankful for your show! Keep up the good work.

EtherEli

The indoor kids!!! I was such a fan of them and their whole network of comedians and loved watching The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail on Comesy Central, I remember there was a year where every comedian on their podcast was also playing and talking about Arkham Knight lol (well, them and Paul F Tompkins and Pete Holmes and so on). I’m so happy to see that as they got busier the IK of it all kept going for them lol

Kat Toomey

I played and Roger after listening to this, and man, that's a good recommendation. Intense and hard to describe. Lucy James is right that more people should play it. Great episode, Chris! Thanks for this blast of joy during a rough time for the US.