Luke Plunkett

2 days ago | aftermath.site | Luke Plunkett

A few weeks back I wrote some very positive things about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and so it should be of little surprise given the series’ contentious, recent past that I have since found that I am an idiot, and now have to write some less positive things as well. Why am I an idiot? Because I should have seen this coming.

1 week ago | aftermath.site | Luke Plunkett

The Gamurs group of video game websites, a one-time media darling, have for the past year been struggling following changes made by Google's search algorithm that have had a dramatic impact on the network's SEO-optimised content. Over the last two months, both current and former Gamurs employees tell us things have only gotten worse.

1 week ago | aftermath.site | Luke Plunkett

Some people looooooooove to talk shit about Kotaku, a publication that all of us here at Aftermath used to work at. Over the last 20+ years the site has been at the vanguard of changing tastes and practices in video games journalism, which means that while it has done (and continues to do!) some amazing work, it has also made its fair share of mistakes and missteps along the way. That's what happens when you're always trying to do something new.

1 week ago | aftermath.site | Luke Plunkett

There used to be a decades-old rule that, the longer a console was on sale, the cheaper it would get. That rule is now clearly dead in the water. Sony's PlayStation 5 launched in Australia for AUD$750 (for the disc drive version) back in 2020. That was a lot of money at the time, but it was a new console, whatever, lots of folks probably figured if they waited a few years they'd be able to snag one for less.

1 week ago | aftermath.site | Luke Plunkett

Hi, it's still Inside Baseball Week here at Aftermath, and because there is nothing more inside baseball than a website posting about its own editorial values in a standalone blog, we're going to do just that. You might be reading this wondering what the fuck "editorial values" even are.