Demystifying Nintendo (Plus, life as an NSFW gaming YouTuber)
And a brand new video episode of Video Game Journalism 101
(Programming note: Video versions of episodes are now available weekly on Patreon)
This week, you get two podcasts for the price of one.
First: the Nintendo mailbag. Listeners sent in a U-Haul’s worth of questions about Nintendo. What’s up with the unusually “usual” approach to the Switch 2 release? Why can the publisher do whatever it likes without the fandom going into revolt?
Second: I complete our NSFW video game interviews. In previous episodes, we spoke with an NSFW game designer and an NSFW game academic. Today, you’ll meet Annie, the host of Sex Positive Gaming, an NSFW gaming YouTube channel. How does a YouTube channel dedicated to games that break the YouTube terms of service exist? You’ll get the answer to that question and many more!
This week on Post Games, a double-episode I’m dubbing “Mario’s Nipples.”
Act 1: Making sense of modern Nintendo
Patreon bonus: Why Nintendo ignores some of its biggest franchises
Act 2: Life as an NSFW game YouTuber
Act 3: News of the Week
On the Patreon
A brand new episode of Video Game Journalism 101 on reviews
In the Patreon group chat, I’m providing personal Steam Sale recommendations
Free game of the week
This week in video game links
What else I’m enjoying
Act 1: Nintendo mailbag
My Nintendo Switch 2 Review (Doesn’t Matter?) (Marques Brownlee)
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Revealed as New Nintendo Switch 2 Game Coming in Spring 2026 (IGN)
Nintendo’s Piracy Crackdown Continues, Wins Another Court Case Against ROM Site (IGN)
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Eevee! (Pokémon)
My appearance on the Y-Button Podcast (Y-Button)
Patreon bonus: Why Nintendo ignores some of its iconic characters
Act 2: Life as an NSFW gaming YouTuber
Sex Positive Gaming’s YouTube Channel (YouTube)
YouTube’s written policies and guidelines (YouTube)
A sexual frustration theory of aggression, violence, and crime (Science Direct)
Sexuality and Mental Health: The Need for Mutual Development and Research (PubMed)
Pornography Consumption, Modality and Function in a Large Internet Sample (PubMed)
Relative prevalence of different fetishes (PubMed)
Act 3: News of the week
Madden, EAFC maker Electronic Arts to go private in record $55bn buyout (The Athletic)
Football Is Coming to Saudi Arabia, Where Soccer Is King (NYTimes)
$55 billion EA buyout hands Madden over to investors, including Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner (The Verge)
One of the world’s biggest video game companies plans to sell to some of the world’s most powerful people (GameFile)
What EA’s buyout might mean for its future (The Verge)
Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Linked to Abuses (Human Rights Watch)
All The Gaming Companies Saudi Arabia Owns Or Has Invested In (GameSpot)
What the latest Game Pass changes mean for your subscription (Polygon)
Marvel: Cosmic Invasion demo (Steam)