Nathan Grayson

Cofounder/reporter @aftermath_site. Check out Stream Big, my book about Twitch. Prev: @washingtonpost. Email: [email protected]. Signal: nathangrayson.666

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

today’s the day! my book, stream big, is out now! it tells the story of twitch through the lens of nine different streamers large and small. it’s the product of five years of research, reporting, and writing, and I’m really proud of it

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

rockstar has boasted that all of GTA VI's NPCs are handmade and that human beings put thought into every random room and location—a breath of fresh air in an AI-obsessed industry. but we can't just ignore rockstar’s long history of mistreating the humans responsible

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

I wish Rockstar cared about people as much as it does GTA VI NPCs

https://t.co/eu1kKxdUJw

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

rip to one of the realest ever to do it

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

RIP Tim Curry, video game (and regular) actor extraordinaire

https://t.co/qL6WvKCztt

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

a truly incredible day for video gam— wait how did that get there

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

All the biggest announcements from Gamescom Opening Night Live

https://t.co/m2Xu1uvqnm

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

absolutely kicking myself for not bringing a copy of my own book for @claudioPsanchez to sign

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

buying double fine games now only supports the studio, not microsoft, which is great! but it's not all good news

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Psychonauts developer Double Fine gets rights to games back, but union future uncertain

https://t.co/npJRrc1GBV

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Aftermath Hours is our weekly podcast. You can listen to the full episode on Apple, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts. You can also watch it on our YouTube channel:

https://t.co/HebwGRLQNs

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Between leaks from a memecoin-selling hacker, a weird Netflix preview event, and the Army using the game to get soldiers to reenlist, nothing about the run up to GTA VI’s release has been normal. For better or worse, we’ll probably never see a triple-A video game like this again

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

🙃

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

It doesn't get much bleaker than the US Army offering four days of GTA VI in exchange for several years of additional service

https://t.co/CP4M9NDYwn

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

'Who's deciding the fate of this game?' The secretive process of getting a game with sexual content on Steam
https://t.co/1osKZwJwqL

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

You can listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts, or you can watch the whole thing here:

https://t.co/Y2q4rfgxqP

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

The Onion's take on Infowars is destroying Alex Jones' reputation by skewering what Onion CEO @oneunderscore__ calls "a certain kind of guy" and the conspiracy-addled, tech-rotted media landscape surrounding him. Sandy Hook families, who Alex Jones tormented for so long, love it

[Ben Fowlkes @benfowlkesMMA]

If you’d asked me to picture their lawyer I would have first pictured exactly this guy and then been like, come on no way that’s too obvious.

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

twitch has said that it won't be introducing labels to differentiate between channels that opt into amazon's ai training and those that don't. so streamers are taking matters into their own hands

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Twitch won't label which streams are and aren't using AI, so streamers are doing it themselves

https://t.co/ME8ZbKw31W

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Twitch says quiet part out loud: Amazon AI is opt out because "nobody would opt in"

https://t.co/KaDJqGrDxE

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

also wouldn’t be shocked if this is an amazon directive that twitch is being forced to follow (though it’s worth noting that twitch has been experimenting with AI in other areas)

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

twitch announcing this with a guide on how to opt out suggests that it recognizes just how unpopular this decision is, but still wants to have its cake and eat it too

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Amazon wants to use Twitch streams to train AI
https://t.co/mzobNc5E68

[Andrew Sacher @andrewdsacher]

hi. BrooklynVegan was my life for the past 16 years until last week when i was laid off, along with most of our team.

if you like my writing, especially about punk & emo, and want to help me out during this time, please read below.

[Nathan Grayson @Vahn16]

workers also planted flags outside the office, one for each laid-off dev. the union sent me a video of all of them, and the number is truly striking. imagine just... ignoring that

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma gushes about Elder Scrolls VI, does not seem to notice giant rat on Bethesda office lawn

https://t.co/GFqE0ugeYu

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Restart, Walmart's gaming site, lays off entire editorial team
https://t.co/aXZOzH2kL9

[Aftermath @Aftermath_site]

Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers:

https://t.co/FrdWkbiwww