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Patreon Show October 2025: From Arkane, anonymously

This month's Patreon Show (fit with a new thumbnail design, thanks Anni!), comes direct from Lyon, France, where I've been interviewing some Arkane devs in a pretty, erm, specific fashion? You'll s...

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We've given the Patreon page a bit of a tidy

Hi everyone,

I know many of you will be reading this in your email inbox, but if you head over to our Patreon page ...

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People Make Crimes: The Full Playthrough!

Following on from our Escape Room documentary, here's the full playthrough of Loot the Lanes (including some bril...

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War for Rayuba: Anni's video diary

Behind-the-scenes with Anni as she attempts to defeat a tarot-wielding villain with a sleepy dog in a mecha suit.

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Chris plays Neptune's Pride (FOR MORE THAN THREE WEEKS!)

After telling the story of a game prototype that had to be banned from the very studio that created it, Chris emb...

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Chris Bratt from 2012 has some opinions about Mass Effect 3

Following our documentary on the inside story of how Mass Effect 3's endings were made, Chris has uncovered a vid...

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Chris and Quinns have a nose around in VRChat

The boys explore the very furthest limits of virtual entertainment.

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Chris trains to be a Farming Sim Pro

Thanks to New Holland for being such lovely lads.

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Chris & Quinns explore a farming expo

E3 may be dead, but at least we still have LAMMA Show.

Watch the full Farming Simulator esports documentary here!<...

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Behind the scenes at Bridge Command

After our Bridge Command playthrough, Quinns had a nosy around the set and talked with the crew about h...

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It's Time We Talked about Disco Elysium, Again

Hey, at least this one isn't two and a half hours!

I really can't believe we're back here for a second time, but as you'll hear, we really felt we had to return to Disco Elysium and settle so...

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Patreon Show July 2025 - I suppose we'd better announce this one as well...

Hey patrons,

We've been quiet for a little while, which given our past history can mean one of two things:

1) Anni and Chris have had another baby.

2) PMG is working on a big st...

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Watch Chris interview Jake Solomon (Firaxis Games/Midsummer Studios) about launching a new games studio in 2025

Hello everyone,

I was invited to be a guest speaker at an indie games festival in Baltimore this weekend and if you'd like to, 2025-06-08 18:26:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Are you a PMG patron that lives near Baltimore?

On the off chance that you are, I'm going to be at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on the 7th June interviewing Jake Solomon (of XCOM and Midnight Suns fame) about what it's like trying to launch a ne...

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NEW EPISODE: I Captained a £4,000,000 Starship Filled with Actors

Continuing a trend of Quinns and myself being sent to explore lavishly-designed roleplaying experiences together, we this time ventured into the world of View Post

Christopher Bratt's Online Newsletter: World of Warcraft, but not as I knew it

Hey patrons,

Inspired by our upcoming documentary following the WoWGG union as it bargains wi...

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Patreon Show February 2025 - Embedding with a video games union

Hey everyone,

This Patreon Show was recorded during a recent trip to Irvine, California where I was filming the very first parts of a documentary that could take upwards of a year to complete...

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The Games Press Episode 24: Wesley Yin-Poole (Director of News at IGN)

Wesley Yin-Poole is in charge of the news desk over at IGN and has been reporting on the games industry for alm...

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100 Slaps: The Breaking News The Games Industry Ignored in 2024

Hi patrons,

Thanks for bearing with us on this one. It probably won't take long for you to realize why we were a little concerned about publishing this during the middle of the holiday break...

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Our next video is good to go, but...

Hey everyone!

Just a quick update about our next documentary. It's pretty much ready to publish and we've been mulling over the idea of doing so this week, but in the end, we've decided again...

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Christopher Bratt's Online Newsletter: It's been too quiet!

Hello everyone!

I've been feeling pretty weird about not being online enough recently. When you have a job like this one, it can feel like the ultimate crime, honestly.

Now this tends ...

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The Games Press Episode 23: Jason Schreier (Author of Play Nice)

Jason Schreier is a games reporter for Bloomberg, best known for his extensive reporting on the volatile reality of AAA game...

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NEW EPISODE: The Games Behind Your Government's Next War

Another lighthearted documentary from your friends at People Make Games!

This time Quinns explores the disconcertingly-familiar world of government-funded, military wargaming and its relatio...

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The Games Press Episode 22: Nicole Carpenter (Senior Reporter at Polygon)

Nicole Carpenter has been reporting on the games industry at Polygon for the last five years, where she's perhaps best known...

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Patreon, Apple & PMG

Hey everyone,

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The Games Press Episode 21: Grant Stoner (Accessibility & Disability Reporter)

Grant Stoner is a freelance reporter who specializes in covering accessibility and disability across the games industry in ...

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PMG Responds to the Games Industry Layoffs

It's long overdue that People Make Games talks about the layoffs that have now ripped through the games industry over the last couple of years.

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The Games Press Episode 20: Sarah Parvini (LA Times)

Sarah Parvini was a games reporter at the LA Times until just a few months ago, having been among those who were hit by a sta...

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NEW EPISODE: Inside the World of Farming Simulator eSports (No, Really)

Farming Simulator has a professional eSports scene with a prize pool of Є200,000! This seemed very strange to us and so earlier this year, we decided to find a team and follow them across Europe a...

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The Games Press Episode 19: Chelsea Reed Miller (IGN Creators Guild)

Chelsea Reed Miller is a video editor for IGN and a spokesperson for the 2024-04-19 13:39:02 +0000 UTC View Post