I think I’ve figured out how to make the Internet fun again Over the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to structure our YouTube channel in a way that helps us grow. Our long form podcast episodes tend to not do well. Which is to be expected. It has kind of become a running joke […]
In this episode of The Past Present Show, Aaron sits down with Ross Scott—creator of the Stop Killing Games movement—for a deep and wide-ranging conversation that spans the early days of YouTube, creative experimentation, and digital activism. We revisits Ross’s YouTube beginnings, exploring the quirky origins of his channel name, Accursed Farms, and deep diving
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The Past Present Show | Chicken, You Scary | Wednesday Aug 13th 2025 In this episode of The Past Present Show, hosts Ashton and Cassie dive deep—literally and figuratively—into the eerie world of horror gaming, personal phobias, nostalgic gaming memories, and their critiques of YouTube’s potential ID Age Verification.
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There’s good news and bad news There’s good news and bad news. The good news is, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 is releasing. The release date is now set for October 21st, 2025. The bad news is that two clans will be locked behind a paywall as DLC. Yep, you read that right folks. In
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Project Zomboid, Still Wakes the Deep, and Phobias | Wed Aug 13th 2025 In this episode of The Past Present Show, hosts Ashton and Cassie dive deep—literally and figuratively—into the eerie world of horror gaming, personal phobias, nostalgic gaming memories, and their critiques of YouTube’s potential ID Age Verification.
Ashton and Cassie discuss concerns about the potential YouTube implementation of ID verification, emphasizing that this is part of a broader trend of privacy invasion online.
Stop Killing Games, Switch 2, & GOG | Saturday August 2nd 2025 Game Preservation – We spotlight the archivists and developers, who are racing to preserve classic games before they vanish into digital oblivion. Physical Games vs Digital – What does it really mean to own a game? We break down the shift from physical
Collective Shout’s recent campaign against video game marketplaces opens a dangerous pathway for customers Video games have never been exempt from controversy. From Punch-Out’s depictions of characters to the violent nature of games like Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto, there seems to be a never-ending faucet of criticism of how video games interpret and
One person’s frustration that has started a larger conversation On a Saturday night, one man leaves his 9-5 job. He’s put in a hard day’s work and is ready to go home for some rest and relaxation. He picks up some fast food on the way home so he doesn’t have to fiddle with making
A rhetoric of growth and efficiency amid restructuring, cancellations, and massive profits Microsoft kicked off its 2026 fiscal year with a new round of layoffs affecting multiple areas of the company, including its Xbox and Sales divisions, according to CNBC. This news comes off the heels of additional layoffs the company performed in May. This
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