01 / READ
A sharper brief is coming.
Longer arguments, useful context, and the stories that deserve more than a headline. The newsletter will launch on Substack.
SUBSTACK COMING SOON
WE THE GAMER / FIELD NOTES
The politics of
power and play.
Games are never just games. They are culture, money, technology, and policy—systems that shape who gets heard, who profits, and what the rest of us get to play.
WHAT THIS IS
01WHAT THIS IS
Play is where power gets personal.
We The Gamer follows the forces beneath interactive entertainment: ownership, labor, platforms, stories, technology, and the decisions that make culture. Not outrage. Not hype. The point is to connect the dots clearly enough to see where you stand—and what you can do next.
02THE LENS
From the rooms where policy, games, and culture get made.
Built by Kevin Samy, We The Gamer brings a practitioner’s view to the systems behind play: the policy room, the game studio, and the entertainment business. The goal is not to perform expertise. It is to make the machinery legible.
THE WORK
Follow the
signal.
02 / WATCH
See the system behind the story.
Short, evidence-led video essays about the people and incentives shaping what we play.
YOUTUBE COMING SOON
THE ARCADE
Play what
we make.
FIRST RELEASE
Astra Breaker
A fast, cel-shaded arcade shooter built around momentum, ship choice, and one more run.
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