Sorry folks but i will not be going to SoTFest this year, largely because my transphobic lead from Rare is going

Back on my bullsh

It's so draining and embarrassing being part of the video game industry Some of us are *really* trying to do good work, and it just feels completely, constantly overshadowed by fucking idiots doing what they describe as "business" Honestly just don't even like saying I'm part of *this* anymore

GTA 6 makers have 10 working days to voluntarily recognise Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union or it may go to a government tribunal www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-makers...

Made Finn cakes for my friend's birthday 🤍💙

While the big gaming companies are still somewhat hesitant to publicly use AI art, I can guarantee you that they're using AI for code and internal reports. Unless outright stated "Made by humans" or similar, assume EVERY game that comes out is using AI somewhere in the pipeline. Yes, even your fav

Apropos of nothing; non disparagement agreements really suck

I will say this much: there is zero shame in leaving the game industry. Be it because you're not finding your next role, or because you're tired of it and need a break. The industry doesn't deserve the people who work in it, and you owe it nothing.

Game failure? Layoffs Game success? Layoffs Game delayed? Layoffs Game delivered? Layoffs Game announced? Layoffs Game unannounced? Layoffs Game good? Layoffs Game bad? Layoffs Game AI? Layoffs Game no-AI? Layoffs Game hated? Layoffs Game beloved? Layoffs Money cares more for layoffs than games.

BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

I don't know how to express how I feel about the new trans-bathroom "guidance" in the UK without getting banned or having the police come to my door.

The Netherlands are strongly demanding that Israel stop the inhumane treatment of the Sumud humanitarian flotilla hostages, reminding Israel in no uncertain terms that the Netherlands does not accept human rights violations against anyone but Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, Iranians, etc. etc.

I think about this all the time.

It's nearly a decade that i've been out as trans and over that time a large number of cis people i've talked to have thought that there might eventually be a cure for being trans... so bc i've been hearing it more than usual recently i'm giving y'all some homework: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5w...

I think game devs should have the right to challenge their big AAA CEO or the shareholders to a fistfight and if they win they get to run the company

Yesterday the NHS banned all under 18 prescriptions of HRT for trans young people. This ban was justified by 10 new studies that largely stated NO EVIDENCE for under 18s HRT exists. The study underpinning this played one particular trick. Let's briefly look at how the NHS rigged the game 1/5

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Saw Adobe Animate was going down, so I figured I'd help anyone still using it with this immortal handy dandy graph

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

✨ Hi I'm Josie - I make music for games! I'm looking for work this spring and I'd love 2 combine forces with a team that wants to make something weird, wild, and full of heart. Is that you? Let's talk!! 🙋🏻‍♀️ [email protected] 💻 josiebrechner.com

From Al Jazeera

We traveled back up to Edinburgh to be there as Rockstar Games and its fired union members took their case to court: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnui...

Rogue States that commit international acts of terror deserve their flags burned and their statehood dissolved. Balkanisation, I'm afraid, is the best option. Death to America. This is a reasonable position; continued trade and diplomatic relations is not.

It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"

If you’re traveling this holiday season, please wear a mask. Flu and Covid are both surging. No one wants to be sick for the holidays. A well fitted respirator like an N95 protects you and those around you. Give yourself (and others!) the gift of good health this year!

People Make Games's latest video is an amazing entry point if you're unaware of BDS's call for a xbox boycott. While i know the actions proposed by BDS and NGFG are easier for some that follow me than it is for others, please do what you can bdsmovement.net/news/sign-pl...

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

Borders A video essay by The Leftist Cooks

Where are the front pages about this? bsky.app/profile/open...

ROCKSTAR UPDATE: Keir Starmer was just asked about the Rockstar firings in Parliament today where he described the situation as "deeply concerning" and promised it would be looked into by government ministers. Not that a Starmer promise is worth much, mind.

SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians. We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com

NEW VIDEO: Big business is a death cult worshipping a many-faced Techno God. In an industry full of takers who want to eradicate the makers, so-called AI promises a nonsensical fantasy where games are made for free and sold to a world of laid off former workers. It is unhinged. youtu.be/xcB_kqpYNhc

Game developers were here first. Not executives. Game developers make games. Not executives. Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives. Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives. Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.

"All these workers have ever tried to do is discuss their pay and conditions to improve them, so they can make a game loved by millions."

"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"

I'm not surprised by this news given how it was when I was there, but this is particularly blatant and cruel. I hope all those effected are holding up okay and that they and the IWGB teach rockstar a lesson

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

Big announcement!!! My video on how Chicken Run is communist is now part of Britain's media history Over the summer the British Film Institute (BFI) got in touch cause they wanted to archive this video as a historically significant piece of media (lol) and it's now been archived

Just tested positive for covid again. Please mask up if you can, there seems to be a lot going around atm also I can't believe I have to say this but cover your mouth when you cough! Every time I go out, multiple people will just cough right at me without even thinking, it's disgusting!

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌 Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

For the second time in a year I have woken up to being very suddenly made redundant from my job It's all still very raw but If anyone knows of any opportunities in games QA i'd really appreciate you getting in touch I'm passionate, good at what i do, and i won't let this industry beat it out of me

Breaking News: Cis person who did a bad thing once knew a trans person! Trans people as a group to blame for bad thing? Read this story now on...every news site

Our statement on the actions at Wes Streeting's office last night. We refuse to sit and watch as trans young people have their healthcare stripped from them. We refuse to allow Streeting to cover up their suicides. We refuse to endure the violence and humiliation. They will have to go through us.

loading some estrogen into one of these

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”