Sofie's still out due to the plague but Ed and Alex manage a banger episode anyway! The eighteenth one! Ed revives a controversial ending with Mass Effect 3 and Alex roams feudal Japan again with Ghost of Yōtei. Plus news!

It's episode 17 baby! Ed gets obscure with Dark Souls, Alex faces choice paralysis with UFO 50 and Sofie gets a lot off her chest with The Sims. Meanwhile we talk EA getting snagged by the Saudis. Tokyo Game Show, and actually good news about the whole ZA/UM thing?? It's true!

A super-special episode because 1) Sofie's back (thank god) and 2) we've all played Silksong! It's a Silkstravaganza! And after we're all silked out, it's onto the news, with Nintendo chat, loud-shirted knobheads, and some nonsense going on in America. They call it: Episode 16

We're back, but not all of us! Unfortunately Sofie is off swanning in South Africa, so we've got a duo episode with just Alex and Ed. But when the cat's away, the mice will play - and so we've got a full Nintendo episode about Majora's Mask and DK Bananza! Plus news!

The deep state defeated! Fresh from hospital, the gang are back to discuss Expedition 33, Dave the Diver and to Unleash the Force on us all. PLUS! Another Keighleygasm, and less fun news about censorship and opposition to genocide. The grave failed to claim us!

Great article from @lenoongh.bsky.social! Thanks for all the praise 🥰

Where's the new episode? Unfortunately, the deep state rose again and whisked Alex into A&E and trapped him in hospital for a week. He's fine, but also too lazy to record and edit a podcast from a hospital bed. So, a class traitor. Next episode (🤞hopefully!) on 25 Aug as usual!

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition. Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

Raven Software's union has ratified their first contract, three years after forming. Wins include a guaranteed 10-percent wage increase over two years, on top of merit-based raises

We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...

We're back! Again! And with a dark portent: the 13th episode. In a rebuke to fate itself, we carry on as normal. Ed reminisces about God of War (2005), Sofie talks Animal Crossing and Alex talks for far, far too long about Death Stranding 2, for all you Kojima heads. Links!⬇️

❤️ THANK YOU to every one who made this years Games Transformed so fricking incredible ❤️ We could not have done it without all our incredible volunteers, speakers, partners and guests To every single perosn who showed up, you absolutely made this festival what it was 🙌 See you next year!

did last weekend's @gamestransformed.bsky.social have a bunch of rly interesting things to say about anti-fascist game design? yes. do i now feel the dread of scope creep closing in as i think to myself hey, maybe MY next project can incorporate some more anti-fascist game design? yes, also.

The panel mentioned the ruins of capitalism and how humans reclaim them to make it livable. Instead of just focusing on the bleakness of the oppressive systems, CS directs our attention towards the human stories, and how people turn ruins into hope—which is why I love the game. ✨

we’re at @gamestransformed.bsky.social! up on the top floor, come say hi and kitbash something for our group games later!

Having a blast at @gamestransformed.bsky.social my secret solarpunk game is playable in the secret game room

Played Mad As Hell by @soulmuppet.co.uk & @eviemoriarty.bsky.social at @gamestransformed.bsky.social today. We managed to slay the demon of gentrification and saved London!

Thank you @gamestransformed.bsky.social and Pelican House for a wonderful day! Met alot of amazing folks, ran a great game of Mad as Hell, sold some #TTRPGs! Until next year! 💕

Went to dinner for a friend's birthday on Wed where I met Max Haiven who has designed the table top game Billionaire + Guillotines. He invited me to this antifascist game symposium + honestly i couldn't have had a better day!

Games Transformed on 3DS @soulmuppet.co.uk + @gamestransformed.bsky.social

Thank you to all the organizers, speakers, panel hosts, volunteers and attendees of @gamestransformed.bsky.social for an incredible event! Now let's take that energy and make some dope shit!

Yesterday, I took some photos at @gamestransformed.bsky.social, a festival that celebrates progressive politics in games. This is one of the @soulmuppet.co.uk stand.

Running fashionably late and absolutely not thriving in this humidity but!!! I'm excited for Games Transformed today, this timetable is STACKED

We're at @gamestransformed.bsky.social 2025 at Pelican House in London ! Come say hi, flick through our collection of anti-capitalist/anti-fascist games, ask us questions about making games while the world burns 💕 Stick around for a game of Mad as Hell at 3pm run by @jellymuppet.bsky.social

Free Palestine @gamestransformed.bsky.social #gamestransformed2025

Oh hello @gamestransformed.bsky.social!

Me, Caleb, and @kierancutting.bsky.social have been working to evolve Meal Deal from research through design artefact to a something we might sell. Find Caleb and enjoy the latest(ish) version! Sadly kieran and I can’t be there this year. Og version is here: oliverbates.itch.io/meal-deal

New & secondhand books available today at our fundraiser pop up shop! Come in, learn more about our occupation & grab a bargain - all 2nd hand books pay what you can, and get 10% off new books if you're a member of a union!

TODAY'S THE DAY! Doors at 10.30, first sessions begin at 11! Still some tickets available on the door but get here early 😜

will be here later, hoping to run into some friendly faces!

If you're in London today and left wing then come see me at Games Transformed for a day of games... and... Politics !!

Very much looking forward to today - pop by my organising 101 workshop where we’ll talk about the work the Game Workers branch of the IWGB is doing and how we can organise our workplaces to build power and affect meaningful, grassroots change ✊

Games Transformed will be supporting the Draughts Workers' Strike! Join us for an exciting action planning workshop featuring reps from @uvwunion.bsky.social, @claptoncfc.co.uk, @gameworkers.co.uk & Gargi Bhattacharyya 💥 Followed by a raffle and afterparty - all proceeds to the striking workers!

Announcing 💥"Kitbash the Fash: a Co-operative Nazi Zombie Squishing Killbot Miniatures Game"💥 Following our all day kit-bashing workshop! With @miramanga.bsky.social @badsquiddogames.bsky.social @apocrypha-now.bsky.social & HATE Club! 📅 20.00-23.00 📍 Ground Floor Scarlett Letters

The journey from the west of Ireland to London begins. @gamestransformed.bsky.social #GamesTransformed2025 #GameDevUnion

5pm for Fall of Home! 🔥✊️

Join us at 3pm for some Mad as Hell run by @jellymuppet.bsky.social

I'll be at @gamestransformed.bsky.social running MAD AS HELL for a few lucky folx. We'll also have a little stand!

I'm heading to London for Games Transformed: Smash the Fash @gamestransformed.bsky.social event. I'll be on a panel titled "What Can the Left Learn From Struggles in the Games Industry?" & speaking on our @gwuireland.bsky.social union organising with game workers in Ireland. #GamesTransformed2025

The Games Transformed 2025 timetable is LIVE! High res and text version available in bio TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

Join us at Games Transformed! 🎲 @jellymuppet.bsky.social will be running a game of Mad as Hell - an anti-capitalist demon hunting game of learning the tools of direct action. 📚Browse our range of unabashedly leftie #TTRPGs 📣Join us in a solidarity rally for the workers of Draughts board game cafe.

@soulmuppet.co.uk are at Games Transformed! Running 💥 Mad as Hell 💥 an apocalyptic anti-capitalist demon hunting game! Only room for 5 so get here early! #GamesTransformed2025 TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

Join us this weekend for the @gamestransformed.bsky.social festival in London, celebrating the radical potential of games to transform our world towards the horizon of collective liberation! Saturday night: a live game-show version of Billionaires and Guillotines!

@miramanga.bsky.social is at Games Transformed! 💥 Appearing on "Indie Wargaming" and "Kitbash the Fash: A Co-operative Nazi Zombie Squishing Killbot Miniatures Game" 🧟‍♀️ #GamesTransformed2025

@apocrypha-now.bsky.social is at Games Transformed! 💥 Appearing on "Indie Wargaming" and "Kitbash the Fash: A Co-operative Nazi Zombie Squishing Killbot Miniatures Game" 🧟‍♀️ #GamesTransformed2025

@jumpovertheage.com is at Games Transformed! 💥 In conversation with @itsquinns.bsky.social on the highly anticipated Citizen Sleeper 2 #GamesTransformed2025 TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

🔑 The Escape Room is back! We have commissioned a band new anti-fascist escape room from Create an Escape. Sign ups on the door - get there early to guarantee a slot! #GamesTransformed2025 #RadicalGaming #GT25

@soulmuppet.co.uk will be at @gamestransformed.bsky.social in London this weekend! Come by and say hey, and check out an amazing day of events, panels and workshops, all with a leftist focus on games!

🎮 @gameworkers.co.uk is at Games Transformed Festival 2025: "What can the Left learn from Struggles in the Games Industry?" - exploring how game workers fight 21st century tech capitalism. #GamesTransformed2025 TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

🎮 Panel at Games Transformed 12/07/25 🎮 "Ecosocialist Play vs Fascist Zero-Sum Games " With @baddeo.bsky.social @molleindustria.org @illmare.bsky.social 📅 11.00-12.30 📍 Ground Floor Event Space #GamesTransformed2025 #AntiFascism #GT25