fwiw, historically, times of progress are often met w/ extremist pushbacks before progressive change truly takes hold. saw this with reconstruction > jim crow > civil rights, w/ labor movements, w/ the waves of feminism that come and go. we will see a better future. we will make it.

I want Nardwuar to interview game developers and stun them with the Duke Nukem 3D maps or Sims skins they made in high school

Captain, we’re detecting faint traces of hope

Today is a momentous day for the workers of Arena! After months of planning, waiting and organizing, our dream is finally a reality; the votes have been counted, and our union of UWOTC-CWA has been officially elected. From this day forward, we have a union!

ahhhh no guys I'm sorry #xenonauts2

Hey alexa polymarket odds on reflecting pool burning down by year end

It's like an in-game codex but instead of reading it when you wanna be playing it's a super autistic NPC follower info dumping on you.

Kinda bonkers that the first French-language song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify was from a guy named Patrick Watson. Only Englisher name than that would have been Sir Giles Watson III, or something. (The song, "Je te laisserai des mots" is, of course, incredible)

Me, sitting on a wooden stool under a tree surrounded by junior video game designers: if your game is played from a top-down perspective you're gonna wind up with a story about holes in the ground. <slow pensive puff from a corncob pipe> Mines, caves to hell, what have you

I don't know if you're getting the same ads as me but I kind of have a crush on the "guys, Nina just built an app" lady.

after 2 years and change at compulsion games, i'm looking for work! if you've been waiting for a chance to work with me, pls inquire within 👁️ bijanstephen.blog/about

Sketching a guy

IGN lays off tech workers following Summer Game Fest, where pro-union messages were erased aftermath.site/ign-summer-gam...

They'll say, "Now isn't the right time to #unionize." But it's always the right time for worker #solidarity. They said unionizing put the nail in Hfx's coffin. #Ubisoft says it didn't. Regardless, being unionized meant we had tools to stand up for ourselves instead of facing them alone. ✊ #GWU

@ynb.bsky.social You worked for a video game company in the 90s? Which one? There's a quote in here but I can't find the full interview. Thank you! screenrant.com/lucasfilm-sa...

I like how the French alphabet has one extra letter they only ever use to spell one word and that word is egg: Œuf

This is real btw

CEO: “Organizing a union is not something people do lightly. It takes courage, coordination, and a level of trust in each other. I understand the employees’ disappointment with how issues have historically been addressed. You’ve taken this step because you believe Dark Horse can be better. So do I.”

Pro tip for game studio owners: if you encourage your staff to unionize they’ll volunteer their free time to hammer out all that pesky employment contract stuff for you! Think of the savings!

No wonder Sega of America was one of the first game industry unions in North America, the signs were always there

Stand up union brothers ✊

I love you, French, but I’m never going to put a space before an exclamation mark. It looks stupid !

Want to feel old? The teletubbies sun baby has entered its red giant phase and will soon swallow the planet

With all the unions forming in gaming lately lemme tell you there is gonna be a LOT of tea to spill later when the dust is settled.

GTA fans have been on the edge of their seats at the rumours a new video is about to drop… Well the wait is over. We present: the public launch of the Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union. Our platform, to tell our story. youtu.be/iLOq_6rOpoM

Get in, everybody. This is the next game we're all going to be weird about on bluesky for a while.

Did you know that workers in the games industry have gone on hunger strike before?

Superhot would have made a great Wii game.

*You’re

Carolyn Jong, on how employers are, in fact, the ones benefitting the most when gaming audiences direct their anger towards vulnerable game workers, and how that produces a chilling effect that can undermine organizing efforts.

Narrative designer on a game with a very low animation budget: In this world punching carries deep meaning. That is why they punch to open doors, press buttons, start conversations, etc

In Crimson Desert LB+Y is sometimes Greet and sometimes it’s Kick

Y’know you’re already localizing your game there’s no reason not to make a cursed helmet that makes the player speak French

Tutorial NPC: I bestow these powers unto you, Hero, but beware for they come with one weakness: you will be vulnerable to knockouts, fall damage and generally weak as shit during cutscenes. Press A to continue.

Stealth mission around a giant waterfall. You can be as noisy as you want, but still have to watch out for cones of vision.

I forgot how much Jules Vernes’ “From The Earth To The Moon” is a comedy. It basically starts with an American giving the 19th-century equivalent of a Ted Talk. “There is no one among you, my brave colleagues, who has not seen the Moon, or, at least, heard speak of it.”

For two weeks, arena folks have been getting *daily* anti-union emails from the company fearmongering about how scary unions are. Now, they're sending letters to our homes. The union isn't a third party, WE ARE THE UNION. This doesn't scare me. I am voting YES for #uwotc-cwa! #wotcstaff

I'm not a big sports guy but I like living in a place where you can sometimes hear from your window thousands of people simultaneously cheering in joy.

Young man in this house we do not listen to podcasts while playing Subnautica games. Not in the first 50 hours anyway.

These two are intelligent, hard working and amazing! Looking forward to this one.

Three Scottish Labour Members of Parliament have accused Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar of obstructing legal processes over alleged union-busting with "silence and closed doors". https://bit.ly/4ntKewL

Bought a tiny little notebook for doodling on the metro

NEW: Secret Handshake installed working arcade games called Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell at the DC War Memorial. The game features "furious tweet battles against Iranian schoolgirls, low-flow shower heads, and other threats to American freedom like DEI and The Pope..."

watched this on repeat losing my shit for two nights now

Sometimes it's hard impressing your non-gamedev friends with your feats of intelligence. "Look babe, I made a box that you can open and close and it falls down stairs!"

Canadian taxpayers have poured $980 million into Ubisoft since 2020, helping build a global gaming giant. As governments double down on subsidies and AI, the company’s Halifax shutdown exposes a policy gap. Journalist Isaac Peltz explores: https://thewalrus.ca/ubisoft-canada-tax-breaks-layoffs/

Excuse me, hero? I notice you’ve stopped wearing that Item I gave you. It’s just that, well, it had been in my family for generation and—

you look like the kinda guy who’d listen to his own podcast

This month marks my 9th year at Bethesda Games Studios!