Ocarina of Time Link and Saria

100 degrees please make it stop

dont buy games that fire their teams on launch

Next round of trainings is available for signup! 1: INTRO TO UNIONS on September 13th 2: ORGANIZING YOUR COWORKERS on September 20th 3: BUILDING YOUR COMMITTEE on September 27th! Sign up below 👇

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GAMEDEVS IN THE US AND CANADA What are you doing on Sundays? Want to come to free, virtual trainings on the basics of labor unions and organizing offered by @codecwa.bsky.social? SIGN UP HERE 👇 code-cwa.org/upcoming-tra...

It keeps happening. This is why we need to support game devs unionizing!

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 2w ago

Around 80% of staff at Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor were reportedly furloughed just weeks before the game's release. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/around-...

i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs

Our union in the news today! From The Guardian, read interviews from our members on the impact of XBOX's mass lay-offs. With 1,600 more to come, we must act now to protect the future of the games industry. Read more: tinyurl.com/2p9m32f5

Listen, all we're saying is these companies are doing a REALLY good job convincing people that unionizing is actually the way to go.

Hollywood did this exact same thing under the nearly identical studio system after a global pandemic/financial crisis and what happened? Everyone unionized. Game studios when they hear their workers are interested in unionizing under virtually the same industry circumstances:

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · 2w ago

aaa video games trying to move to a project based model without any of the labor support or functioning professional project pipeline or etc etc etc that makes it possible in movies

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Tim Curry brought the same professional energy to every cartoon and game performance as he brought to his iconic performance of the Devil himself in Legend. He gave equal reverence to all mediums he worked in, and from here in the game slums, I can tell you that’s damn rare. Rest in SPaAAaAcE!”

Home Alone: Yes, I Win

ALT: Home Alone: Yes, I Win

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If you purchased the bundle: thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. And a huge shoutout to @necrosoftgames.com for their work in organizing this. Are you a gamedev who wants to see more positive change in our industry? WE NEED YOU! Join us. Hit us up. ❤️ uvw-cwa.org/membership

It's thanks to your generosity and solidarity that we can provide real material assistance to laid off devs who are facing eviction, food insecurity, disruptions in medical care, and the like - none of which they would be facing if it wasn't for these callous corporate layoffs.

🗣️ WE DID IT!!! 💪 Last night at midnight, sales of the Game Industry Hardship Fund itch bundle officially ended after we had to up our max goal THREE TIMES... and we STILL broke it! GRAND TOTAL: $252,456 RAISED! AMAZING WORK 🙏

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

What happens if a creator streams your game and is opted in? Does Twitch think it has the right to feed a developer's game into its AI slop factory? This has deeper ramifications than it seems on the surface.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · last mo.

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

birthday! :D

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

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That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...

Took me seconds to make an image showing 'protesters' around Google buildings, using Google Earth's new AI generation tool. You can make bomb blasts, protesters, drone strikes, nuclear plants. How on earth did Google think this was a good idea www.404media.co/google-earth...

Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Some details about our GWHF: 💸 We've already allocated upwards of $25K to over 30 applicants 💸This has gone to help game workers avoid evictions, pay for medical bills, pay off debt, etc. Want to apply? Click the link in this post 👇 bsky.app/profile/bran...

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 2mo ago

All money, minus processing fees for itch, goes to out of work game developers to pay for food, housing, healthcare, and whatever they need to make it through. Neither we as the organizers nor UVW take any of the money from the bundle. Game developers can apply here: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun...

Nine hours after going live, the itch bundle benefiting our Game Worker Hardship Fund has already raised over $13k! Thank you so much to those who have already purchased. And for those who might be waiting for payday, you’ve still got about two weeks left! Thank you so much 🙏

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

NO BLADE, NO LUKE CAGE, NO WONDER MAN. I WONDER WHY.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YALL OH MY GODDDDD NOOOOOOOO

IGN@ign.com · 2mo ago

Marvel's Wonder Man TV series has been canceled and will not return for its planned second season. https://bit.ly/4fE07Nv