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Back in October, Rockstar Games fired 34 employees for alleged gross misconduct. The severity of these firings could have spelled the end for a burgeoning union effort that was underway, but it didn't. In fact, the union is now *bigger* than it's ever been before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4z...
Rockstar Fired 34 People, but the Union Is Bigger than Ever
YouTube video by People Make Games
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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
What if I told you that all of the Publishing Agreements I have reviewed in the last 6 months (several dozen) included a no gen AI provision, wherein the use of gen AI in development is a material breach, but companies like Epic and EA are still trying to convince us the industry is cool with it
Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · last mo.He's only gone and written 2,500 more words about how game devs feel about generative AI. Latest piece quotes around two dozen different people with an indie background. When asked how they feel about gen AI, not one, but two devs responded, "Fuck that shit." www.gamesradar.com/games/it-cre...
Hi, we have 21 days to get $2100 in my venmo for August's rent. I'm a disabled acrylic and watercolor painter who is also a pro cartoonist. I take commissions and am open for work. Here's how you can help: gfm: gofund.me/c5ec9580f 💸 venmo.com/priyahuq 🎨 ko-fi.com/Priya/commis... and sharing! ty🌸
Donate to Support a Disabled Family Facing Eviction, organized by Priya Huq
We are being evicted and need to find another place to live. Rent in NYC is insane… Priya Huq needs your support for Support a Disabled Family Facing Eviction
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The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵
The family and friends of Mexican animator Luis de la Rosa, who tragically passed away during the Annecy Festival, are asking for support to help cover travel expenses and repatriate his body. A GoFundMe fundraiser has been launched for anyone who would like to help: gofund.me/ae1944d68
Proud to announce our HARDSHIP FUND: uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... If you've been recently laid off and need support, we got you.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Mexico have booked their place in the last 16 at the 2026 World Cup after beating Ecuador 2-0. It was their first World Cup knockout win since 1986. nyti.ms/4vJq6tU
Just woke up to this news, need to be a little more awake to fully process it, but the people I worked with at Polygon are some of the most kind, insightful, and passionate people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Support them wherever they end up. Also, fuck whoever made this decision.
Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up
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When Clive Barker was working on the MUMMY remake for Universal in the early '90s, he had a trans character in the script, and when the studio vetoed it, he basically said "I really can't stress how much I don't need to fucking make THE MUMMY" and left.
Kayleigh Donaldson@ceilidhann.bsky.social · last yr.Clive Barker gets it. faroutmagazine.co.uk/hellraiser-c...
211 dead journalists in Gaza These are my colleagues, my comrades in storytelling, the very best of our profession being burned alive in front of the whole fucking world My heart can’t fucking take it
Mondoweiss@mondoweiss.net · last yr.BREAKING: Israel bombed a tent sheltering journalists at Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Footage shows the tents engulfed in flames — with a journalist trapped inside, burned alive.
Im making a puzzle game called All Living Things! Its a game about discovering the secrets of alchemical processes, the hidden secrets of world and those even deeper secrets hidden within us.
I am playing through the entirety of DOOM 2016 and donating one dollar for each demon I kill. All the money will go to fighting for immigrant justice. The choice of game probably has nothing to do with how I feel about ICE. www.twitch.tv/jacobgeller
BREAKING: 10,000 grocery store workers will launch a massive strike Thursday. King Soopers’ workers, unionized with the UFCW, will shut down 77 store locations in the first big strike of Trump’s second term.
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last. Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”
Just a reminder that the easiest way to alleviate my suffering would be to give me a job. I can just tell you what's on my cv! Check me out at Meghanlands.com
Meghan Lands Portfolio
Portfolio for cartoonist Meghan Lands
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Meghan Lands@meghanlands.bsky.social · 2y agoI am overhauling my cv after years of neglect so I can apply for different jobs, and I want to confess the ways I have made this difficult: - Researched existing templates, ignored them - Tried to learn how to set up a grid system in Indesign using the very finicky baseline grids 🧵
due to some very fun (not fun) circumstances that have led me to losing almost everything that i have, i'm very much looking for work right now. emails + DMs OK
iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟@deltahead.bsky.social · 2y agohello, new followers! did you know that i’m open for work? it’s true! i write, i draw, i make comics, i develop games, i design characters & backgrounds, i create concept art & do visdev, i even rig vtuber models -- you name it, i got it! 🎨 iasminomarata.com ✉️ iasminomarata@gmail.com
