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Reporting on the R* firings has meant multiple trips to London, Edinburgh & Glasgow over the last several months in order to be on the ground as the story developed. It's been a different style of video for us, with more frequent updates, rather than one big doc right at the end of the process.

Chris interviewing Rachel Crawford, one of the fired Rockstar workers, during a demonstration outside Rockstar North.Chris attaching a lavalier microphone to the shirt of Nestor Uriarte, ahead of their interview about his role as union rep at Rockstar Games.Chris reporting to camera outside the Glasgow Tribunals Centre during the preliminary hearing between Rockstar Games and its fired workers.The fired Rockstar workers and their supported protesting outside the entrance to the Rockstar North offices.

from the bottom of my heart I need to be at a punk show but instead I'm painting digital portraiture of local historical revolutionaries for my video game so maybe that's a fine salve for now.

In response to the request for voluntary recognition, mgmt can: 1) Say no 2) Wait out the 10 day timer 3) Say yes and enter negotiations with the workers Options 1 and 2 will look terrible and result in a recognition ballot the union can absolutely win. Option 3 will make everyone happy 😌

We began organising at Rockstar in 2019 and I’m proud to have been involved since the beginning. I’m even more proud of the workers who picked up the torch late last year and are now pushing for recognition.

Peace is not only threatened by war-mongering regimes like Russia, Israel and the US, but also by food and water insecurity and the climate crisis. Throwing even more money into the pockets of arms company bosses isn’t going to make the UK any more secure.

BBC News article: Starmer announces extra £15bn for defence, with some road and energy projects scrapped to help fund it

One of the business arguments for not using genAI in indie games is that, if you do use it and people find out, a significant portion of your audience simply will not buy your shit. As a dev you have to ask yourself: is this worth permanently alienating a good chunk of my audience? Probably not!