That's a very good point about the cartoon network and other leaks that I feel like is understated in all this Companies keeping all of their production materials so private that not even the people who worked on it can access it is 100% an anti-worker measure
Melo@letitmelo.bsky.social · 9h ago325gb of art and material that artists and animators weren't allowed to use in portfolios to keep themselves fed.
Its kinda wild seeing corporate management just obliterating the gates that keep them relevant ; namely the assurance that customers are getting quality products made with all the resources and institutional knowledge a corporation entails
WIRED@wired.com · 2d agoMore than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol
The last contract I was able to land was working on one of these. Every rich ai bro that "has an idea for a game" is making this exact same thing. Same art style, same corridors, same gameplay. The problem is that these are some of the only people still paying for game projects in 2026 😭
I feel like we don’t talk about millennials in particular, hitting our 40s - in earlier generations many of us would be reaching the peak of our careers, but because of disaster after disaster, locust after locust eating our industries, many of us are on our 3rd or 4th fresh start.
storytelling media plays an essential role in how we negotiate our shared values and imagine the future as a society. the elite slop-capture of these spaces has irrevocable consequences, and they know it
Jessica Ellis@baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 5d agoThere are so many people, so many, that love film and want to dedicate their whole lives to making films, in front of the camera, behind it, in editing suites and casting rooms and makeup trailers. And that these locusts can come in and just devour the industry, take it from us all, is devastating.
one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting
Freya Holmér@freya.bsky.social · last wk."AI lets you focus on the higher level ideas!!" because we all grew up dreaming of becoming managers and CEOs we all know the real artists at the very highest level are the shareholders, famously full of amazing ideas
HARDSHIP FUND UPDATE - Applications close on Oct 6 so we can triage existing applications - We've disbursed funds to over 100 applicants! - If you've applied Sep 24 or later, check your inbox for next steps! For questions, please reach out to treasurer@uvw-cwa.org uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun...
Game Worker Hardship Fund
Who is eligible to apply for this fund?This fund is for game workers in the US and Canada impacted by record layoffs & other hardships in the games industry within the timeframe of January 2024 to the...
uvw-cwa.org
This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court).
Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social · 3w agotwo different paragraphs, two different sections but encourage you to click and read the unsealed (pink) of both of them together. And stop and think about the impact and harm to news media and civil society. /8
The fired Rockstar workers are asking supporters not to boycott GTA 6, but instead, to directly support the union's legal costs as it approaches next month's employment tribunal.
IWGB@iwgbunion.bsky.social · 2mo agoDon’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP
First thing the Blizzcon attendees see as they join the queue for this year’s show.
If you cannot be trusted to stand up for transgender Americans when they’re facing what some experts call a genocide, I don’t trust you to stand up for anything.
Every time they remove the human factor and focus solely on Make Numbers Go Up, the entire industry tanks. That this continues to occur across industries instead of it being an anomaly suggests our entire society is sicker than any of us previously thought.
The corporation won't protect you. The corporation won't respect you. The corporation won't care for you. This is betrayal on such an unfathomable scale that I hope if anything, it can serve as a way for all of us to agree there is never a good reason to protect the corporation over your colleagues.
Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA@jdespland.bsky.social · last mo.Feeding screenshots of the union discord to management to get the organizers fired. It is still incredibly difficult for me to imagine what can motivate anyone to abuse and betray the trust of their fellow workers in such a way. Except for maybe a deep hatred of and contempt for oneself.
blizzard workers had to fight tooth and nail for years, but they finally did it: they secured a union contract not just for one team, but for all unionized units--warcraft, overwatch, diablo, and more
![“We really started mobilizing as one Blizzard unit in [the] last couple of months, and I think that really helped put the pressure on,” Paul Cox, senior game designer on World of Warcraft, told Aftermath.
"I feel like the company dragged its feet and did a lot of posturing and wasting time until the very, very last moment."
Prior to spring of this year, the WoW team, which unionized in 2024, had gotten the lion's share of bargaining time. Other units found themselves stuck in the mud. Higher-ups were effectively stalling the whole process—unfortunately nothing new for unionized workers under Microsoft’s umbrella.
"For this whole year of bargaining on the Diablo side—and I imagine on the rest of the units as well—we received so few [bargaining] dates, but we kind of had the understanding that whatever WoW was able to win would at least influence and set the floor for the rest of our units,” Diablo senior environment artist Mahreen Fatima told Aftermath. “We adopted this messaging about how WoW's wins are our wins, so we should be out there mobilizing with them. But truly, I feel like the company dragged its feet and did a lot of posturing and wasting time until the very, very last moment this last month to finally be able to say, 'OK, yes, we are willing to extend this contract to everyone.' We really did not have any indication that we could get this done until last month."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreih6u6gzajbd63dovnmlnc43z5g6i35d3n735rrdkopipyjopkl72e)
Aftermath@aftermath.site · last mo.After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
We need a fully organized games industry to eliminate these systemic problems in the first place!
headfallsoff@headfallsoff.com · last mo.the next generation of game developers don’t need a special grant for 20 geniuses to get some walking around money they need entry level jobs that a) exist and b) keep existing next quarter
Realizing the extent to which this is true wildly changed my opinions about how to deal with Trumpism, since they're never going to be satisfied unless they're actively dominating everyone else. You can't give them some concessions and go back to the status quo: they're reactionary revolutionaries.
Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · last mo.Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
Big tech paused CA’s GenAi transparency bill AB412 behind closed doors. However, over 3.8 million creative workers have come together to demand transparency! This coalition isn’t going anywhere! Its sponsors, CAA, SAG AFTRA, NAVA Voices & The Author’s Guild have next steps! Here’s what to do👇
I am just about to wrap up my first real, official production design job! I got to design and paint a bunch of environments to capture the 'vibe', design like 6+ members of an ensemble cast, tons of props, all sorts of signage and UIs! if you need any of these things, I can do it! hire me! :B
American politics is like if you're trapped in a room slowly filling with blood but the person next to you is screaming about how the world would end if every bug was a banana
Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now
The more GEN AI creeps into everyday life the more people will miss the amateur art around them. School murals done by students, hole-in-the-wall restaurant menus put together by an employee using free clipart, even "bad" paintings done at a drink and paint event-Things with human imperfections.
They haven't posted about it yet but this year's GDC State of the Game Industry Survey is available to fill out should any of you desire. You've seen all the articles and that the results end up driving, so may as well make them reflective of your contributions too. gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26eoy
2026 State of the Game Industry
The gaming industry's most comprehensive annual survey is back, and we're casting a wider net than ever before. Whether you're a developer, executive, investor, marketer, educator, or any other profes...
gdconf.typeform.com
workers also planted flags outside the office, one for each laid-off dev. the union sent me a video of all of them, and the number is truly striking. imagine just... ignoring that
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo agoXbox CEO Asha Sharma gushes about Elder Scrolls VI, does not seem to notice giant rat on Bethesda office lawn aftermath.site/xbox-asha-shar...
NEW: CWA union members have inflated a giant rat and deployed a wall of red flags representing laid off Xbox workers outside the Bethesda office in Rockville. The protest was timed to coincide with a visit from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who is apparently at the studio today.
