Join us next Monday for our very first Talk This Talks presentation! Senior Researcher @doctorkilmer.bsky.social will be presenting a workshop aimed at equipping all developers, especially those impacted by layoffs, with the knowledge & skills to tackle burnout. givebutter.com/taket...

Or if you'd like to get straight to registering for our first Take This Talk on September 21st, you can head directly to the registration page.

Managing Burnout for Game Developers

This workshop will equip developers impacted by layoffs with the knowledge and skills to tackle burnout and support their mental health.

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Extremely proud to announce this program! As a team we have long wanted to find ways to provide more support to devs as a community in a sustainable way. Very grateful to Pete for helping us get the ball rolling.

Take This@takethis.org · 4w ago

We're thrilled to announce the creation of a brand new program! Take This Talks is a series of monthly workshops focusing on practical skills for managing mental health in the face of structural stress. For more info about the new program, check out our latest blog post.

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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We want to see YOU at #PAXWest this weekend! Stop by our Hope Booth to check out the amazing folks offering up donation incentives! We'll have fan favorites from Norse Foundry, Aetlier Eumori, @arielleishere.bsky.social, Atelier Eumori, & more all weekend. Hours/Location on map. See ya in Seattle!

Great video busting a lot of myths about game dev (and why "just make an indie!" is not the solution to recent layoffs).

Alanah Pearce@alanahpearce.bsky.social · last mo.

For my newest video I took people's assumptions about game development and... addressed them! Including why crunch actually happens, how much money game developers make, and the unique way that making games 'ruins them' for you: youtu.be/WnfKzdTUjtw?...

A collaboration with COYOTE, the Bay Area's independent newsroom: Pokémon is for the gays aftermath.site/pokemon-lgbtq-...

Come say hello! (quietly, of course)

Take This@takethis.org · last mo.

We're in San Francisco for day 1 of #PokemonWorlds! Our team will be in Hall D at the Quiet Room, providing a calm, quiet space for any trainer who needs it! Stop by any time for a breather between matches. It's going to be an exciting 3 days, trainers. Don't forget to take care of yourselves!

Did you know that Take This offers workshops and consultations for game studios covering a wide variety of mental health topics? For an introduction to what we offer, check out a new blog post linked below by our Lead Workshop Consultant, Brian Kunde

Workshops, Consulting, & More! - Take This

Education & Training Game Content Workplace Policy As a team, we’ve been discussing how best to continue growing and evolving WACS while also addressing the ongoing financial challenges facing the…

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Dolly Parton did a huge amount of good with wealth she largely worked to earn. 9 to 5 is a Marxist text & permeant karaoke banger. She stood with queer & trans people throughout her life & the world was a better place for having her stay a while.

[Exit Queen.]

Dolly has forever been (and will remain) my model for kindness before all else.

I think of Superman not as a power fantasy, but as a fantasy of the powerful as really good people. I kind of feel that way about Dolly Parton, too.

It's that time of year again. Even if you don't go to GDC, your input is incredibly valuable. Their state of the industry report is one of the benchmarks by which folks like me (& @takethis.org) decide where to focus our efforts & back our recs with data. 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...

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Raze and Rebuild Studio - A game dev team rising from the ashes. It's should be no surprise that, over the last few years, finding or keeping a stable job in the video game industry hasn't been easy.

Let these Avengers radicalize you aftermath.site/avengers-ultim...

What a run. Can't wait for the retrospective next week.

Jay & Miles@xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 531 - Here Comes Tomorrow www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/07/531-...

Hey narrative folks! I'm back at work and we're back to hiring 🦾We have TWO senior writer roles to fill on my team. Apply here: www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2216... #writing #narrative #videogames

CD PROJEKT RED | Award-Winning Creator of Story-Driven RPGs

As the team behind The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we create revolutionary RPGs with memorable stories that inspire gamers.

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1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Ubisoft embargoes journalists reporting on latest round of layoffs aftermath.site/ubisoft-layoff...

iCYMI CfP: The Psychologist of Pop Culture: Sailor Moon share.google/y0cqSTBZsMc5...

Inspired by a friend to create a generator for an iconic panel from today's issue of X-Men. Imgflip.com/memegenerato...

I think a way to deal with all of this is to love our way through it. Love our friends, our partners, our kids, our neighbors—and love relentlessly, joyfully, ardently, to the best of our ability. Love as comfort. Love as safety. Love as strength. Love as resistance. Love as defiance. Love as hope.

Well, gonna have nightmares about @lucianovecchio.bsky.social, @gailsimone.bsky.social & Matthew Wilson's "Sentinels" for awhile. 😰

UPCOMING PUBLIC WORKSHOP Take This will host a public workshop for game devs on 5/28! The workshop will equip devs with the knowledge & skills to tackle burnout The workshop is free w/ a suggested donation of $25 and options to sponsor others' seats if you can. Reserve now: givebutter.com/menta...

We are also eternally grateful to Kelli Dunlap, PsyD She has been with Take This for almost 7 years, and has spent the last 18 months leading the organization through thick and thin. As she moves on to a new adventure with her family, we wish her all the best. Thank you, Kelli. 💚💚💚

Please join us in welcoming our new Executive Director, @kindofstrange.com! Tara has an impressive background in the game industry & a passion for building a healthier, more inclusive industry. We're honored to have her take the helm. Read our latest blog post for more: www.takethis.org/202...

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Charity donations aren't indulgences. You cannot cancel out the harm you do by, say, consuming a wizard show, with donations to the groups it harms.