Page Branson
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QA Specialist looking for work! Artist, MSTie for life. All opinions are my own.
South of Midnight is a must-play www.pcmag.com/reviews/sout...
South of Midnight Review
South of Midnight is a fun and charming action-adventure game that features a beautiful, unique, and tear-jerking world steeped in Southern US folklore.
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Respec@respec.net · 5d agoSouth of Midnight is now self-published by Compulsion Games on Steam: https://www.respec.net/news/151-south-of-midnight-self-published-steam-compulsion-games-xbox
Xbox Boss Asha Sharma Says Elder Scrolls VI Looks Great, So Stop Talking About That Giant Rat Outside Bethesda's Office
Xbox Boss Praises Elder Scrolls 6 As Bethesda Devs Protest Outside
The newly appointed Xbox CEO posted on social media that the upcoming RPG looks 'incredible'
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Join us next week if you can! Going to be out and about supporting my fellow video game developers!
OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 6d agoHunt Valley, Maryland - Stand in solidarity with the developers of Tamriel in front of Zenimax Online Studios next Tuesday, August 18th at 12:00 PM! 📜 actionnetwork.org/events/save-...
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.
I've upped the goal one last time!! Can we get this fund for out of work game developers to $250k in the next four days!?
Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 3w agoIn 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-...
Yeah just sit right there cat, awesome. No other place you could sit.
There are no video games without video game developers. Trillionaire corporations will continue to treat devs as line items on a balance sheet unless we fight back. Join us on August 18th to #SaveGameWorkers, as we rally across nine studios in the US and Canada. More location details to come soon.
We'll be there. Will you? ✊
OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · last wk.There are no video games without video game developers. Trillionaire corporations will continue to treat devs as line items on a balance sheet unless we fight back. Join us on August 18th to #SaveGameWorkers, as we rally across nine studios in the US and Canada. More location details to come soon.
Xbox's 1,600 person "reset" didn't hit 14 layers of management. It hit devs who built the worlds you love. Faceless brands don't make games - people like Ben Carnow and his team do. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
Without serious public pushback, trillionaire corporations like Microsoft will continue to treat talented developers like Naomi Green as expendable. Help us break this unbalanced system and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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If you're looking for a direct way to help laid-off devs, check this out https://kotaku.com/itchio-game-developer-hardship-bundle-necrosoft-games-layoffs-unionization-2000720782
Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues - Kotaku
The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle contains over 100 games and will be on sale for the next two weeks
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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-...
User researchers like Elisabeth Whyte made sure players' voices were heard in your favorite Xbox games. On July 6th, Elisabeth and her entire team at Zenimax were laid off. Now, make your voice heard and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE
🎉 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 by Necrosoft Games and 109 others
Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00
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The Red Cross has issued a national blood crisis, with blood donations at a four-year low. Marylanders – especially those with type O blood – please consider becoming a blood donor to ensure hospitals have the blood they need for patients whose lives depend on transfusions: rcblood.org/donate
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I recently made the switch (finally) from Photoshop to Clip Studio Paint and Hahahahahaha it’s so much better it’s crazy.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3w agoI Hate Adobe: aftermath.site/i-hate-adobe/
In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
OK see THAT'S why you've only got the four fingers per hand
Out of Context Mickey Mouse Comics@oocmickeycomics.bsky.social · 3w ago
www.facebook.com/CWALocal2108... - Join us on CWA's Table Talk right now as we talk about the impact of the Microsoft layoffs on the workers.
Table Talk: QA Effects is a conversation that goes beyond the written bargaining report to provide members with additional context, discussion, and insight into the QA effects bargaining process. In this episode, we reflect on yesterday's bargaining session, hear directly from impacted members, discuss the company's responses, explore key bargaining issues, and look ahead to the next session. Our goal is to keep members informed, engaged, and connected to what's happening at the bargaining table. | CWA Local 2108
Table Talk: QA Effects is a conversation that goes beyond the written bargaining report to provide members with additional context, discussion, and insight into the QA effects bargaining process. In...
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Bethesda Games Studios’ Montreal workers are being treated especially poorly by XBOX and we won’t stand for it. Here are the details. If this upsets you let Microsoft know: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
I'm one of the folks affected. *Many* on the list are gifted; their work was crucial to the weird little miracle that is ZP. Please, consider hiring them. Dust is still settling on my end, but my inbox is open.
ZA/UM Studio@zaumstudio.bsky.social · last mo.
The timing of this kind of press is intentional. How are they going to make these games when Bethesda and Obsidian collectively laid off hundreds? Don’t fall for it.
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: Bethesda has announced a slew of new Fallout games, including Fallout 5 and Fallout 3 + New Vegas remasters. The company also confirmed my scoop last week that it is working with Obsidian on a Fallout game. I spoke to Todd Howard about the roadmap: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apropos of nothing, man it’s easy to jingle jangle keys to get people’s attention fast from whatever else they were focused on. Just real easy to jingle those keys.
jingling keys
Alt: A hand jingle jangles keys for attention
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Warner: "As an American, I'm embarrassed ... we gotta decide whether we can keep our republic. And if we simply blow this off as another Donald Trump rant, we do that at our own peril"