backrooms is the closest we’re ever getting to a theatrical portal adaptation and i think that’s kinda cool
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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
confession: I love picking one of three upgrade options. four works too. two‘s good as well. I’ll take one if that’s all you have
As of this morning, the itch bundle officially broke 100k. This is a lifeline to our fellow workers and proof that solidarity extends beyond borders, both literal and figurative. Never let anyone tell you that things cannot change.
United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3d agoYou’ve helped us raise over 80k for laid off gamedevs in need so far, and we still have plenty of time left in the bundle’s drive. Everyone who organized this effort was doing so on their own time for the benefit of others. If these companies wanted to, they would. They don’t. We do. Join us. ✊
Safe Haven is a Green Bay WI nonprofit for special needs cats & dogs (FIV, diabetes, tripods, etc). On 6/24 a storm collapsed their roof. Everyone(!) is safe & they have a temp space, but they are raising $ for a new bldg. @catsofyore.bsky.social can you share? www.gofundme.com/f/help-safe-...
Donate to Help Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary Recover, organized by Dana Arendt
Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary, founded by Elizabeth Feldhausen, has been a safe space for… Dana Arendt needs your support for Help Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary Recover
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was trying to articulate my thoughts the other day because i’ve been job hunting for 2 years
i fell in love with the cutest boy named Houdini at my local animal shelter, and he’s in danger of being euthanized. :( he ended up at the shelter after his previous owner passed away, and he’s only 6 years old. pls consider him if you’re adopting #A5781401 www.instagram.com/reel/DbW8CKd...
The financialization of everything has also lead to the appointment of a lot of finance-focused CEOs in non-financed focused industries and it’s having the expected results, I would say.
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · last wk.i won't kid any kidders here and pretend that executives of the past (let's say, prior to like, 20 years ago) were geniuses, but it was sort of unusual to find people who just flat out didn't know shit about their workforce *or* business *or* industry sitting atop the c-suite as is often common now
finally gonna try to do some artist alley tabling again yaaaay
the boldest and bravest thing an AAA game could do is let bryan dechart and clancy brown be in a game together again im js
genq why don’t american based businesses like tech dudes and games and stuff want to bring down cost of living so that employees are cheaper. why is the solution always send the work somewhere else
Damn that’s cool what happened to the guy who was running their old program www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
Microsoft laid off the architect of Xbox Backwards Compatibility and Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft's VP of Xbox Platform Kevin LaChapelle, who led the creation of Xbox Backwards Compatibility and Xbox Cloud Gaming, has been laid off.
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Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 2w ago🚨BIG Xbox news. Microsoft is launching Xbox backward compatibility for PC today. The initial preview will include 4 original Xbox games on PC, with plans to bring more Xbox console games to PC over time. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/969117/...
aite eggers let’s see that iliad movie with a 30 minute achilles/patroklos sex scene
The edgerun/ners s2 trailer drop got me playing c2077 again and then I got lodged in it for like a week and a half?? Wanted to try translating my webcomic oc eustace into the setting. He’s a former maelstrom guy mostly because they’re the most fun to design for and I love their funky voices
i wanna say things about v bourbon players that shouldn’t be said in polite company
New from me: "Being engaged in videogames over the last decade has meant watching a cohort of publisher executives inherit an industry of products, professionals, and consumers they seem to actively resent for failing to produce instant, infinite profits."
Does anyone know how to drive this thing?
It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.
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I think it’s craven to run Todd Howard fluff pieces before the body is even cold on those thousands of jobs.
Hey this thing where they try to jingle keys in your face with new project confirmations to distract from the layoffs is very transparent and sucks.
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 3w agoTodd Howard has delivered a huge update on the furture of Fallout, including updates on Fallout 5, confirmation of Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, a new Fallout 76 expansion, and more https://kotaku.com/fallout-5-is-in-preproduction-and-fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-are-on-the-way-2000717079
Some photographs from the 'Save Our Devs' rallies in Rockville, Montreal, Dallas, Austin, and Redmond—held yesterday in protest of the latest mass layoffs at Xbox. I'm told by a union organiser that over 150 employees turned out in Rockville alone.
What Microsoft did to id Software this week was a tragedy -- a failure to safeguard the lives of its workers. But it was also a telling failure of vision to have *that* legacy in your hands and to discard it like so much nothing
How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?
If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.
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