Alternative Games From The Fringes Of Cyberspace (fighting for art and something better in this dystopian digital world)
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"It seems more pressing than ever to stand up to that type of fascist censorship that is eating digital culture."
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Posts by Jo Summers
STJV demonstrate outside the Paris offices of Take Two, holding flags, banners and flares.
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidรฉo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
โSay sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesnโt seem like the company is interested in living by it.โ
Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!
Rockstar: tries to bust unions๐ฆนโโ๏ธ
Us: Hold my controller ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ
We're fighting back ๐ฅ๐ฅ
IWGB organized a protest in front of the @rockstargames.com parent company Take-Two Interactive in London today
We'll make sure the credits are rolling on their corporate greed โ๏ธ
@gameworkers.co.uk
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
Open Letter to the Executive Leadership at Build A Rocket Boy
We stand in solidarity with employees and ex-employees at Build a Rocket Boy as they file legal claims through our union and publish an open letter, condemning the way in which theyโve been mistreated and discarded by the studioโs millionaire executives.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...
๐The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! ๐
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
If you like board games, consider supporting Drafts Workers with their strike fund: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/draughts-g...
Starbucksโ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Inspiring story and a hell of a lot of work from Call of Duty QA: shannonliao.substack.com/p/3-years-la...
Open Letter Relating to the UK Video Games Council - full version on our website https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-regarding-the-uk-video-games-council/
We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
Over 100 developers at risk of redundancy. It's time for every game dev to have job security and good working conditions.
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union here:
iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Protections against arbitrary dismissals, a policy around AI and credits for QA workers? ๐
Every game dev deserves a union! Congratulations to @codecwa.bsky.social for achieving union recognition with ZeniMax. ๐
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union at: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
๐จ TICKETS ARE LIVE! ๐จ
How do we kick the fash out of gaming? Join devs, players & organisers (and @chrisbratt.bsky.social!) July 11โ12 at Pelican House , London to find out.
Tickets on sale now โ buytickets.at/gamestransfo...
#SmashTheFash #GamesTransformedFestival
Helped make a horrible Doom mod on Saturday at the "Dada Doom!" Mod Jam in London, with a bunch of other very lovely folks:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1T...
Alt-Txt: Two people stand before multi-color strips of paper with text on them that stretch down an entire wall and onto the floor. The title of the installation "I Agree" appear in all caps on the wall, too.
Love this. In his โI Agreeโ installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
Stand up for trans rights ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Donate to @goodlawproject.bsky.social and help us fight the Supreme Courtโs harmful decision goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Any indie games studio folks, or product managers familiar with publishing platforms willing to have a chat with me before a job interview tomorrow? ๐
This has got rather out of hand already.
FKFJ website should be up within a week or so.
If you're interested in running an affiliated event, DM me, or drop me an email to get listed: jonty@jonty.co.uk
I will be taking all future meetings from webfishing. thx for your time.
store.steampowered.com/app/3146520/...
oh and I just checked out your work - PixelPop looks rad!
Heyyy! Thanks for thinking of me : )
This year is going to be smaller, with no exhibition and a 2 day conference instead (boo state of arts funding) but it would be great to see you : )
LMK if you fancy a coffee or anything
On Saturday, as world leaders gathered for the UNโs annual climate negotiations at COP29, we took to the streets as part of a worldwide call to demand climate justice.
There is no more time to delay our transition away from fossil fuels. It must happen now.
From FlashBrighton? : )
took me a while to get set up!
That's me!