Dr. Emma Vossen

Brain-fog-riddent #journorequest, but, for The Verge, I want to hear from gaming accessibility folks about where we are heading into 2026. What's going well, what's slowed down, what's to come? Is 2026 going to be a better year for accessibility? Hit me up in DMs or at the details in my bio.

Also no mention of the general strike that was part of this today.

Zero.

Corporate media doesn’t want you to know this was a general strike

Kinda incredible it was only four days ago that the US launched an unprovoked attack on another country, kidnapped its head of state and announced it was now “running” it and there have already been 2 or 3 other crises since then that have bumped it from the top of the news cycle

If you haven't already, January is a good time to cancel your Xbox Game Pass in solidarity with Palestine. Read more about the boycott on our website and sign our pledge at nogamesforgenocide.com

If you're a video game worker looking to have a stronger voice on the job, stop corporate greed and get better pay, benefits and more, join @videogameworkers.bsky.social and build worker power to change the gaming industry for good.

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We've updated our Gamers for Palestine leaflet to include updated resources, organisations and calls to action including @nogamesforgenocide.com! Let's get organised, gamers!

If you print/use the leaflet, snap pics and tag us!

Find the printable PDF in B&W and colour at linktr.ee/gameassist

Call of Duty is published by Activision Blizzard, which is owned by Microsoft - so it's on the boycott list!

It'd be a huge service if people would provide their signatures and HARD boycott Xbox

Fuck you Microsoft

The BDS movement is partnering with @nogamesforgenocide.com. Together we can help end Microsoft’s technological support of Israel illegal apartheid regime and genocide in Gaza.

Sign the pledge to boycott Microsoft’s Xbox.

Read more: loom.ly/1FQEDiA

No Games For Genocide Wants You To Boycott Xbox A collective of video game workers, journalists, and union organizers recently announced a pledge to boycott Xbox for Palestine

If you've been wondering why some folks are boycotting Xbox right now, here's a decent update from, of all places, Kotaku and the Palestinian BDS movement and No Games for Genocide.

Remember, withholding your dollars and engagement are two of the best ways to influence corporate policy!

If you’re a representative of an organisation, such as a game development studio or games media outlet and want to sign on behalf of the whole organisation, have clarifying questions or want help pressuring your organization to end complicity, contact hello@nogamesforgenocide.com

Palestinians call on everyone to sign the Boycott Xbox pledge today. Viable gaming alternatives exist. Genocide is not a game.

Go to nogamesforgenocide.com to sign the pledge and for more details on how to take action.

Microsoft’s Xbox is a priority BDS target.

Call to action for gamers, streamers, journalists, game workers ⬇️

A graphic which uses the colours of the Palestinian flag: white, black, red and green. Text at the top reads “No games for genocide”, and text at the bottom reads “Boycott Xbox, Sign the pledge”, with the website nogamesforgenocide.com below. In the middle of the graphic is an icon of a fist punching upwards, splitting a missile in half. One half of the broken missile has the Xbox logo on it, and the other half has the Microsoft logo on it.

SIGN OUR BOYCOTT XBOX PLEDGE: We are asking gamers, game workers, streamers & journalists to join us in boycotting & divesting from Xbox, to force Microsoft to end its complicity in the genocide of Palestinians.

We’ve provided concrete actions everyone can take. Sign here: nogamesforgenocide.com

Tony & Tanille's 15h Telethon Fundraiser YouTube video by Tanille Johnston

Cute that since Tanille Johnston raised enough to make it through to the next stage of NDP leadership, she’s teaming up to try to get Tony McQuail across the finish line.

Deadline is tonight. I gotta say the camaraderie on display from these two is pretty endearing
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.

So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.

Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...

Enjoy!

@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...

Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon

I've been slowly making my way through this collection and it's quite good. Should be required reading for anyone who talks about games for a living. Also a painful read as someone who left the academy in part because of how impoverished the support for my work was.

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Incidentally, if anyone wants to commission a piece that talks about how the narratives in this book speak to the persistent rift between academic game studies and popular games criticism, hit me the fuck up.

Oh hell yeah.

Elon Musk Really Doesn't Get 'The Lord of the Rings' Musk has recently used Tolkien references to push anti-immigration messaging, as has the Department of Homeland security. They've got it all backwards.

Elon Musk's bad Lord of the Rings tweets have Tolkien scholars horrified. from @johnsemley3000.bsky.social, magnificent art by @anjalinair.bsky.social

😂😂😂😂 would love to see that!

I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:

YouTube video by Hippolyte 🪐 The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

The blood on our Controllers - The Complicity of the Game Industry in the Palestinian Genocide

Is OUT!!

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Just beat this one! Loved it and will be playing again! 🎲🎲🎲🎲

I was interviewed for this article in Wired about how the far right is using and abusing LOTR in their social posts to gain support for their bullshit:

Elon Musk Really Doesn't Get 'The Lord of the Rings' Musk has recently used Tolkien references to push anti-immigration messaging, as has the Department of Homeland security. They've got it all backwards.

Actual Tolkien nerd @johnsemley3000.bsky.social went deep on how poorly Elon Musk, MAGA, and other right-wing tech bros understand the Lord of the Rings. And can we all just admire this art by @anjalinair.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...