Tom Goodwin

YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

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Weird that there's been no leaks from 30+ people supposedly leaking information! I'm sure there's nothing to that and Rockstar is telling the truth here. After all, why would they lie about union busting after being caught union busting?

Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals! Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...

Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.

Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.

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wild how puberty blockers work completely differently on cis kids (safe, reservable) from trans kids (terrifying, dangerous)

This seems outrageously cruel.

And just a handful of months before these folks would have been set to enjoy the release of one of the biggest games of their careers too.

The imbalance of power in the games industry remains utterly fucked.

NYT Magazine headline “‘I'm on Fire': Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive - and Then Some There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won't cover it. Many doctors won't prescribe it. It's become a cultural phenomenon.”

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”

when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

i hope people see this recent microsoft news as proof of BDS' effectiveness; especially in regard to raising publicity and encouraging action from microsoft employees and it inspires more people to join in keeping the pressure on these unrepentantly imperialist tech companies

whenever a dev gets fired as a result of a right wing campaign, no matter what they have or haven’t done, it’s sending a message to the braying mob that they alone have executive power to get anyone they don’t like fired

uhhh incredible

if you watch the tech industry long enough you learn the promised benefits never materialize but the unforeseen harms continue to be perpetuated long after the companies move on to the next big thing yet governments are too worried about scaring away investment to do anything

If you cannot go to the bathroom at work, you cannot go to work. If you cannot go to the bathroom at school, you cannot go to school. This effectively bans transgender people from a broad swath of public life in the UK

I've only played the first two but they were some very entertaining 7/10 games

Several people in suits reach towards a man with glasses sitting at a table, holding a microphone. The latter speaks into the microphone, while the former attempt to stop him.

Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.

Every time trans people ask "do you think they'll stop at this?" you need to immediately take it seriously. Remember when they said evangelicals and terfs won't stop at trans athletes? all queer people were on the chopping block, they just started with the easiest target.

it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦

Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’”

post text: “I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.”

The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

probably not shocking that all the torchbearers for this stuff nowadays are queer, truly as it should be

nobody hits that absolute chaos in the same way as dillinger did... i can only suggest somewhat similar messy dissonant vibes from the callous daoboys, for your health and dreamwell - as well as pupil slicer as already mentioned

There were assault/abuse allegations against someone in the band and they did kick them out, but there are claims that they knew about it for a good while before doing anything about it

...also a little surprised to see Roman Candle on there after everything...

Aye but at THAT price I can only afford the Friday...

Yeah it's an absolute romp but beyond the cheese grater that is barely used, there's nothing that hits in the same way as that one. I brought a pal to see it and he was absolutely appalled and I was having a delightful time thank you evil dead 2013. That nail gun...

the lesson here is do not under any circumstances make a corporation a good game. dont make them a bad game either. what should you make? well its not exactly clear

"What's Up, People?!" by Maximum the Hormone as featured in Death Note opening two (2007)

I just took my theory test recently, let me know if you have any hot questions!

truly rip browsing through shelves of Sold Out games at three for a tenner

happy 31!!

andrei rublev open world game

IWGB Game Workers Union The Game Workers branch of the IWGB is a worker-led, democratic trade union that represents and advocates for UK game workers' rights.

With the influx of new game dev folk it's time for the most important reminder: join a union!

www.gameworkers.co.uk