Paolo Ruffino

2) it shows the transformative impact of unionisation. When Rockstar forced its employees to crunch 100-hour per week to complete Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2016-2018, there was no union to protect workers and organise demos. Now those who have been fired can at least hope to be treated justly.

1) it demonstrates how non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) make it almost impossible to scrutinise the gaming industry and hold employers accountable.

Grand Theft Auto studio accused of 'union busting' after sacking workers A union representing people in the gaming sector said 31 people were fired at Rockstar's UK studios.

BBC News has asked me to comment on Rockstar Games' recent decision to fire 30-40 staff members. @gameworkers.co.uk is accusing Rockstar of union busting. This story is important for at least two reasons.

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.

Join us at King’s on Nov 14th for this great event on Gaming Social Justice!

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture Education (online programmes)

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Digital Humanities Today: Critical Inquiry with and about the Digital From the 23-26 June 2026, the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London will host an international conference exploring the evolving role of Digital Humanities in a world increasingly ...

My department @kingsdh.bsky.social is organising a really exciting conference in June 2026 on the significance of the digital, very broadly intended, in our contemporary age. The deadline for the submission of abstracts and panel proposals is on 30/9/2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/digit...

Sorry it is really just a reproduction of the IKEA PS 1995 Clock, which is now back on sale

It's great to see that IKEA in Oxford Circus has installed a large reproduction of the Doomsday Clock at its entrance. This serves as a reminder to visitors that we are theoretically less than 2 minutes away from a potential nuclear catastrophe that could endanger all of humanity.

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway).

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DiGRA 2025 - Malta The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...

I’ll be co-leading an amazing workshop tomorrow at #digra2025 on Game Engine Cultures. We explore the implications of the widespread use of videogame engines in visual culture. Join us if you are in Malta (and are into this sort of things) digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...

Now available for advance ordering and/or free download…
Feral Class - Marc Garrett
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission
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Over the last year, your colleagues, comrades and friends at KCL have been harassed for defending Palestinian rights, upholding academic freedom and union activism. THIS is why we are balloting members NOW. But what exactly has been happening?

Curated by @danielnielsen.bsky.social‬ ‪@afrontiercity.bsky.social‬ and Anne Mette Thorhauge

Looking forward to the ICA post-conference Labour and Play in the Platform Society in Prague tomorrow. I will discuss my new project on the impact of videogame engines such as Unity and Unreal on creative workers in the UK gameproductionstudies.fsv.cuni.cz/2025/06/04/l... ‪

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DiGRA 2025 - Malta The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) conference is an international academic conference dedicated to the study of digital games and related phenomena. DiGRA is a global organization that pro...

Details and calls for all eighteen DiGRA 2025 workshops are up on the website! digraconference2025.org/calls-worksh...

Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.

I was really impressed by the level of critique and analysis at the World Through AI exhibition at Jeu de Paume in Paris. In particular the work calculatingempires.net by Vladan Joler and @katecrawford.bsky.social is absolutely worth the trip!

PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability at University of Salford Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

Very cool looking PhD studentship in gaming and sustainability at Uni of Salford here, working with @cultsociologist.bsky.social and Tom Brock. Interested to see the outcomes of this one! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMU434/p... #PhD #studentship #funding #GameStudies #EcoGames

My new collaboration with art magazine The Bunker Magazine is about videogames being modified, reinterpreted, hijacked, about videogames being toys. My last feature article discusses queering through modding, plundercore, machinima and virtual photography. [article in English]

Digital Futures Institute announces eleven new Fellows for 2025-26 Eleven interdisciplinary projects awarded Fellowships from the Digital Futures Institute for the 2025-26 cohort.

👏 Meet our eleven new Digital Futures Institute Fellows!

Congratulations @lboungr.bsky.social, Rowan Boyson, Mark Cote, Amrita Dhillon, Alex Gould, Elisabeth Kelan, @niccoloridi.bsky.social, Gabriele Salciute Civiliene, Astrid Van den Bossche, @jamiewoodcock.bsky.social & @lorenzoz.bsky.social 🔽

Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal The Department of Digital Humanities and the Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London are delighted to host the launch of the DISCO Network’s Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refus...

📚 Join us at King’s College London on 21 May for the launch of Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal, a book by @disconetwork.bsky.social exploring the possibilities that technoskepticism can create.

📍 Strand Campus and online, 17:30
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Paolo Ruffino: Gaming the Post-Anthropocene

On Thursday 10th I'll be speaking at the University of Westminster as part of the Virtual Realisms lecture series organised by Tadej Vindis and Teodora Alata. I'll talk about my current research on videogames and the (post-)Anthropocene www.westminster.ac.uk/events/paolo...

ICYMI: King’s College London is hiring 20 open-ended posts at L/SL level (Asst/Assoc Prof level) in AI + any subject. (Yes, that includes critical studies.) It’s 3 years of 80% “protected” research time, then 2 years to the standard requirements for an open-ended post. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...

Still a few days left to send us your abstract to the Game Engine Cultures workshop at DiGRA2025

Postgraduate scholarships at King's College London Faculty for Arts & Humanities for Black, Asian, and minority home students. Please share with those who might be interested. www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

A brilliant text by @therourke.net published on the occasion of our solo exhibition at @aksiomaorg.bsky.social in 2021. It predicts our present condition: we now live in a universe populated by deepfake Elon Musks who are everywhere, all the time.

Glad to announce the Game Engine Cultures workshop at DiGRA2025. Curated by Paolo Ruffino, Matteo Bittanti and Valentino Catricalà. Please send your abstract by April 4th. Workshop date: June 30th at the University of Malta drive.google.com/file/d/1A5pP...

Registration now open for the online townhall launch of Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives (ISSA): bit.ly/439e41h. Join us on 6 March to learn about our plans for #AI in screen heritage. Speakers from @kingsdh.bsky.social @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @FilmArchivesUK @BFI #film #TV #archives