Chris Bratt

Oh yeah if Polanski doesn’t win, I’m going to have an extra £5 per month to spend. Thankfully all the momentum does seem to behind him over “we need to be taken seriously in Westminster”

(I know the Greens occupy that space for a lot of people and I am already a member ready to vote Zack Polanski next month)

These aren’t paying members (yet!), but Labour’s last membership count was 300K with one member leaving every 10 minutes back in Feb…

I’m enjoying feeling hopeful this morning!

Adult games are forcing the game industry into a spiritual crisis Itchio joins Steam in pulling games due to pressure from extreme groups with an ongoing campaign aimed at payment processors

I've looked & I could have missed it, maybe its saved in their drafts but @ukieofficial.bsky.social TIGA, BFI, that new video game council. Which UK body representing games is stepping up to publicly speak about the mass censorship of the cultural form they represent?
www.polygon.com/news/615910/...

It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.

Chloe Kelly’s goal celebration face is the exact look my sister used to give me behind our mum’s back when I was being told off

What a delight it's been to see Mark go from strength to strength with his game dev. I can't believe how good this looks. Well done GMTK!!

Just 11 hours left to submit your games, game assets, tools, tilesets, soundtracks, music packs, zines, artbooks, short fiction, comics, whatever you got(!) to the Play for Palestine charity drive.

Funds go directly to the UNRWA in support of direct humanitarian aid in Palestine! Info below. 🇵🇸🍉🎮

I NEED YOUR HELP.

We're down to the last 30+ hours of the games submission for the Play for Palestine charity drive and we are at 258 submissions. I'm hoping we can hit 300 by the close 🇵🇸

Link: itch.io/jam/games-fo...

BIG THREAD BELOW 🧵/

The Games Transformed 2025 timetable is LIVE!

High res and text version available in bio

TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

This is such a wonderful idea! If you’re a game dev and want to contribute something, there’s still a few days left to do so 🇵🇸

Thanks for the heads up, I’d not seen that!

Let’s. Fucking. Go.

language like this is so insulting, imo. is it a compulsory thing for CEOs to need to brag while laying people off?

Some figures to keep in mind today as Xbox makes these layoffs

Microsoft Begins Deep Job Cuts Across Xbox Division European subsidiaries such as King were informed about the job cuts on Wednesday

BREAKING: Mass layoffs at Xbox have started. Candy Crush maker King told employees that it is cutting 10% of staff, or 200 jobs. Bethesda's Europe offices were hit too. U.S. offices are expected to inform people this morning. More to come shortly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

CMAT on the Pyramid Stage in Glastonbury where she gave the most joy-filled performance imaginable and oh my WORD, I wish I had been there.

👑

Thought I’d get in there before you deactivate the account out of the blue

EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops Behold, the tallest chart in Game File history. PLUS: EA execs were paid (a little) more for boosting generative AI

NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago

Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart

To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL

Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...

🎤🎤 @chrisbratt.bsky.social WILL BE AT 🎤🎤

GAMES TRANSFORMED 25

Appearing on the panel: What can the left learn from struggles in the games industry?

Tickets: gamestransformed.co.uk

Interesting UK read in light of Mamdani's brilliant win* last night...

*It has been so nice being online today omg

Microsoft Plans Major Job Cuts at Xbox Gaming Division The video-game division’s latest round of layoffs is expected next week

Breaking: Microsoft is planning major job cuts at Xbox that will begin next week, sources tell Bloomberg News. Not yet clear how many people, but it's expected to be big. This will be the fourth mass layoff at Xbox in the last 18 months. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!

We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!

Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.

TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

You can’t argue with the fact that they are both well known globally, Luke

Incredible

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

My pleasure! I’ve just left this morning, but Baltimore is GREAT.

Text from an Al Jazeera article including a quote from one of the journalists onboard.

The Freedom Flotilla is moments away from being intercepted by the Israeli military and I’ve barely seen any coverage from the UK press.

Al Jazeera is providing live updates here:

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...

is being terminally online bad for you? yes

does it make you less happy than your offline friends? absolutely

is there anything that matches the high of a poster's ragnarok? there is not, and that's why we can never log off