Sr. QA Analyst for hire, Warcraft Wiki admin, and Antioch Remastered co-creator.
In the earliest days of Hollywood, passionate actors and writers were regularly exploited and mistreated by their bosses. But that all changed when they recognized one simple truth: They were stronger together. And so are we.
The value proposition of working at an AAA studio was that you were trading independence and agency for stability, and that if the game did well, you would keep your job, and if the game did badly, you might lose it. Obviously it wasn’t that cut and dry, but you get it. Now? You just lose your job.
These game dev layoffs were 100% avoidable. And I mean it. Not just today’s.
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.
a worker on the scaffolding turns around and a spotlight finds him. it's lin-manuel miranda! he begins to rap about john f kennedy. we've been had
The irony is they are replacing all their non-union humans with agents run by a single organization that can demand changes in wages (aka token costs) overnight without bargaining.
