Austin Kelmore
@austinkelmore.com
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.austinkelmore.com
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Austin Kelmore
@austinkelmore.com
· Oct 17
Welcome new followers! I've been making video games for over 17 years now, which is a long time.
I co-founded and help run the IWGB Game Workers, which is the UK's largest game worker union. www.gameworkers.co.uk
I also co-founded and help run www.gameworkersolidarity.com.
And I have two cats!
I co-founded and help run the IWGB Game Workers, which is the UK's largest game worker union. www.gameworkers.co.uk
I also co-founded and help run www.gameworkersolidarity.com.
And I have two cats!
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We offer our total solidarity to the workers at Arkane Lyon featured in this video who are standing up to their employers in defense of their ideals.
December 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We offer our total solidarity to the workers at Arkane Lyon featured in this video who are standing up to their employers in defense of their ideals.
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#OtD 27 Dec 2021 Riot Games was ordered to pay out $100 million in settlement over gender discrimination. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2021-12-riot-games-ordered-to-pay-100-million
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#OtD 27 Dec 2021 Riot Games was ordered to pay out $100 million in settlement over gender discrimination. https://www.gameworkersolidarity.com/action/2021-12-riot-games-ordered-to-pay-100-million
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Some people you defeat, not convince.
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Some people you defeat, not convince.
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I've started to see arguments that we have to get used to AI Slop coding even if it isn't great, because it's fast. Humans could go faster, too, if they're allowed to turn in stuff that only sometimes works. Such a fascinating double standard that will in no way come back to haunt, naw.
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I've started to see arguments that we have to get used to AI Slop coding even if it isn't great, because it's fast. Humans could go faster, too, if they're allowed to turn in stuff that only sometimes works. Such a fascinating double standard that will in no way come back to haunt, naw.
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge.
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge.
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
I'm excited about all three gifts I got for Christmas.
Especially excited to make some of the food as it looks incredible.
Especially excited to make some of the food as it looks incredible.
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm excited about all three gifts I got for Christmas.
Especially excited to make some of the food as it looks incredible.
Especially excited to make some of the food as it looks incredible.
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help us hit 2000 before the end of the year? that's all i want for christmas 🎅🏽
We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge.
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
help us hit 2000 before the end of the year? that's all i want for christmas 🎅🏽
We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge.
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge.
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone?
nogamesforgenocide.com
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Hollywood has been HUGELY anti-communist, so entrusting them to tell a complicated story of Communism and power entrenchment in an animated kids film seems... fraught.
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hollywood has been HUGELY anti-communist, so entrusting them to tell a complicated story of Communism and power entrenchment in an animated kids film seems... fraught.
TIL there's going to be an animated movie of Animal Farm.
I have... thoughts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wL...
I have... thoughts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wL...
Animal Farm | Andy Serkis | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 1 | Angel
YouTube video by Angel
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
TIL there's going to be an animated movie of Animal Farm.
I have... thoughts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wL...
I have... thoughts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8wL...
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This was one of the worst years I've had in a long time but I also managed to do a lot of stuff I'm proud of. So here's a thread of it all to celebrate some joy. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This was one of the worst years I've had in a long time but I also managed to do a lot of stuff I'm proud of. So here's a thread of it all to celebrate some joy. 1/
I love how they talk about the specific ratio of 1-on-1s to meetings they go to and how that changes during campaigns.
firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
Building Organizing Networks through 1-on-1 Conversations
This post analyzes two types of activists: “floaters” who attend events without deep engagement, and “builders” who cultivate meaningful relationships through 1-on-1 convers…
firewithfire.blog
December 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I love how they talk about the specific ratio of 1-on-1s to meetings they go to and how that changes during campaigns.
firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
I don't ever talk about my day job on here for two main reasons:
1. I don't own any of the work I do and I'm not giving out free publicity to capitalists to make even more money for themselves.
2. I talk a lot about unions and revolution and it's nice to not have that tied back to my job.
1. I don't own any of the work I do and I'm not giving out free publicity to capitalists to make even more money for themselves.
2. I talk a lot about unions and revolution and it's nice to not have that tied back to my job.
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I don't ever talk about my day job on here for two main reasons:
1. I don't own any of the work I do and I'm not giving out free publicity to capitalists to make even more money for themselves.
2. I talk a lot about unions and revolution and it's nice to not have that tied back to my job.
1. I don't own any of the work I do and I'm not giving out free publicity to capitalists to make even more money for themselves.
2. I talk a lot about unions and revolution and it's nice to not have that tied back to my job.
This was one of the worst years I've had in a long time but I also managed to do a lot of stuff I'm proud of. So here's a thread of it all to celebrate some joy. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This was one of the worst years I've had in a long time but I also managed to do a lot of stuff I'm proud of. So here's a thread of it all to celebrate some joy. 1/
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Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki donated $2.5 million to Trump's White House ballroom project, per NYT
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki donated $2.5 million to Trump's White House ballroom project, per NYT
I went climbing at the gym today and hardly anyone was there. It was perfect and I look forward to going again during the break.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I went climbing at the gym today and hardly anyone was there. It was perfect and I look forward to going again during the break.
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Thanks for having us!!! Go have a listen to the new Red Barrels episode to hear more about our campaign ❤️🔥
On top of that we talk games (KOTOR and Hyrule Warriors), the Horses controversy, and most excitingly have an exclusive interview with Sara from @nogamesforgenocide.com! It's a massive banger episode!
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December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for having us!!! Go have a listen to the new Red Barrels episode to hear more about our campaign ❤️🔥
Hades 2 is so damn thirsty and never gives the player a drink.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hades 2 is so damn thirsty and never gives the player a drink.
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I miss my friend. I know he is better off but I still want him here. He was such a good boy.
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I miss my friend. I know he is better off but I still want him here. He was such a good boy.
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Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please do not purchase Luck be a Landlord on Xbox. I will be making a $10,000 donation to The Palestine Children's Relief Fund to (hopefully) help offset the revenue the game has generated for Microsoft.
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I have my students write three-sentence summaries of articles and then read them aloud in class, to see how different summaries are depending on the things that most interest you. We map overlaps and differences to help them understand why trusting a supposed summary machine short-circuits thinking.
being conversant in the scholarly discussions within a discipline or a field is different from reading random summaries
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I have my students write three-sentence summaries of articles and then read them aloud in class, to see how different summaries are depending on the things that most interest you. We map overlaps and differences to help them understand why trusting a supposed summary machine short-circuits thinking.
I am FINALLY able to catch up on email that's been building up for a month or so now. Ooph.
Feels so good to clean out that inbox.
Feels so good to clean out that inbox.
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am FINALLY able to catch up on email that's been building up for a month or so now. Ooph.
Feels so good to clean out that inbox.
Feels so good to clean out that inbox.
I've been through and around a LOT of layoffs, these past few years has been way more than normal and the way they've been handled has been way, way worse.
If you've been impacted by the games industry layoffs, please understand that this is not normal. Something has been different since 2022. Its not you, its impacted tens of thousands of people. If you feel alone, DM me or look to community. Talking to others who've been through it helps a TON.
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I've been through and around a LOT of layoffs, these past few years has been way more than normal and the way they've been handled has been way, way worse.