Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA
@jdespland.bsky.social
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📫 2025 was a pivotal, and intense, year for the STJV ! Since the video game general strike #GG25 in February, no less than 6 new STJV union sections have been created and are going public.
A warm welcome to our comrades at Gameloft, Asobo, Million Victories, Kalank, Shiro Games and Iconik ! ✊
A warm welcome to our comrades at Gameloft, Asobo, Million Victories, Kalank, Shiro Games and Iconik ! ✊
December 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📫 2025 was a pivotal, and intense, year for the STJV ! Since the video game general strike #GG25 in February, no less than 6 new STJV union sections have been created and are going public.
A warm welcome to our comrades at Gameloft, Asobo, Million Victories, Kalank, Shiro Games and Iconik ! ✊
A warm welcome to our comrades at Gameloft, Asobo, Million Victories, Kalank, Shiro Games and Iconik ! ✊
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this is the union-busting company that fired an organizer back in 2019
ustwo (the parent company of ustwo games, makers of Monument Valley) is apparently into AI now
ustwo.com/ai/
ustwo.com/ai/
AI x ustwo | We're building people-first AI
Explore how we can combine deep AI expertise with rapid experimentation to accelerate your next breakthrough.
ustwo.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
this is the union-busting company that fired an organizer back in 2019
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This is true and always comes back to labor. Developers *love* to spend months beautifully optimizing geometry, levels, code etc. The problem is the boss's spreadsheet says you can save labor costs by dumping it in Nanite and Lumen and it looks good enough, so thats what ships.
This hasn't been a priority of any AAA studios for a long while and honestly it is you the end user who is footing the bill.
The vast majority of games push your hardware through inefficiency rather than spectacle or quality.
You can do a whole lot more with current pcs then you get.
The vast majority of games push your hardware through inefficiency rather than spectacle or quality.
You can do a whole lot more with current pcs then you get.
Please 🙏. I don’t even care about the RAM shortage I just think it would be cool to have my game optimized to play on an oldish PC.
December 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is true and always comes back to labor. Developers *love* to spend months beautifully optimizing geometry, levels, code etc. The problem is the boss's spreadsheet says you can save labor costs by dumping it in Nanite and Lumen and it looks good enough, so thats what ships.
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Larian CEO Swen Vincke says everyone at the Baldur’s Gate 3 studio is “more or less OK” with the way AI is being used on its new game. We’re not so sure about that.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Larian CEO Swen Vincke says everyone at the Baldur’s Gate 3 studio is “more or less OK” with the way AI is being used on its new game. We’re not so sure about that.
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BREAKING NEWS: Video game workers at Ubisoft Halifax have won union certification with CWA Canada! The Nova Scotia Labour Board granted certification today after 74% of staff voted Yes. Welcome to our newest members! The new unit includes about 60 workers. Now let’s negotiate a great contract!
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Video game workers at Ubisoft Halifax have won union certification with CWA Canada! The Nova Scotia Labour Board granted certification today after 74% of staff voted Yes. Welcome to our newest members! The new unit includes about 60 workers. Now let’s negotiate a great contract!
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Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
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Every liberal saying this aggression against Venezuela is out of nowhere can eat my shit and hair
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Every liberal saying this aggression against Venezuela is out of nowhere can eat my shit and hair
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too funny. the Victims of Communism memorial now won’t show any names because too many of them could be linked to nazis. this thing never should have been built — and should still be removed!
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Historians raised alarms years ago. Ottawa changed course only after the memorial opened.
ottawacitizen.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
too funny. the Victims of Communism memorial now won’t show any names because too many of them could be linked to nazis. this thing never should have been built — and should still be removed!
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i can't believe peter molyneux admitted to using AI for game development
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
i can't believe peter molyneux admitted to using AI for game development
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if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.
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I spoke with some of the lovely folks at @videogameworkers.bsky.social outside this year's Game Awards ceremony.
They had a lot to say.
I sincerely hope workers in the UK follow their fine example.
www.videogamer.com/features/fea...
They had a lot to say.
I sincerely hope workers in the UK follow their fine example.
www.videogamer.com/features/fea...
“They never talk about us,” say union protesters fighting back at The Game Awards
Outside The Game Awards in LA, we sat down with protest leaders fighting for a better future for the industry. They’re playing on hard mode, but they have a plan.
www.videogamer.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I spoke with some of the lovely folks at @videogameworkers.bsky.social outside this year's Game Awards ceremony.
They had a lot to say.
I sincerely hope workers in the UK follow their fine example.
www.videogamer.com/features/fea...
They had a lot to say.
I sincerely hope workers in the UK follow their fine example.
www.videogamer.com/features/fea...
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Re-sharing this story today and every day this week cause I can't thank the people who spoke to me enough and you should read it for their sakes at least, also can't believe I forgot to tag @videogameworkers.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social the first time wccftech.com/cwa-canada-t...
Protests at Rockstar Stretch to Rockstar Toronto As Local Game Devs, Academics, and CWA Canada Reps Stand With Fired Workers
A group of CWA Canada reps, local Toronto game devs, and academics protested at Rockstar Toronto in solidarity with the 34 fired workers.
wccftech.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Re-sharing this story today and every day this week cause I can't thank the people who spoke to me enough and you should read it for their sakes at least, also can't believe I forgot to tag @videogameworkers.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social the first time wccftech.com/cwa-canada-t...
i don't think the CEO of the business that exists to make a profit will listen to your arguments about how using AI takes the fun and enjoyment out of making games
December 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
i don't think the CEO of the business that exists to make a profit will listen to your arguments about how using AI takes the fun and enjoyment out of making games
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Solidarity with the @videogameworkers.bsky.social team! Hope more people hear our voices instead of those at the helm of this industry.
Before the Game Awards in LA last week, a US video game workers union turned up to protest. "Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards
Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left games ‘being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Solidarity with the @videogameworkers.bsky.social team! Hope more people hear our voices instead of those at the helm of this industry.
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The easiest way to emigrate to Canada after WWII was to claim you were an anti-communist and the easiest way to prove you were anti-communist was to present your literal Nazi service records. Canada was basically Argentina with moose and maple syrup.
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The easiest way to emigrate to Canada after WWII was to claim you were an anti-communist and the easiest way to prove you were anti-communist was to present your literal Nazi service records. Canada was basically Argentina with moose and maple syrup.
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new game for 7DFPS
polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...
polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
new game for 7DFPS
polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...
polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...
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It's quite telling that Rockstar keeps alluding to the fact that the workers they fired did something wrong without actually showing what they did wrong.
It would be easy to prove if they actually have the information they claim to have.
It would be easy to prove if they actually have the information they claim to have.
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's quite telling that Rockstar keeps alluding to the fact that the workers they fired did something wrong without actually showing what they did wrong.
It would be easy to prove if they actually have the information they claim to have.
It would be easy to prove if they actually have the information they claim to have.
you know a union was doing something right with an action when a boss is having a crashout about it on social media
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
you know a union was doing something right with an action when a boss is having a crashout about it on social media
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December 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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165 employees at id Software just unionized. Their latest game, Doom: The Dark Ages, won for accessibility at last night's Game Awards https://kotaku.com/doom-id-software-union-microsoft-xbox-cwa-2000653008
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
165 employees at id Software just unionized. Their latest game, Doom: The Dark Ages, won for accessibility at last night's Game Awards https://kotaku.com/doom-id-software-union-microsoft-xbox-cwa-2000653008
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How do they make the food in anime look SO delicious
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
How do they make the food in anime look SO delicious
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Love seeing the incredible art @videogameworkers.bsky.social puts out. My fellow union members are so damn talented. 🥲
We gather here at PEACOCK SQUARE, 2-4 PM PT TODAY to celebrate the life of a once vibrant game industry, killed far too soon by greedy bosses. Wear your mourning fit, and join us for a candlelight vigil in front of The Game Awards, because THE INDUSTRY IS DEAD!
actionnetwork.org/events/the-i...
actionnetwork.org/events/the-i...
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Love seeing the incredible art @videogameworkers.bsky.social puts out. My fellow union members are so damn talented. 🥲