Denman Rooke
@denmanrooke.com
Artist & owner at RÚCAĊ an indie studio making art & developing games https://www.rucach.com/
Art for Magic and D&D @magic.wizards.com
https://linktr.ee/denmanrooke
Union member of Game Workers Unite Ireland
Eco-socialist with People Before Profit
Art for Magic and D&D @magic.wizards.com
https://linktr.ee/denmanrooke
Union member of Game Workers Unite Ireland
Eco-socialist with People Before Profit
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Denman Rooke
@denmanrooke.com
· Jul 17
The team and I at @rucach.bsky.social are very excited to announce we're one of the teams for the IndieDev 2025 fund working on our game 'Valley of the Lost Abbey'.
Looking forward to sharing our dev progress over the next few months.
#IndieDev #IndieDev2025 #GameDev #IrishGameDev
Looking forward to sharing our dev progress over the next few months.
#IndieDev #IndieDev2025 #GameDev #IrishGameDev
Google search putting "AI Mode" all the way to the left where "All" used to be so you accidentally fucking click on it is such desperate behaviour to justify their sad, stupid investment. You know it's bad when they have to force you to use their new "technology". Nobody wants this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Google search putting "AI Mode" all the way to the left where "All" used to be so you accidentally fucking click on it is such desperate behaviour to justify their sad, stupid investment. You know it's bad when they have to force you to use their new "technology". Nobody wants this.
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We're hosting a public Meeting on 27 Nov 19:30 at Harbour Hotel in Galway together with Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour & Independents discussing what is next for the left following on from the presidential election.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We're hosting a public Meeting on 27 Nov 19:30 at Harbour Hotel in Galway together with Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour & Independents discussing what is next for the left following on from the presidential election.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.
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Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members.
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
Over 200 Rockstar staff write to management in support of unfairly fired union members - IWGB Game Workers
220 letters signed by staff members at Rockstar, the studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, were delivered to management at the company last week, demanding that the 31 employees fired are immedia...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members.
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...
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Work in games in Ireland? Join us 👉 fsunion.org/gwu/join
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November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Work in games in Ireland? Join us 👉 fsunion.org/gwu/join
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Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
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We were also joined by trade unionists from the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Germany!
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We were also joined by trade unionists from the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Germany!
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STJV statement: "Unions have always faced repression, the last resort of the weak to try to delay what is bound to happen... The STJV stands with IWGB Game Workers and all workers at Rockstar. We demand immediate reintegration for all our fired comrades, in the United Kingdom and in Canada.”
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
STJV statement: "Unions have always faced repression, the last resort of the weak to try to delay what is bound to happen... The STJV stands with IWGB Game Workers and all workers at Rockstar. We demand immediate reintegration for all our fired comrades, in the United Kingdom and in Canada.”
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Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
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But despite the shell shock, the Rockstar 31 (as well as three workers fired in Canada) are now preparing to fight what they believe to be the unlawful actions taken by Rockstar management.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
But despite the shell shock, the Rockstar 31 (as well as three workers fired in Canada) are now preparing to fight what they believe to be the unlawful actions taken by Rockstar management.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
I also spoke to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain about what to expect next.
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There's a cold brutality to this story that you'll only understand by hearing from the former employees themselves as they describe the "internal shame" and "profound sense of loss" that comes with being discarded in this way.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There's a cold brutality to this story that you'll only understand by hearing from the former employees themselves as they describe the "internal shame" and "profound sense of loss" that comes with being discarded in this way.
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I spoke to people who'd been with this company for more than a decade, who describe Rockstar and its games as a core part of their own identity.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I spoke to people who'd been with this company for more than a decade, who describe Rockstar and its games as a core part of their own identity.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
And yet those very same developers were escorted out of the office by security, with no chance to say goodbye to colleagues or to even clear their desks.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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The finest. Slán agus go raibh maith agat Micheal D Higgins. Fáilte ó chroí Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The finest. Slán agus go raibh maith agat Micheal D Higgins. Fáilte ó chroí Uachtarán na hÉireann Catherine Connolly.
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A quick pop into town on my lunch break to watch the inauguration of President Connolly with fellow Galway campaigners.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A quick pop into town on my lunch break to watch the inauguration of President Connolly with fellow Galway campaigners.
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Our new President, Catherine Connolly.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our new President, Catherine Connolly.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
A President for peace, justice and equality.
Well done to everyone in the movement which made this happen.
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A reminder that "centrist left" means "in favour of the people at the expense of the rich, unless it benefits the rich not to be" and "centrist right" means "in favour of the rich at the expense of the people, but eloquently".
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A reminder that "centrist left" means "in favour of the people at the expense of the rich, unless it benefits the rich not to be" and "centrist right" means "in favour of the rich at the expense of the people, but eloquently".
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perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
perhaps the most egregious thing that happened with the Future Class was when The Game Awards took money from Old Spice in the name of the FC & simply... pocketed it
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
it wasn't used to fund Future Class initiatives, it wasn't used to help lift marginalised developers
they just profited from us
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Something I put together a couple years ago when I was working on multiple different projects that needed feathers
August 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Something I put together a couple years ago when I was working on multiple different projects that needed feathers
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This is the truth about government rhetoric.
They want to distract from the fact they're responsible for the crises we face.
If they get away with this performative cruelty, homeless people will be next.
We have to stand against the establishment & their attempts to divide us.
They want to distract from the fact they're responsible for the crises we face.
If they get away with this performative cruelty, homeless people will be next.
We have to stand against the establishment & their attempts to divide us.
This is the truth about government rhetoric.
This is the truth about government rhetoric. They want to distract from the fact they're responsible for the crises we face. If they get away with this performative cruelty, homeless people will be next. We have to stand against the establishment & their attempts to divide us. #peoplebeforeprofit #PBP #PaulMurphyTD #Ireland #Tallaght #DublinSouthWest #Dublin #IrishPolitics __________________________________________________________________________________________ Keep up to date with Paul & his latest campaigns: https://linktr.ee/paulmurphytd Or follow him on social media: 👉 YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/@paulmurphy_td 👉 TWITTER | https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td 👉 INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/paulmurphy_td 👉 FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd 👉 TIKTOK | https://www.tiktok.com/@paulmurphy_td 👉 THREADS | https://www.threads.net/@paulmurphy_td 👉 WEBSITE | https://www.paulmurphytd.ie/ 🚨 Join People Before Profit: https://www.pbp.ie/ 🌱 Find out more about RISE: https://www.letusrise.ie/ ✅ Register to vote: https://www.voter.ie/signin/register-signin 📝Check out our policies here: https://www.pbp.ie/policies/
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November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is the truth about government rhetoric.
They want to distract from the fact they're responsible for the crises we face.
If they get away with this performative cruelty, homeless people will be next.
We have to stand against the establishment & their attempts to divide us.
They want to distract from the fact they're responsible for the crises we face.
If they get away with this performative cruelty, homeless people will be next.
We have to stand against the establishment & their attempts to divide us.
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We stand in solidarity with IWGB game workers in London who have been targeted by blatant union busting by Rockstar Games. This attack on workers organising in their workplace can not stand.
In one of the most shameless instances of union-busting Rockstar Games fired 30+ IWGB union members for NO OTHER REASON than to terrorize & silence them.
Join the IWGB protest!
Demand reinstatement!
📅 Thursday, 6 November
🕙 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD
Join the IWGB protest!
Demand reinstatement!
📅 Thursday, 6 November
🕙 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We stand in solidarity with IWGB game workers in London who have been targeted by blatant union busting by Rockstar Games. This attack on workers organising in their workplace can not stand.
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Union bashing at Rockstar : an injury to one is an injury to all
Union bashing at Rockstar : an injury to one is an injury to all – STJV
Last week Rockstar Games, known for the GTA franchise, fired around thirty workers who where members of an IWGB union chat group on Discord . This act of retali
www.stjv.fr
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Union bashing at Rockstar : an injury to one is an injury to all
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NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information
Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"I would appeal to anyone protesting outside any IPAS centre to think about what impact you're having, protesting outside children's homes at this stage."
It’s very important that those of us who stand for the working class and ordinary people in this country must speak the truth at this moment.
It’s very important that those of us who stand for the working class and ordinary people in this country must speak the truth at this moment.
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"I would appeal to anyone protesting outside any IPAS centre to think about what impact you're having, protesting outside children's homes at this stage."
It’s very important that those of us who stand for the working class and ordinary people in this country must speak the truth at this moment.
It’s very important that those of us who stand for the working class and ordinary people in this country must speak the truth at this moment.