Simon P
@pixelpoutine.bsky.social
Game Designer at Bethesda Game Studios Montréal. Union organizer at One BGS (CWA Canada Local 30111). My opinions are my own and do not reflect my employer.
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I really do think this is true.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I really do think this is true.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
Game idea: catalog house construction simulator.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Game idea: catalog house construction simulator.
It’s nice seeing people wax nostalgic about old Gameloft games I worked on like Dungeon Hunter. The 2010 kids with the hand-me-down iPhones are now young adults, and that’s what they played back then.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s nice seeing people wax nostalgic about old Gameloft games I worked on like Dungeon Hunter. The 2010 kids with the hand-me-down iPhones are now young adults, and that’s what they played back then.
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Union comrades - does your union have some sort of relief for people currently going through something? Be it a dispute, casework, organizing drive, etc?
Could you tell me (or even better link me) about the policy and how it works?
Could you tell me (or even better link me) about the policy and how it works?
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Union comrades - does your union have some sort of relief for people currently going through something? Be it a dispute, casework, organizing drive, etc?
Could you tell me (or even better link me) about the policy and how it works?
Could you tell me (or even better link me) about the policy and how it works?
fuck, Killian is such a cool name, why didn’t I pick that name for my kid? maybe it’s not too late. he’s not even a teenager yet. Killian won’t mind
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
fuck, Killian is such a cool name, why didn’t I pick that name for my kid? maybe it’s not too late. he’s not even a teenager yet. Killian won’t mind
City councillors in Montreal make something like $50k CAD, which is peanuts in this city. This encourages only the wealthy or folks with passive income (like landlords) to run.
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
City councillors in Montreal make something like $50k CAD, which is peanuts in this city. This encourages only the wealthy or folks with passive income (like landlords) to run.
Three of the union-busted Rockstar employees were in Canada. If anyone knows them could you please put me in contact? Fellow union organizer (at Bethesda in my case) would love to chat and pick their brains and offer support. #rockstar #union #gtavi
a group of monkeys in a cage with the word solidarite written in white letters
Alt: a group of monkeys in a cage with the word solidarite written in white letters. The monkeys are standing up.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I wonder if there’s a Facebook group for the New York Tims
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I wonder if there’s a Facebook group for the New York Tims
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If the clocks roll back due to daylight savings ending during game seven of the world series that unlocks an infinite inning overflow glitch
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If the clocks roll back due to daylight savings ending during game seven of the world series that unlocks an infinite inning overflow glitch
maybe the real world championship was the friends we made along the way
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
maybe the real world championship was the friends we made along the way
Saskatchewan doesn’t do daylight savings time. Saskatchewan is more advanced. There, i said it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Saskatchewan doesn’t do daylight savings time. Saskatchewan is more advanced. There, i said it.
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I love the idea that there are a bunch of Fallout 76 players unknowingly playing with John Carpenter
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I love the idea that there are a bunch of Fallout 76 players unknowingly playing with John Carpenter
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
Reposted by Simon P
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Imagine what A.I. features would have been shoehorned into Steam over the past few years if Valve was publicly traded.
Alternate universe Simon is complaining about his Steam+ subscription going up to twenty bucks a month just for Alyx Assistant to talk to me while I’m playing Factorio.
Alternate universe Simon is complaining about his Steam+ subscription going up to twenty bucks a month just for Alyx Assistant to talk to me while I’m playing Factorio.
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Imagine what A.I. features would have been shoehorned into Steam over the past few years if Valve was publicly traded.
Alternate universe Simon is complaining about his Steam+ subscription going up to twenty bucks a month just for Alyx Assistant to talk to me while I’m playing Factorio.
Alternate universe Simon is complaining about his Steam+ subscription going up to twenty bucks a month just for Alyx Assistant to talk to me while I’m playing Factorio.
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Exciting news!! Game workers have united to form the first game workers union in Brazil, @sindjogos.bsky.social! ✊
🔥Evento histórico! 🔥 Vem aí a criação do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Indústria de Jogos e Desenvolvimento de Games do Estado De São Paulo.
O sindicato representa a resposta coletiva a anos de precarização, exploração e abusos que têm marcado o setor no estado [...]
O sindicato representa a resposta coletiva a anos de precarização, exploração e abusos que têm marcado o setor no estado [...]
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Exciting news!! Game workers have united to form the first game workers union in Brazil, @sindjogos.bsky.social! ✊
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We don’t get to choose the times we’re born into, but we can try to shape the time our grandkids will be born into.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We don’t get to choose the times we’re born into, but we can try to shape the time our grandkids will be born into.
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Thinking about competing with Steam?
Think about how big Fortnite is, and then about how small EGS.
Then count the amount of Fortnites you have. Is it more than Epic? Then how are you going to get more market share than they have?
Think about how big Fortnite is, and then about how small EGS.
Then count the amount of Fortnites you have. Is it more than Epic? Then how are you going to get more market share than they have?
To compete with Steam you must first:
- Make something as good as Half-Life 1 then 2
- Find a new method of distribution that nobody else has done, at the same time that the old one is dying
- Fail for 5 years with zero competition
- Release killer apps as good as Portal and Team Fortress 2
- Make something as good as Half-Life 1 then 2
- Find a new method of distribution that nobody else has done, at the same time that the old one is dying
- Fail for 5 years with zero competition
- Release killer apps as good as Portal and Team Fortress 2
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Thinking about competing with Steam?
Think about how big Fortnite is, and then about how small EGS.
Then count the amount of Fortnites you have. Is it more than Epic? Then how are you going to get more market share than they have?
Think about how big Fortnite is, and then about how small EGS.
Then count the amount of Fortnites you have. Is it more than Epic? Then how are you going to get more market share than they have?
I'm not really following baseball too well but I enjoy how happy it's making everyone.
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I'm not really following baseball too well but I enjoy how happy it's making everyone.
Look at these characters from the 1993 adventure game "Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure", look at them!
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Look at these characters from the 1993 adventure game "Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure", look at them!
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NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
Halo co-creator says ICE’s Halo-themed recruitment ad “makes me sick”
Another Halo maker says ad "ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation." ALSO: A developer whose game just launched on Xbox slams Microsoft’s silence
www.gamefile.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
NEW: I spoke to original Halo devs about that ICE Halo post
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
One: "abhorrent”
Another: "Using Halo imagery in a call to ‘destroy’ people because of their immigration status goes way too far, and ought to offend every Halo fan, regardless of political orientation”
www.gamefile.news/p/halo-ice-d...
Did Amazon’s Montreal game studio also get hit today’s layoffs? I sure hope not, they just announced their game a few weeks ago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Did Amazon’s Montreal game studio also get hit today’s layoffs? I sure hope not, they just announced their game a few weeks ago.
"Pothole" in French translates literally to "chicken nest"
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Pothole" in French translates literally to "chicken nest"
I wonder if there's a good factory game out there where a run doesn't take 100 hours like Satisfactory or Factorio. I'd like to play a fun conveyor belt management game where a match takes, like, an hour. Like a game of Starcraft. Kinda like what Against The Storm did for city builders.
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I wonder if there's a good factory game out there where a run doesn't take 100 hours like Satisfactory or Factorio. I'd like to play a fun conveyor belt management game where a match takes, like, an hour. Like a game of Starcraft. Kinda like what Against The Storm did for city builders.