Raj Patel
@rajio.bsky.social
Director of Marketing & Communications for video games, BAFTA & IGDA member, Canadian Game Awards judge, Speaker, DEI Advocate, Snacker & Flâneur
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
✉️raj@ohmpage.ca
🍁Toronto, Canada
what are we doing here?
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
what are we doing here?
they're the same image?
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
they're the same image?
what would you use this to time?
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
what would you use this to time?
Does this look like a Gamedev CEO interested in QA?
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Does this look like a Gamedev CEO interested in QA?
[switches tabs]
number go up. yep.
number go up. yep.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
[switches tabs]
number go up. yep.
number go up. yep.
Added a 12 Month Moving Average trendline to the blue graph of known games industry layoff waves to make the overall annual trend more apparent, since the lazy year in particular has been so volatile.
Also god damn, November has already seen 8 known waves. Absolutely brutal.
Also god damn, November has already seen 8 known waves. Absolutely brutal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Added a 12 Month Moving Average trendline to the blue graph of known games industry layoff waves to make the overall annual trend more apparent, since the lazy year in particular has been so volatile.
Also god damn, November has already seen 8 known waves. Absolutely brutal.
Also god damn, November has already seen 8 known waves. Absolutely brutal.
Canada has survived the ostrich coup, unlike Australia which famously fell in the great emu war. Humanity will fall but not this day!
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Canada has survived the ostrich coup, unlike Australia which famously fell in the great emu war. Humanity will fall but not this day!
aight I got u! lmk if they have a name.
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
aight I got u! lmk if they have a name.
okay okay I see the vision. but I think you gotta nominate a specific little guy, not the whole game as one. So which one is peak little guy?
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
okay okay I see the vision. but I think you gotta nominate a specific little guy, not the whole game as one. So which one is peak little guy?
i know its a quick and dirty meme, and the problem is me but you have no idea how much i'm fixating on this part lol. why am i like this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
i know its a quick and dirty meme, and the problem is me but you have no idea how much i'm fixating on this part lol. why am i like this.
this part really hit me though.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this part really hit me though.
Not to alarm anyone but I've now tracked more than 600 games industry layoff waves since the start of 2021.
the total known waves in 2025 is now higher than that of 2024
the total known waves in 2025 is now higher than that of 2024
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Not to alarm anyone but I've now tracked more than 600 games industry layoff waves since the start of 2021.
the total known waves in 2025 is now higher than that of 2024
the total known waves in 2025 is now higher than that of 2024
This is now my ringtone for anybody from Quebec.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is now my ringtone for anybody from Quebec.
Okay hear me out. Spider-Man's costume is supposed to be red and black. Blue is only used as an artistic conceit for the medium of comics to illustrate highlights.
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Okay hear me out. Spider-Man's costume is supposed to be red and black. Blue is only used as an artistic conceit for the medium of comics to illustrate highlights.
"Hungry people don't stay hungry for long" - Rage Against The Machine
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Hungry people don't stay hungry for long" - Rage Against The Machine
With October coming to a close things really escallated quickly. We now know of so many games industry layoff waves in 2025 that we're only one short of matching 2024, and we have two months still to go.
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
With October coming to a close things really escallated quickly. We now know of so many games industry layoff waves in 2025 that we're only one short of matching 2024, and we have two months still to go.