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And a big thanks thanks to @AnnaHollinrake and @JCVIM for coming along with us and also, for agreeing to strap GoPros to their heads. We couldn't have asked for better crewmates.

Continuing the trend of Quinns and myself being flung into lavishly-designed roleplay experiences, here's what happened when we boarded a £4,000,000 starship together in London: https://t.co/EFVuLU3Kp2

First stream day of the new year! Going live at 4 PM ET with special guest @chrisbratt to discuss People Make Games' new video about workplace abuse at outsourcing studios in SE Asia, as well as studios and streamers evacuating California wildfires and our predictions for 2025

Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia. Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve conditions for the artists doing that work. (1/7)

It's not an easy watch at times, but it's also not without hope. Because, ultimately, as well as this being a story about violence, it's also a story in which a group of people recognize that their own strength, together, is far greater than that of their abuser. (7/7)

Now parts of this story have already gone viral in Indonesia, with the alleged abuser having now fled the country/police. But outside of SE Asia, almost nobody seems to be aware that anything has happened. Why is that? I think that's an important part of this story too. (6/7)

What we found was one of the very worst examples of workplace abuse in the history of this industry. That may sound hyperbolic, but I really don't think it is. Here's our investigation: https://t.co/nbNzdeNQsW (5/7)

And so began another three-month investigation into Brandoville Studios, a company that's contributed art assets to games like The Last of Us: Part 2, Age of Empires IV & Assassin's Creed Shadows among others. (4/7)

It's a brutal thing to watch and it's made so much more brutal by the artist's allegation that this video had originally been recorded for her boss as a punishment for having not performed well enough at work. (3/7)

Not much appeared to have changed. That was until September, when I was sent a video recording of an Indonesian artist slapping herself across the face one hundred times. I'd actually spoken to this artist for that first story, almost four years ago. (2/7)

Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia. Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve conditions for the artists doing that work. (1/7)

Today, Rasheed and his team are announcing Dreams on a Pillow and are looking to crowdfund its development. Let's show them how much we all have their back: https://t.co/xXOayjsoNk

In that video, from a year ago now, Rasheed spoke about his plans to tell the story of the 1948 Nakba ('The Catastophe') through his next project. Unfortunately, no publisher has dared touch a game that looks to tell Palestine's own history. So it's up to all of us instead!

If you watched PMG's video on Palestine last year, you'll know about @RasheedAbueideh and his story. He's a Palestinian game dev, living in the West Bank, and experiencing the horror of a genocide many of us can only witness through a screen halfway around the world.

When we fight, we win! @ZeniMaxWorkers are on the picket lines in Maryland and Texas to make their voices loud and clear to Microsoft about outsourcing and RTO mandates in a first contract. ✊💪

I'm sorry if you can't find me on campus today. I'll be in front of Zenimax in Rockville today marching in solidarity with the people who QA some of your favorite games.

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Not leaving Twitter entirely, but would like to see if posting somewhere else can feel better than this omg