62. Game Workers of the World, Unite! (ft. Videodante)

Giving the Mic to the Wrong Person

Dante Douglas (Videodante) joined me to talk about the state of labor in games making today and the need for organizing, the potential of co-ops, Gameworkers Unite, etc. Check out Dante's games at https://videodante.itch.io/ and writing at http://dante.cool/ Recorded Sept 2019 at the XOXO Fest in Portland. - Mentioned in the episode: - Emma Kinema's talk at 2019 XOXO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHp_DwVm2EA Letter from an EA Spouse (Nov 2004) - https://boards.fool.com/letter-from-an-ea-spouse-long-21588406.aspx Jason Shreier's Inside Rockstar Games' Culture of Crunch (Oct 2018) - https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466 Gameworkers Unite! - https://www.gameworkersunite.org/ The Independent Workers of Great Britain - https://iwgb.org.uk/ GDC 2019 - "Embracing the Co-Op Studio Model in Indie Games" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxNfHl-xmM XOXO 2019's Arcade - https://xoxofest.com/2019/schedule/arcade ------ - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - http://www.twitter.com/givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: [e-mail] - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.