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.
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Mentioned in the episode:
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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
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