Episode 72: Y’all Could Just Quit

Sadiq and Cristian talk about recent game releases which then turns into a discussion of working conditions inside games studios and this week’s walkout at Google.

Content Warning: Politics, Sexual Harassment, Food

Show Notes:

00:00:52 – Forza Horizon 4

00:19:28 – Call Of Duty Black Ops 4

00:26:40 – Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

00:47:43 – Red Dead Redemption 2

01:06:07 – Telltale Games Closing

01:11:16 – Google’s Sexual Harassment Issue

Games:

• Forza Horizon 4
  • Microsoft is bringing all-you-can-play Game Pass subscription to PC
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
  • Project Stream
  • Microsoft’s Game Streaming Related Purchases
  • Fuck Pizza Rolls
• Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Red Dead Redemption 2’s labor controversy, explained
  • Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch
  • Telltale Games lays off much of its staff, plans studio shutdown
  • Emma Kinema On Patreon
  • Game Workers Unite

Techpol:

• How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android
  • Google Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over Handling of Sexual Harassment​​​​​​​

Contact:

• Cristian Online
• Cristian on Mastodon
• Sadiq on Mastodon
• Sadiq Online

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