“Game Workers Unite!” Game Dev as a Day Job; Unions

This week on Nice Games Club we talk all about the labor of love that is making games for a living: how it can be great, how it can be not-so-great and how it could get better. Mark reports back from a conference, Martha gets on her soap box and Stephen realizes this podcast has been about documenting his career journey this entire time.

Meta

Joggernauts by local developer Space Mace is on Steam and Switch!
Joggernauts soundtrack by Robert Frost III
Adobe MAX

[0:11:44] Game Dev as a Day Job

Stephen works at Gamesmart!
Glitch Jobs Board
Gamasutra Jobs Board

[0:38:53] Unions

Twin Cities Labor Chorus
"Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws" -Samit Sarkar, Polygon
"Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture of Crunch" -Jason Schreier, Kotaku
Vox Media Union
Game Workers Unite
"Its Time for Game Developers to Unionize" -Jason Schreier, Kotaku
"Opinion: Now is the Time to Unionize the Game Industry" -Katherine Cross, Gamasutra
Myles Horton, 20th century union organizer
"Unions Must Address Racism"  -Ian Haney Lopez, AFL-CIO Blog

This week on Nice Games Club we talk all about the labor of love that is making games for a living: how it can be great, how it can be not-so-great and how it could get better. Mark reports back from a conference, Martha gets on her soap box and Stephen realizes this podcast has been about documenting his career journey this entire time.

Meta

Joggernauts by local developer Space Mace is on Steam and Switch!
Joggernauts soundtrack by Robert Frost III
Adobe MAX

[0:11:44] Game Dev as a Day Job

Stephen works at Gamesmart!
Glitch Jobs Board
Gamasutra Jobs Board

[0:38:53] Unions

Twin Cities Labor Chorus
“Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws” -Samit Sarkar, Polygon
“Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture of Crunch” -Jason Schreier, Kotaku
Vox Media Union
Game Workers Unite
“Its Time for Game Developers to Unionize” -Jason Schreier, Kotaku
“Opinion: Now is the Time to Unionize the Game Industry” -Katherine Cross, Gamasutra
Myles Horton, 20th century union organizer
“Unions Must Address Racism”  -Ian Haney Lopez, AFL-CIO Blog