People Make Games
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 31 Union Members
updated
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Thumbnail photo by Javier Zayas Photography via Getty Images
0:00:00 - Prologue: Oh no it's another serious one
0:04:55 - Chapter 1: Wait, WHAT'S happening?!
0:07:45 - Chapter 2: What modern wargames look like
0:17:38 - Chapter 3: What does this mean for the games industry?
0:34:26 - Chapter 4: Is this turning "play" into a weapon?
0:53:01 - Chapter 5: What if it's immoral to NOT wargame?
0:57:59 - Chapter 6: What if EVERYTHING IS MEANINGLESS
1:06:12 - Epilogue: Don't look away
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Music & SFX: Epidemic Sound
0:00:00 - Why this video is a bit different
0:00:51 - It's 2024 and Chris feels radicalized
0:05:08 - How the corporate world views your labour
0:07:26 - What is a successful games industry?
0:09:32 - So what do we do about it?
0:12:42 - This is a class struggle
0:13:31 - We can't ask for change
0:16:16 - End credits
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0:00:00 - Prologue:
0:02:42 - Part 1: What IS Jubensha?
0:10:15 - Part 2: Click on Quinns, Right Click on Singapore
0:18:31 - Part 3: Playing Murder Safely
0:23:21- Part 4: We Get Our First Taste
0:27:04 - Part 5: The Future of Jubensha: Bad! Or maybe good?
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0:00:00 - What is Wasteland Weekend?
0:01:30 - Day 1: Completing our Starter Quests
0:16:49 - Day 2: "The Real Dark Souls Starts Here"
0:22:51 - Interlude: Chris Takes 1hp Poison Damage
0:23:44 - Day 3: Searching for a Tribe to Join
0:30:00 - Day 4: Endgame
0:36:00 - You Get An Achievement If You Watch This Whole Patreon Push
Play Liyla and The Shadows of War: rasheedabueideh.itch.io/liyla-and-the-shadows-of-war
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00:00 - Why PMG is talking about Palestine
4:12 - Two years on from Tamoor's original video
10:47 - What's it like in the West Bank right now?
13:46 - How Apartheid happens
18:00 - The role of Israeli settlers in Palestine
21:26 - Palestine and the media we consume
24:39 - How Palestinian games, films and art is stifled
26:48 - This didn't start on October 7th
31:54 - So how do we make a difference?
34:03 - Rasheed's next game
35:35 - Tamoor's closing thoughts
36:39 - Support our fundraiser!
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Full interview with ZA/UM CEO Ilmar Kompus: youtube.com/watch?v=du4Zjiv7bQs
Full interview with ZA/UM writer, Argo Tuulik: youtube.com/watch?v=SrN0KXeQ0v4
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0:00:00 - Introduction: The Story So Far
0:08:30 - Chapter 1: Follow The Money
0:31:56 - Chapter 2: Interviewing Ilmar
0:53:27 - Chapter 3: Others Come Forward
1:30:46 - Chapter 4: Robert, Rostov & Helen
2:16:00 - So what do we make of all this?
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Microsoft Excel World Championship:
fmworldcup.com/excel-esports/microsoft-excel-world-championship
The incredible book Quinns is reading at the end of the video:
amazon.com/Guerrilla-Analysis-Using-Microsoft-Excel-dp-1615470743/dp/1615470743/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
0:00 - 1:13 Introduction
1:14 - 3:41 What is Excel Though
3:42 - 6:03 The Grim Birth of Excel eSports
6:04 - 12:53 Meet Excel eSports!
12:54 - 22:39 We try it for Ourselves
22:40 - 25:29 A Dark Vision of the Future
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0:00 - 4:02 How much do you know about Valve Corporation?
4:03 - 5:17 Introducing Valve's somewhat fanatic Employee Handbook
5:18 - 7:31 Welcome to Flatland
7:32 - 8:46 Not everybody's the "right fit" for Valve
8:47 - 10:40 How Valve functions without managers
10:41 - 18:00 Stack ranking
18:01 - 24:54 Valve has a diversity crisis
24:55 - 28:18 How do people get fired?
28:19 - 30:08 Steam makes this a very different company
30:09 - 35:40 Disagreement over Black Lives Matter
35:41 - 41:13 Does Steam have a greater responsibility to society?
41:14 - 42:03 Is this truly a "structureless" company?
42:04 - 45:56 Valve isn't returning our emails
45:57 - 47:42 Support People Make Games (please)
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0:00 - 1:52 Intro
1:53 - 14:57 The creation of Steam's back-door casinos
14:58 - 22:31 Speaking to CS:GO's problem gamblers
22:32 - 23:21 Why this problem is bigger than CS:GO
23:22 - 33:23 How Valve profits from these sites
33:24 - 36:23 Taking these questions to Valve
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Created by:
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00:00 - Intro
00:46 - We meet a Ukranian dev forced to flee Ukraine
07:04 - Frogware's CEO on keeping the studio going
11:44 - Two Ukranian developers still in Kyiv
16:39 - A game developer who signed up to fight
19:18 - Raising money for Ukraine
#ukraine #ukrainewar
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00:00 - ThE mEtAvErSe
02:14 - We fail to understand VRChat
07:20 - We start to understand VRChat
25:03 - The scene's troubled future
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00:00 - Indie games have a founder problem
04:15 - Ken Wong & Mountains
16:55 - Steve Gaynor & Fullbright
22:52 - Robin Hunicke & Funomena
34:42 - What can we learn from all of this?
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Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ&
Our response to Ecoscratcher's blog: youtube.com/watch?v=My9U413G3hI
Ecoscratcher's blog: medium.com/@ecoscratcher/investigation-how-roblox-isnt-exploiting-developers-and-why-people-make-games-isn-t-trustworthy-7e1c1f0fc493
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00:00 - Intro
3:33 - Roblox's Unregulated Managers
10:01 - Moderation & Child Safety
19:40 - Roblox's Collectible Market
28:41 - Roblox's Black Markets
32:17 - Some Kind Of Conclusion
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Luke's GDC talk on the prototype: youtube.com/watch?v=t9WMNuyjm4w&
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NOTE: As of August 2021, this tournament is finished and not accepting new participants, but you can still find all of our links below.
Anni’s intro comic imgur.com/a/YZ3p7Ce
Peggy vs Eris (Anni’s comic) imgur.com/a/bWpXuXm
Peggy vs Eris (Septi’s comic) imgur.com/gallery/AjCX3Iz
Kill Six Billion Demons: killsixbilliondemons.com
The Rayuba Archive (search the war's comics here): xrabohrok.github.io/WarMap/#
Huge thanks to the following artists for letting us show their work!
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Lobatus instagram.com/rugrat.fugdat
Neat twitter.com/Neat_Neato
Holocene twitter.com/holoceneudaimon
E. M. Fields twitter.com/emfields_art
Septi twitter.com/septi_art
Juan Gee twitter.com/juangeedraws
Karagna twitter.com/Karagna_
Voxeler deviantart.com/voxeler
G U N (Matthew Swauger) twitter.com/SwaugerDogger
Punkoz twitter.com/punkoz_
Monday Destroy twitter.com/PioCanlas
Noah Sayers twitter.com/TheCaardvark
Sleepy twitter.com/worm_woman
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#OriginalCharacterTournament
#WarForRayuba
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Thanks so much to Brighton-based Pier Pressure for letting us pick apart their Loot the Lanes room. They've got a bunch more: pierpressure.co.uk
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Special thanks to the artists featured in this video:
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twitter.com/avery_helm
twitter.com/qwoyle
twitter.com/linhtropy
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Athunin#6908 (Discord)
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twitter.com/danglebob
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Hugh's talk: youtube.com/watch?v=Urx7WQE6NY0
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#Nintendo #Kirby
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#KindWords
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#Kabaddi #India
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#Minecraft #Infiniminer
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#Hearthstone #Blitzchung
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Watch the full interview with Athene here: youtube.com/watch?v=ivgYbBCDacA&
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#Wolfenstein #WolfensteinEnemyTerritory
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* Chris goes off the deep end
#NuclearGandhi #Civilization
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#Blizzard #BlizzardEntertainment
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#Fable #Wishworld
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#PeterMolyneux #Populous #Fable
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#Fortnite #CarltonDance
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#FootballManager
The real-life Kirby who saved Nintendo: youtube.com/watch?v=-bPOZ0HuKmE
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About a decade ago, the Queen was sent a golden console as part of a PR stunt for a forgotten Wii game called Big Family Games, but she never actually received it. Why not? Where is it now?
We decided to try and find it for ourselves.
Thanks to Donny over at http://www.consolevariations.com for his help with this story! You can also find his work on http://www.facebook.com/consolevariations.
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#GoldenWii
Join Chris as he investigates the link between virtual pets and Scientology.
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#Neopets #Scientology
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#Telltale #TelltaleGames
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#RedDeadRevolver
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#Ubisoft #E3
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#TimeCommanders #TotalWar


