'If we love this work, we have to protect it:' Heart Machine workers secure voluntary union recognition
@devonwiersma
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/SKRUB_Squad/ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ [๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐/๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ]โฃ | ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ: Sr. Game Designer @ Cat Samurai, Lecturer @ York U., Solo dev @ SKRUB Squad | ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ฏ: Centauri Dark, Bombing!! 1+2, & others | ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ: Senior & Lead Dev @ various
'If we love this work, we have to protect it:' Heart Machine workers secure voluntary union recognition
I've been chipping away at a personal project for a bit now and I wanted to share a few pieces. It's been a great learning experience so far and I'm excited to post more soon ^__^
The fake wedding ring must have been doing it's job then..? ๐ฅด
HEARTBREAKING: this 24 year old man who is annoyingly Catholic and does nothing online but repost photos of Street Fighter women in lewd and compromising poses is living in a Hallmark film (allegedly)
I love that. Entering every conversation with "before we even talk I have to let you know I AM HAPPILY MARRIED" with a hint of existential fear behind the eyes
Also funny because I feel like I always see this kind of thing on accounts by cis dudes who have like 16 followers, to the point part of me thinks these are people who just don't realize they're being contacted by porn bots.
Obviously respect safeguarding against harassment and random dick pics and the like.
That said I feel like people who apparently get *so many people* sliding into their DMs to woo them with such frequency that they need to preempt them all must be living on a different planet than me entirely.
I love when people are like "I am HAPPILY MARRIED to [x] person do NOT romance me in my DMs". This is especially funny when cis men do it.
Sincerely, a recent convert. You should own one if you don't - everybody poops and your health is worth it! ๐ฉ
Guy who loves having a stinky poop butt: "bidets are dumb"
๐ฐTHE OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT ๐ฐ
We just released the FULL contract and terms that all our games sign!
We hope this challenges the status quo of what you see out there.
In a nutshell:
๐ธ Pre-recoup 50/50
๐ธ Post-recoup 15/85
๐ธ Terms after 7 years
www.innersloth.com/the-outerslo...
10-03-1925 CANADA: The Hamilton Tigers, who finished first in the regular hockey season, strike for an increase of $200 per game. Five days later, the team is suspended from further play for the Stanley Cup. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilto...
A ancient skeleton approaches you and says, 'I'm so tired'.
Me: "I want to make a purchase. I will reflect on the this purchase and possible environmental ramifications around it for a week. Then I will commit to buying it and feel guilty about buying a new thing afterwards"
Family: "let's go to Costco and very knowlingly buy way more products than we need"
Sometimes all it takes is hanging out with older relatives for a few minutes to realize how disturbingly different your self-awareness around your purchasing and consumption habits are.
Those at #GDC this year, please use the platform to speak and further discussion among attendees & organizers about those of your peers who have been systematically frozen out of participation through no fault of their own.
We need to work on solutions to this, and accessibility of the vault.
As a history nut who is also working in games I'm super stoked to see History Respawned coming back in some way/shape/form!
"Guys can kiss guys too" vs. "a business constantly gets your money and is supposed to give it back to you in the chance something bad happens, but they'll also do their best to avoid having to give it back to you. also it's illegal not to pay for this and you have to do it for basically everything"
"I don't want to have to explain gay people to my kids" as an argument is so funny. Dude just wait until they ask you how insurance works
if you're gathering folks for a panel for this year's game devs of color, please consider me. i have a lot to say despite not posting anything lol
Is it a #feminism win to make it an uphill struggle for women to exist in your workplace culture and then to muscle them out as soon as they disagree with you or it becomes slightly inconvienent for you to continue to support their needs or
A headline that says "the recent tech layoffs have disproportionately affected women. Here's why"
Video game studios: "happy women's day to all our powerful women devs! ๐โค๏ธ๐๐ฉ"
Also:
A photo of a sunny ledge with a tiny orange tree on it.
A photo of someone's hand with a small orange in it.
Relative bought me a calamondin tree as a belated birthday gift and it makes me very happy :)
โ๏ธThe days are getting warmer
๐ฆYou can hear the chirping of birds
๐ฑSpring is just around the corner.. AND SO IS #TOJAM!!!
๐TOJAM 2026: TWENTY YEARS, ONE WEEKEND IS HAPPENING MAY 8-10TH!!!๐
Registration opening April 2nd, keep your eyes peeled!
Having now been exposed to Meta glasses for the first time knowlingly, I can confirm it feels like someone is constantly holding up a camera that you're not quite sure if it's recording at any given time. Possibly the world's biggest vibe killer.
Relative: "okay you two, get close for a picture!"
My partner and I: "okay :)"
Relative, wearing glasses: "META, TAKE A PHOTO"
Us: เฒ _เฒ
Least favourite part was having to flip to the annotations in the back. 50% of the time they were helpful and insightful and 50% it was her speaking in obvious metaphor and the translator going "here's the obvious metaphor". Often they felt unnecessary, but I guess it's better to over-explain.
On the whole I quite enjoyed this, the unique thing is how much detail she puts in the mundane; she'll describe major historical events like coronations but spend most of the time describing what someone wears, or an annoyimg thing that happened there instead of much about the event itself.
Finished this! Her final note was "People found out about this manuscript and they say it's really well written. However, I hate it and think it's poorly written so I'm gunna stop". A contrarian till the end.