Games, Politics & Labor

By Radu Stochita

Newsletter following the research process for my Honors Thesis which aims to understand the labor relations inside the video games industry.
Writing once a week (at least) about working inside the video game industry, the politics of games and their relationship to society.

Previous issues

#8 - What the f**k, Blizzard?!

#11 Jul 31, 2021

[Special] DOOM

#10 Jul 26, 2021

#7 Games of Empire and Working the Phones

#9 Jul 23, 2021

#8

Jul 16, 2021

The Military is making a video game - Issue #6 – The militaries around the world are making video games. Call of Duty works with the Pentagon on one o
#7

Jul 9, 2021

Playing games to escape + real games - Issue #5 – This is a very short issue, mostly a personal reflection. This week has been tough. I promise to retu
#6

Jul 5, 2021

[Special] Gambling on Twitch should be regulated – Gambling is all over Twitch right now. Streamers are gambling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tens,
#5

Jul 2, 2021

Do you complain about developing video games? And other such questions. - Issue #4 – A little Q&A with some of the questions I have been getting from people curious about what workin
#4

Jun 25, 2021

Tolerable crunch, and working conditions - Issue #3 – The outside world doesn't know what goes into making a game. Developers are tired, overworked, yet cl
#3

Jun 18, 2021

Sending death threats to the developers. - Issue #2 – What do you do when the game you have been waiting for doesn't look like the way you have imagined? H
#2

Jun 16, 2021

[Special] E3 and how employees are overworked for demos – While The Big Game Conference of the year looks fun, shows flashy games and encourages us to desire t
#1

Jun 12, 2021

Why bother about video games, politics and labor? – Finally I am sending the first issue about this newsletter! This week has been hectic for me, with a