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Poster by Nicholas Di Genova
Game Arts International Network Marie LeBlanc Flanagan Jim Munroe

Attention game preservation folks! The Strong Museum will be hosting the Save the Games Symposium August 21-22, 2024 and the call for presentations is now live:

museumofplay.org/save-the-games…

Due date for abstract submissions is March 1st, so spread the word!

Interesting to see this showcase going the non-profit route.

For the first time since 2019, we're bringing back our 'Videogame Arts Around the World' annual roundup courtesy of Luján Oulton ! Cool event photo inspiration coming at you from Netherlands, Ethiopia, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and more! gameartsinternational.network/videogame-arts…

Have you always wanted to create an event for the Toronto games community? Apply to our New Event Organizer program! NEOs get a $1000 honorarium, advice, and signal boosting for the event as an official part of June's Toronto Games Week! Jan 31 deadline: docs.google.com/forms/d/1AbTgg…

Register now as member of the #AMazeAwards Selection Committee! Gain access to international #games + #playfulmedia works, give feedback to us and the artists and help choosing the nominees between Jan 15 - Feb 25. (And get a 25% festival discount too!)
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While Marie LeBlanc Flanagan is on tour doing events in Japan for our comic exploring alternative game production modes like co-ops and unions, we're posting little excerpts from the white paper that informed it: gameartsinternational.network/union-myths-vs…

Come to my comic launch in Tokyo! We’ll make zines about games and work! Game Arts International Network

Over the next few months we'll be posting little excerpts while Marie LeBlanc Flanagan tours Change The Rules -- the first one debunks myths like 'Decision-making is slow and co-operatives introduce new bureaucracy.' See you soon, Vancouver and Diversity in Games!
gameartsinternational.network/co-op-myths-vs…

Job announcement ⚡️ Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Games, UCLA Department of Design Media Arts recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08835

Open date: Oct 12, 2023
Next review date: Nov 11, 2023

Just read through this and loved it. I think it portraits super well a lot of feelings of the work-life.

ICYMI: Here's the Concordia University news story for 'If You Don't the Game, Change the Rules', a comic and white paper about unions, worker co-ops, and labour issues in the Canadian game industry.

A wonderful collaboration with Marie LeBlanc Flanagan & Game Arts International Network!

concordia.ca/news/stories/2…

Ch-ch-ch-check it out
Wh-wh-wh-what's it all about.

It's about the same thing as always

GAME DEVELOPMENT IN TORONTO. (with that October 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗)

Bring some game
A R T
Try and be game
S M A R T

WEDNESDAY OCT 11 @ 8pm

AT THE See-Scape

(Like and repost pls (ꈍᴗꈍ)♡)

🚨OPPORTUNITY🚨

Hand Eye Society is looking for a new Executive Director!

We're lookin' for a particular someone who wants to make a difference and lead our non-profit to the future helping fund games for indie devs in Toronto!

RTs appreciated 🥰

handeyesociety.com/were-hiring/

Thanks to all the folks who joined me and Marie LeBlanc Flanagan for the talk yesterday - it was great to finally launch the comic and white paper in Montreal!

You can find digital copies of both online: gameartsinternational.network/if-you-dont-li…

'If You Don’t Like the Game, Change the Rules' is a new comic by Marie LeBlanc Flanagan about labor issues in the game industry. It's informative and heartfelt.

There is also a companion white paper drawn from interviews with game coops and unions.

Free PDFs here
gameartsinternational.network/if-you-dont-li…

The #Montreal launch of 'If You Don't Like the Game, Change the Rules' is Sept 29 from 4-6pm!

Join me, Marie LeBlanc Flanagan, 🌈🍣Jess Rowan Marcotte🍣🏳️‍🌈, Saleem Dabbous, and GWU Montréal as we discuss:

✊Game unions
🤝Worker co-ops
🔥Industry labour issues

At 4TH SPACE Concordia or online!

milieux.concordia.ca/event/if-you-d…

Livestream/MTL: Join us for a conversation about games, work, co-ops, and unions as we launch our comic & whitepaper!

Free comics while supplies last. Register: forms.gle/KvDychtxQwdmrW…

Michael Iantorno🐦🔥 Saleem Dabbous KO_OP 🦕 GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH ☄️ ➡️ OUT NOW 🌈🍣Jess Rowan Marcotte🍣🏳️‍🌈 🌈Soft Chaos✨ CarolynJong GWU Montréal

Forgot to announce this earlier, but I'll be at Toronto Games Week for the 'If You Don't Like the Game, Change the Rules' comic launch.

I've been on this research project for a year, studying videogame worker co-operatives and unions!

torontogamesweek.com/schedule.html