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Dec visited Joe Biden's official's island in Animal Crossing, AOC and Ilhan Omar streamed Among Us. Dec shares his experiences in taking on casework and representing workers for the union. Cloud gaming & subscription models are set to change what kinds of games we make.

We're back after one year with an impromptu interview with the previous chair of the IWGB game workers branch: Austin Kelmore.

We're back from an unintended summer break to talk about the DCMS report on loot boxes, as well as the various responses to it, the striking game devs at Nexon, the unionization effort at Kickstarter & bad job postings.

We talk about the firing of 134 French Blizzard employees, Battlefield V selling Nazi skins, Call of Duty and its attempt at social commentary, Death Stranding and Hideo Kojimas obsession with white male actors.

exploitative esports clans, trade wars, tariffs, gaming disorders, loot box regulations, speaking engagements & more ...

We talk about the implications of the EU Working Time Directive, our cohosted launch party for Marx at the Arcade, and more.

We continue talking about the Walkout at Riot Games, how not to do anti-union propaganda, why Kevins' face ended up being the picture of the Wikipedia entry for Game Jams and how Detective Pikachu is surprisingly diverse.

We discuss the goings on at our first annual general meeting and the workers at Riot Games trying to organize a walkout.

PSA: This episode was recorded BEFORE the riot walkout.