Ep 234 - Don't Despise, Unionize!

About this episode

The episode discusses recent layoffs in the game development industry and the importance of unionizing, featuring a mention of Sonic's support for workplace unionization.

Vote in our Community Awards Poll This week thousands more game developers join Stephan in the "terminated by evil, stupid people" camp as layoffs hit tons of studios all over Canada and the world. We discuss Sonic as well. Sonic supports Unionizing your Workplace! FULL SHOW NOTES HERE (more job resources here)! CANADIAN GAME DEV JOBS | CANADIAN GAME DEV EVENTS HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON) PRODUCED BY: Stephan "f*#king Unionize" Reilly PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234 ! ( Ko-fi - Alberta) SOCIALS: Join the CanadianGameDevs' Discord! | Formerly Twitter @CanadaGameDevs | TikTok @canadiangamedevs | Instagram @canadiangamedevs ! CREDITS: 00:00 - Producer's Note (sorry its late), 00:26 - Intro Music by @jakebutineau (Toronto, ON), 00:38 - Events, GOTY Nominees, 18:29 -  'Morning Dove' by Sam Webster & Nick Bausbaum from Rift of the Necrodancer OST (Vancouver, BC), 18:48 - News! such sad, sad news…, 39:36 - Celeste: Fragments of the Mountain OST (Vancouver, BC), 40:06 - Wishlist This, 51:41 - What We've Been Playing, 56:15 - 'Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1' from Sonic Mania OST, 56:40 - What We've Been Playing Cont'd, 01:11:31…

People in this episode

Hosts: Stephan Reilly, Stephen L. Crane

Topics covered

• game development
• unionization
• layoffs
• Sonic
• community awards
• job resources

Keywords

• game developers
• unionize
• layoffs
• Sonic
• Canadian game jobs
• community awards
• job resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CanadianGameDevs.com, Sonic

Books & works: Rift of the Necrodancer OST, Celeste: Fragments of the Mountain OST, Sonic Mania OST

Places: London, ON, Owen Sound, ON, Vancouver, BC, Alberta

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