Ep 234 - Don't Despise, Unionize!

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!

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CANADIAN GAMING NEWS:

• Games Industry: A bunch more of us got laid off lol (except the unionized studio at Microsoft 👀)

  • Eidos-Montreal lays off 97

    • New Deus Ex reportedly canceled

  • Riot Games laying off about 530

  • Microsoft cuts 1,900 staffers from its games division

• Edmonton: Mass Effect content coming to Destiny 2 (probably for a lot of money)

• Vancouver: Celeste gets a Nintendo 64 mode to cater to the young idiot fans who missed that generation, says Steve

WISHLIST THIS:

BIOMORPH by @ldstudiomtl in Montréal, QC

Lucky Me by Artifact 5 in QC

Spirit City: Lofi Sessions by Mooncube Games in QC

EPISODE CREDITS:

MUSIC USED:

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 - Outro Music by @Composingdan (Toronto, ON)

HOSTED BY: @StephanReilly (London, ON) & @StephenLCrane (Owen Sound, ON)

PRODUCED BY: Stephan “there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO” Reilly

PODCAST ART BY: @Poltergust234! (Ko-fi - Alberta)