Rather than calling for GTA 6 boycott, fired Rockstar workers urge players to support them in their legal battle against the studio by buying union merch
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rather-than-calling-for-gta-6-boycott-fired-rockstar-workers-urge-players-to-support-them-in-their-legal-battle-against-the-studio-by-buying-union-merch
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atro_city@fedia.io · 32 pts · 16d
Yes! Make a union, start a unionized game studio, and make better games. The talent is all there.
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 16d
Apparently that's the biggest problem with the new halo mmo or whatever they're cooking up. All the talent that actually made these games possible was laid off and isn't part of the company.
A gaming union just might be able to get the band back together.
arules@retrofed.com · 4 pts · 16d
Syndicate*
Unions still capitalists. In this case, TTWO. You want talent to own their means, and earn their yields. So syndicate.
atro_city@fedia.io · 1 pts · 16d
Thank you :) I've only been aware of the term "crime syndicate" but never looks up the single term syndicate. You learn something new everyday!
arules@retrofed.com · 2 pts · 16d
This was intentional, because your state doesn't want you syndicalizing. If they associate cooperation with “crime,” you won't ever unionize yourselves. If everyone syndicates, the state wouldn't have the power monopolize who gets to business and who has the privilege to operate. Some intentions of laws are good, but monopoly on who gets to decide who and how things operate is how we get this cronyism.
Guitar@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 16d
No, I think I'm definitely going to boycott this incredibly scummy game. I wish them luck in their legal battle though.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 12 pts · 16d
I wasn't going to buy it anyway, surprisingly i don't have the slightest interest in it but then again i did find GTA 4 and 5 boring af, the last one i enjoyed was San Andreas.
aquafunk@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 16d
same- never finished the single player story.
GTA 5 was beautiful in the way Forza Horizon titles are- as a realistic looking arcade-driving game. Id enjoy hours of (modded in) old school taxi missions. And its a great world for MP servers.
But now I have BeamNG
TonyOstrich@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 16d
They also appear to have a fundraiser for the same thing here if you want to donate but don't need a shirt
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-rockstar-workers-fighting-unfair-dismissals
Or if you want to donate to the Union directly you can do so here
https://iwgb.org.uk/en/page/solidarity-squad/
I'm in no way associated with them, I spent all of 10 seconds searching for those links, there is some indication the two links might ultimately go to the same place, but either way I thought I'd drop them in the comments if there was anyone else like me that would want to throw them some money but didn't need another "thing" in return.
sportsjorts@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 16d
I will buy GTA 6 in a decade, once it’s fixed and on sale.
deft@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 15d
I'm definitely gonna pirate it
Edges@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 16d
link from the article to the shirts
arules@retrofed.com · 1 pts · 16d
Are they really this afraid of deportation?