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ESA defend loot packing containers once more, whereas IGDA name for business self-regulation

29.11.2018

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, ESA, ftc, IGDA, loot boxes, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Team Fortress 2

Several video games business associations have reacted to the information that the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are planning to investigate loot boxes over considerations about potential affect on kids. America’s Entertainment Software Association (ESA), whose duties embrace working the…

Guest Column: Defending Crunch Isn't Leadership

20.04.2016

Alex St. John, DirectX, IGDA, Inc., WildTangent

80 hours a week. That’s the benchmark that Alex St. John, co-creator of DirectX and founder of WildTangent, sets for productive game work in a rancid article in VentureBeat. 80 hours a week, he says. Don’t enter the games industry…

Guest Column: Now You're Working With Power

23.03.2016

IGDA, Valve Corporation

A few months ago, Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert tweeted about unions. He didn’t get them, why they exist, or what they do. Responses ranged from the appalled to the helpful, but the truth is that Dan’s not alone. With American…

Guest Column: It’s Time to Talk About Labor in the Games Industry

09.02.2016

IGDA

Whether inside or outside, you can look at the video game industry and see what looks to be a borderless boomtown. It makes millions, when taken as a whole, and it’s cool, or at least cool enough for ESPN to…

IGDA

ESA defend loot packing containers once more, whereas IGDA name for business self-regulation

Guest Column: Defending Crunch Isn't Leadership

Guest Column: Now You're Working With Power

Guest Column: It’s Time to Talk About Labor in the Games Industry

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