Employees at video game companies are known for working long hours to meet product launch deadlines. This pressure, known in the industry as crunch, has only gotten more intense as games have grown more complex. Mounting layoffs in the growing industry have only made things worse on the labor front, inspiring some workers to take matters into their own hands.
Today, in the next installment of our series on the business of video games, we speak to several workers in the industry about their experiences with crunch and why they feel unionization is the key to preserving their careers.
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Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible (Apple / Spotify)
The boom and bust of esports (Apple / Spotify)
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The Bulwark Podcast - Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel: A Bad Day for Jack Smith
To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to steal the election—but the DOJ's effort to hold him accountable. Plus, the story behind the protesters' masks, activists v Biden, and reading the tea leaves from the Pennsylvania primary. Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel join Tim Miller.
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Weigel's mask story
Marc Caputo on the Jan 6 case
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Weigel's mask story
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It Could Happen Here - What’s Really Going On At the Columbia Palestine Encampment
Mia and James are joined by Talia Jane to discuss the campus occupation at the University of Columbia and how it’s been misrepresented in legacy media.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | Positive Regulatory Developments for Crypto
The latest price moves and insights with Helene Braun and Laurence Latimer, Founder and CEO of Dinara.
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On "Markets Daily," Laurence Latimer, Founder and CEO of Dinara, discusses the recent significant drop in Bitcoin and Ethereum prices overnight. Despite this, positive strides are seen in the regulatory landscape for crypto, particularly in the US and UK where proposed bills and regulations are emerging. However, there's a clear call for greater collaboration between regulators and the industry. Key regulatory developments to monitor include the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, stablecoin legislation, and enforcement actions. Additionally, there's an exploration into the possibility of traditional financial markets adopting a 24/7 schedule akin to crypto markets.
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- Crypto markets are volatile, and price drops are common, but the cause of the recent drop is unclear.
- Positive regulatory landscape developments include bills and regulations in the US and UK.
- Collaboration between regulators and the industry is needed for greater clarity and support for the crypto industry.
- Financial institutions incorporate digital assets into their workflows, signaling increased institutional adoption.
- The designation of Ether as a security could impact businesses relying on the Ethereum ecosystem.
- The potential for traditional financial markets to operate on a 24/7 schedule, like crypto markets, is being explored.
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00:00 Crypto Markets and Price Drop
05:15 Increasing Institutional Adoption
11:23 Impact of Ether's Designation
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Dog Farts or Ghosts? The Korean 4B Movement. Growing Mini-livers.
Jace wonders whether he's haunted by a dearly-beloved, farting ghost. Skippy prompts a conversation about growing miniature organs, and the larger future of biotech. Phoebe writes in with a crucial conversation about the 4B movement and patriarchal conspiracies, which Doc and Ben agree are closer to home than a lot of Americans may like to assume. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
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Fifty years after Portugal's Carnation Rvolution, we journey through the mutinous streets of Lisbon, plus the EU's Green Deal is in trouble: can it be saved? We also focus on the topic of land — Danish land that’s been deliberately flooded, Bulgarian land deliberately left un-tilled and Italian land bought up by the mafia. Finally, why Slovakia's brown bears have become a big wedge issue.
Focus on Africa - Why has the World Bank suspended a Tanzania tourism project fund?
The World Bank has suspended a multi million dollar fund to expand Ruaha National Park in Tanzania, after it received allegations of serious abuse, which the Tanzanian government denies. We'll get the details.
What is cloud seeding, how does it work and can drought stricken parts of Africa benefit from it or not?
And a personal testimony from someone living with disability in a South Sudan refugee camp.
Cato Daily Podcast - Reputation, Dynamism, and Strangers with Candy
Economics is everywhere, and its implications are subtle and beautiful. The essays in Art Carden's book, Strangers with Candy, uses both economic and biblical insight to show how welcoming strangers can make us both better and wealthier people.
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