This is a very interesting deep dive into how much wargaming has an influence on world politics.
Maybe I’m too cynical at this point, but the thing that most surprises me is the fact that other people are surprised at how deeply intertwined the game industry is with the military industrial complex.
Interesting choice of words in that first five minutes. Use of the word labour suggests to me these dudes are socialists or sympathisers.
Quinns is married to Leigh Alexander, the lady who wrote “Gamers are Over”. PMG also did this video on the Disco Elysium situation, which er… isn’t exactly their finest bit of reporting.
I’ve been a fan of Shut Up and Sit Down (their tabletop games focused channel) for a long time but I wouldn’t call them socialists.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Well most of their channel is about covering the labor aspect of the games industry. They had several videos covering child exploitation on Roblox and the company’s attempt at removing them, Valve employee conduct, and some other things i forgot. But they also got a video praising a Hong Kong activist because he epically protested Blizzard or whatever. Probably just progressives
Quinns is better well known for his channel Shut Up & Sit Down. I used to watch their videos way back in the day when I still bothered with boardgames. From the past videos I’ve watched of his, it definitely seems he’s somewhere around or past at least the socdem side of matters. In a good way.