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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #173: Wages for Warcraft, with Jamie Woodcock
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From the beginning, video games have been both a form of work and a form of rebellion against work, so it’s fitting that this week we talk about the work of making games with Jamie Woodcock, author of the new book Marx at the Arcade. We trace the history of games from the military-industrial complex to today’s multi-billion-dollar industry, and look at the workers who have made all that possible, from the factory floors to newly unionized game programmers.
We also take a look at the potential strike in New Y...