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Almost four years after our reporting on the games industry's unseen crunch at outsourcing studios in SE Asia, Chris received an email that demanded we return to this story once again.

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Music & SFX: Epidemic Sound

00:00 - The biggest games story you didn't hear last year
02:35 - What we reported in 2021
04:22 - The games industry's lack of response
06:12 - How Christa joined Brandoville
07:24 - Cherry's behaviour worsens
12:49 - My emails with Christa from 2021
13:24 - Christa defends Brandoville from PMG's reporting
15:14 - Brandoville is a part of the games industry!
15:46 - Things escalate once again
21:21 - Cherry's punishments become more physical
27:01 - Financial abuse
31:23 - Syifa's story
37:27 - Brandoville shuts down
39:35 - Christa escapes
41:24 - No viral, no justice
42:21 - Where are we now?
45:40 - Why you haven't already heard this story
48:10 - Support PMG on Patreon!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17930532

This one is very shocking, there's lots of things it covers: Abuse in general, religious abuse, psychological abuse, self harm, fat{phobia/misia}, misogyny, power dynamics etc. We still recommend watching it if you can deal with those things and the content warnings in the video because it shows the truth of the companies behind your favourite games and the systems which demand inexpense which leads to abuse and other awful things.

Clickbaity title, I know, but it's an important topic. This is a followup to this video about the crunch culture in Southeast Asian outsourcing studios used by many AAA developers.

This one is specifically about toxic workplace environment rife with physical and mental abuse towards employees, with receipts and video evidence so beware if that's something you're unable to stomach.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/17930532

This one is very shocking, there's lots of things it covers: Abuse in general, religious abuse, psychological abuse, self harm, fat{phobia/misia}, misogyny, power dynamics etc. We still recommend watching it if you can deal with those things and the content warnings in the video because it shows the truth of the companies behind your favourite games and the systems which demand inexpense which leads to abuse and other awful things.