Periodicals
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 8535 Collections and/or Records:
Game Players, Volume 9, Number 6, Issue 85, June 1996
Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS.85
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This collection includes nearly every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates:
Publication: June 1996
Game Players, Volume 9, Number 7, Issue 86, July 1996
Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS.86
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This collection includes nearly every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates:
Publication: July 1996
Game Players, Volume 9, Number 8, Issue 87, August 1996
Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS.87
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This collection includes nearly every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates:
Publication: August 1996
Game Players, Volume 9, Number 9, Issue 88, September 1996
Item — Location Game Players
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS.88
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This collection includes nearly every known issue of Game Players in its various forms.Game Players was originally published as the Game Player's Guide, which alternated between covering Nintendo games and MS-DOS PC games. After four issues, it was relaunched as three separate magazines, covering Nintendo, PC, and general gaming, respectively. Several spinoff magazines followed, covering other platforms.All three editions of Game Player's...
Dates:
Publication: September 1996
Game Workers Unite ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU
Abstract
Game Workers Unite (GWU) was one of the first labor advocacy groups for the video game industry. The organization, which was founded in 2018, promoted awareness of labor rights and the benefits of unionization. One of GWU's most visible forms of advocacy was distributing zines at video game industry events between 2018 and 2020.
The international GWU parent organization appears to have disbanded in 2020 amid ...
Dates:
Publication: 2018–2020
Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2018 zine, March 2018
Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.GDC2018
Abstract
This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2018 Game Developers Conference, shortly after the organization's public debut. This issue, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog on the cover, is themed to look like an issue of Nintendo Power magazine, including tongue-in-cheek references to a "free strategy guide inside." (The reference to "Issue 68" on the cover is part of the joke; it does not indicate an actual issue number.)
Dates:
Publication: March 2018
Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, Isabelle variant, March 2019
Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.2
Abstract
This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:
- Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
- Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
- A picket line of game industry professionals
- A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
Dates:
Publication: March 2019
Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, mushbuh variant, March 2019
Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.4
Abstract
This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:
- Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
- Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
- A picket line of game industry professionals
- A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
Dates:
Publication: March 2019
Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, "Unionize!" variant, March 2019
Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.3
Abstract
This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:
- Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
- Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
- A picket line of game industry professionals
- A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
Dates:
Publication: March 2019
Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, Waluigi variant, March 2019
Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.GDC2019.1
Abstract
This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:
- Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
- Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
- A picket line of game industry professionals
- A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
Dates:
Publication: March 2019