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 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9074 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / MAG-GAMEPLAYERS, Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer / Game Players

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

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
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

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
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

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
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

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
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

Game Workers Unite "HD Remaster" zine, March 2020

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.2020
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine distributed in March 2020. Although it is not themed to a particular event, it was likely meant to be distributed at the canceled 2020 Game Developers Conference. The content is largely adapted from the 2019 edition of GWU's zine.

Dates: Publication: March 2020
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

Game Workers Unite zine, est. 2018

 Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.2018
Abstract

This zine was likely printed and distributed around the time of the organization's public debut in 2018.

Dates: Publication: est. 2018
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / EPHEMERA-GWU, Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

GameFan

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN
Abstract GameFan (originally titled Diehard GameFan or Diehard Game Fan through October 1995) was a monthly publication that billed itself as a "next generation video game magazine" and, later, as "the last true enthusiast magazine." Although the magazine covered a wide variety of games, they focused on specialty topics for a video game enthusiast audience, such as import games and role-playing games. GameFan was founded by...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within October 1991 – December 2000; Publication: April 2010 – Summer 2015
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GameFan

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