Austin Kelmore
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Austin Kelmore
@austinkelmore.com
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder of @gameworkers.co.uk, @gameworkersolidarity.com, and @nogamesforgenocide.com.

Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland.

https://www.austinkelmore.com
I miss my friend.
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Testing 2.
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Testing.
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
1st book read of 2026.

An Autobiography - Angela Y. Davis
January 7, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Sunday (and every day) is lazy cat day.
December 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I'm in my happy place and I'm smiling even if you can't see it..
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm excited about all three gifts I got for Christmas.

Especially excited to make some of the food as it looks incredible.
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Goodbye Tigger, 14 years of our lives together was such a treat. You are loved and will be dearly missed.
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gave a talk tonight and I love showing this slide so much to show a small portion of what's possible when we push for change.

What would you like at your workplace?
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A preview for my talk tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Went walking outside with a friend today, Scotland really is a gorgeous place when the weather is good.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This bodes well for myself as this is currently hanging in my kitchen.
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is going to mean very little to folks outside the probably 10 people who follow me who know Trackmania, but this is the first time I've gotten all AT's in a season and I'm incredibly proud of this.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I spoke on the Notes From Below podcast this week about unions and the choices @gameworkers.co.uk made to be an organizing union instead of a service based one.

I also spoke about the Rockstar situation and the games industry at large! Have a listen if you fancy.

pocketcasts.com/podcast/work...
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's out! My chat with Callum Cant for the Notes From Below podcast was a lot of fun.

We talked through why we need to organize and unionize the video games industry, what that looks like in practice, and started by talking about the Rockstar situation.

pocketcasts.com/podcast/work...
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I really do think this is true.

Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've been reading the latest book by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social which seems very apt right now considering... *gestures around* everything going on.
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If anyone is in or around Glasgow on Saturday and wants to hear me talk about my most recent essay on Video Game Worker Unions and Revolution, I'd love to see you there!

notesfrombelow.org/article/vide...

6pm at Broadside in Glasgow!
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm unsuccessfully trying to slim down the number books I'm thinking of taking on vacation next week.

Have any of you read some of these? Are any of these books a must-read?
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I went to the anarchist book fair in London yesterday and only bought one book!

Was it restraint? Or was it that I already had many of the books I saw? Who can say.
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
September 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking, and insightful books I have read in a long, long time.

It has transformed how I think of the world and I will be thinking about what I've learned for years to come.
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Maybe this'll cheer you up a bit.
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM