Post by @avilewis@mstdn.ca

2026-10-21 21:00 UTC

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves. And if we want to avoid the Mass Effect effect in Canada, we should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in. https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/rip-bioware-ea-has-shut-down-the-legendary-rpg-developer/ #canada #cdnpoli #Bioware #gaming

Replies (10)

@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca 2026-10-21 21:03

@avilewis@mstdn.ca Workers' co-ops for the win!

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@ophis@brain.worm.pink 2026-10-21 21:21

@avilewis@mstdn.ca the gaming industry has been such a spectacularly clear and unequivocal example of why we can't trust important infra to private investment interests and i'm so glad to finally see someone point that out who isn't primarily known online as just "some gamer"

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@qahnaarin@mstdn.games 2026-10-21 21:56

@avilewis@mstdn.ca I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favourite politician on the fedi. :yes_cat:

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@rightsprung@c.im 2026-10-21 22:03

@avilewis@mstdn.ca Amen! This!

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@silverwizard@convenient.email 2026-10-21 22:11

@avilewis@mstdn.ca I don't love bioware, but I love this kind of messaging. Highlighting this kind of bullshit matters so much, and that you care matters.

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@Shaltiar@c.im 2026-10-21 23:00

@avilewis@mstdn.ca EA ruins everything it touches.

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-10-21 23:09

@avilewis@mstdn.ca Private equity asset strips democracies & local economies the same way they asset strip businesses. https://jacobin.com/2026/06/review-asset-class-private-equity https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/02/usaid-elon-musk-donald-trump-doge https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2026/10/15/democracy-is-a-business-asset-ceos-are-letting-it-erode/ https://captimes.com/opinion/guest-columns/opinion-add-the-u-s-economy-to-trumps-long-list-of-bankruptcies/article_b9941123-df37-44e6-94ae-baa23f8a1d2f.html https://www.brusselstimes.com/704743/complete-breakdown-of-responsibility-ceos-accused-of-asset-stripping-eu-economy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/morrisons-private-equity-asset-strippers-preparing-to-feast-on-britains-covid-ravaged-economy/

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@the1jberg@mastodon.world 2026-10-22 00:46

@avilewis@mstdn.ca Empower workers? Modern-day Canada? 😂 We're too busy with oil pipelines and data centres projects that will ultimately enrich the scummiest people on the planet.

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@i_give_u_worms@beige.party 2026-10-22 03:45

@avilewis@mstdn.ca I suspect it also has to do with the Saudi owner's culture ideas who are ramping up some bullshit football game instead

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@cuirass_entertainment@mastodon.social 2026-10-22 17:06

@avilewis@mstdn.ca Avi is smart, wants the game developers on the team 😅

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