Happy Labor Day, folks, and weclome back to the Weekly Video Games Thread!

Several years ago, I wrote a Labor Day themed Games Thread about labor in the games industry. About unionization and unionbusting and the importance of the rights, protection, and power of the people who make games. In the several years since, that has become only more powerful. However, today, I’m going to instead shrink the focus from the real and into the realm of fiction.

In honor of Pikuniku, a game with a lot on its mind about the way wealth and hierarchies are used to separate people from their wealth, land, and livelihoods, I’d like to ask about the depiction of work… within video games. That could be seeing collective labor, or abusive business leaders, or you taking on the role of a worker or a parasite. Anyway, have fun with this.

And whether you’re doing that or enjoying a Labor Day or enjoying a regular Monday if you’re not American, what did you play this weekend?