In this episode, I talk about Raven Software winning its union vote – making the Game Workers Alliance the first North American video game union at a AAA gaming company. Activision Blizzard has been accused of illegally treating staff who wanted a union. SOC Investment group wants to remove Kotick (and others) from the board of directors. I also talked about accessibility in gaming, informative news about Diablo Immortal, content from the Diablo Community, and Pride merchandise.
Things mentioned in this episode:
- The New York Times posted “A Vote by Activision Workers Could Give Unions a Foothold in Gaming”
- IGN posted “Raven Software QA Workers Officially Vote to Unionize”
- Vice posted an article titled: “Raven Software QA Votes to Become First Major Video Game Union in the United States”
- The Verge posted “Activision Blizzard subsidiary wins union vote”
- @ABetterUbisoft tweeted support for their friends at Raven.
- Vice posted “Activision Blizzard Is Acting Like a Company That’s Scared of a Union”
- The Washington Post posted “Activision Blizzard worker committee demands anti-discrimination reform”
- Axios posted “Gender discrimination lawsuit against PlayStation returns”
- Dot.LA posted “Read the Discrimination Memo Activision Workers Sent to Management”
- Game Developer posted “NLRB: Activision Blizzard “illegally” threatened staff”
- GamesIndustrybiz posted “SOC urges shareholders to vote against re-election of Activision Blizzard directors”
- 9to5Mac posted “Apple in talks to buy EA gaming, Disney and Amazon also potential suitors”
- Kotaku posted “EA Tells Devs It Won’t Take Stand On Abortion Rights, Encourages ‘Healing Circles'”
- Kotaku posted “Xbox Boss Says He Will Recognize Raven Software’s Union After Acquisition Closes”
- Xbox posted “Xbox Celebrates the Gaming and Disability Community for Global Accessibility Awareness Day”
- Xbox posted information about the Xbox Adaptive Controller
- Blizzard posted “Making A Game For Everyone – Diablo Immortal’s Accessibility Features”
- Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library has appeared on Amazon
- Blizzard posted “Diablo Immortal – Your Roadmap to Hell”
- @DiabloImmortal tweeted the global release times for Diablo Immortal
- Lord Fluffy interviewed Wyatt Cheng on Twitch
- Echohack posted a YouTube video titled: “Huge update! Warbands, Armory, Customization, Shadow War and more!”
- Scrappy Academy posted a video titled: “Diablo Immortal Changes and Latest News”
- Blizzard Entertainment announced this year’s Pride Collection (led by Blizzard Employees)
- Proceeds from the Pride Collection will go to LGBTQ Center Orange County
- Shattered Soulstone now has the Shattered Soulstone logo on a Pride flag on Redbubble!
Where to find Jen’s Diablo Content Creation:
- Shattered Soulstone T-shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble!
- Shattered Soulstone Pride shirts now available on Jen’s Redbubble!
- Book of Jen website: Diablo gameplay videos
- Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo III Season 26 playlist (work in progress)
- Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist
- Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I don’t stream very often.)
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