In this episode, I talked about Proletariat withdrawing their union petition, and a New York Times article about unions and video games. I read to you a thread regarding GDC and COVID safety. I also talked about a Bloomberg article that feels sketchy to me. The person mentioned in the Bloomberg article tweeted what really happened.
Blizzard released patch notes and/or PTRs for Starcraft II, Diablo II: Resurrected, and Diablo III.
Things mentioned in this episode:
- Polygon posted an article titled: “Workers at World of Warcraft studio Proletariat withdraw union petition”
- The New York Times posted an article titled: “Unions and Video Games”
- @drjclau tweeted a thread criticizing the COVID Requirements at GDC (Game Developers Conference)
- GDC posted its Health & Safety rules
- Bloomberg posted an article titled: “Blizzard Manager Departs In Protest of Employee Ranking System
- @BrianBirming posted a thread explaining what happened – and noting that Bloomberg never reached out to him or spoke to him
- @valentine_irl posted a short thread regarding Blizzard’s culture
- @AggrendWoW posted a short thread in which he critiques the “journalist” from Bloomberg
- Wowhead posted an article titled “Classic WoW Tech Lead Brian Birmingham Departs Blizzard Under Protest”
- Starcraft II got 5.0.11 Patch Notes
- Diablo II: Resurrected PTR 2.6 is live!
- Maxroll posted an update to their Amazon Leveling Guide
- Diablo III PTR 2.7.5 will go live on January 31st!
- PezRadar (Blizzard Community Lead) posted “Looking at 2023: Diablo Immortal”
- Polygon posted an article titled: “Diablo Immortal’s ‘misleading’ Blessing of the Worthy gem under legal scrutiny”
- @RodFergusson (SVP, GM of all things Diablo) tweeted that Diablo IV won an Inven Award
- The Diablo development team posted a YouTube video titled: “Diablo IV | Official Release Date Trailer Breakdown”
Where to find Jen’s 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
- BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo III Season 27 (work in progress)
- BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlist
- BookOfJenOriginal YouTube: Diablo Immortal playlist (work in progress)
- Jen’s Lore Corner episodes are now on Shattered Soulstone!
- Twitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I rarely stream.)
- Restless Barbarian Gaming on Twitch
- Restless Barbarian Gaming on YouTube
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