Raven Wins! – Episode 361

Shattered Soulstone

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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