Raven Wins! – Episode 361

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 ControllerBlizzard posted "Making A Game For Everyone - Diablo Immortal's Accessibility Features"Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library has appeared on AmazonBlizzard posted "Diablo Immortal - Your Roadmap to Hell"@DiabloImmortal tweeted the global release times for Diablo ImmortalLord Fluffy interviewed Wyatt Cheng on TwitchEchohack 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 CountyShattered 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 videosBook of Jen YouTube: Diablo III Season 26 playlist (work in progress)Book of Jen YouTube: Diablo Immortal Closed Alpha playlistTwitch @BarbarianKobold (NOTE: I don’t stream very often.)

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