Episode 412: Activision-Blizzard
Waypoint Radio
VICE
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2021
⏱️ 118 minutes
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Summary
Content Warning for discussion of Misogyny, Sexual Harassment, and Suicide from 7:28 - 46:49
The video game industry has historically been a boys club. Men have often claimed video games as something women weren't interested in or weren't good at. In recent years that line of thinking has shifted towards inclusivity on the community side of things, but within the industry many of the old company structures are still in place, and still undervaluing and endangering women. This week, the state of California brought a suit against Activision-Blizzard for being "breeding ground for harassment". Austin, Patrick, and Cado discuss what the suit has alleged, the ways in which things haven't changed in the industry, and the ways individuals can help push for change.
After the break we dive back into Boomerang X, and talk about it's wild final boss. Patrick and Austin are enjoying Death's Door, even if they both thing some of the level design could use some fine tuning. And of course, Cado is playing the PokeMOBA, Pokemon Unite.
Discussed: Activision-Blizzard 7:28, Boomerang 46:49, Death's Door 1:13:29, Black Skylands 1:33:09, Ragnarok 1:35:28, Pokemon Unite 1:36:11
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| 0:00.0 | What's good internet it is Friday July 23rd and you are listening to Waypoint Radio |
| 0:22.5 | episode 412. |
| 0:23.5 | I'm your host Austin Walker. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm joined today by Patrick Kleppett. |
| 0:26.7 | Hello. |
| 0:27.7 | And Ricardo Contreras. |
| 0:28.7 | Yo. |
| 0:29.7 | Rob is out on assignment. |
| 0:32.4 | Rob is out on I think. |
| 0:33.4 | No, there's someone like. |
| 0:34.4 | Oh, there's some one. |
| 0:35.4 | Oh, there's like, there's like so hard to get a good craftsman during COVID. |
| 0:40.2 | And then he was just like, I'm gone for the next two days. |
| 0:42.0 | They're ripping apart. |
| 0:43.0 | Is it kind of was this part of cable? |
| 0:45.8 | I can only see. |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, there's part about electricity happening. |
| 0:51.2 | I think they're also hiding some cables. |
| 0:56.0 | I see like getting cables into the wall. |
| 0:58.9 | So this is how Rob is going to hide his shame is like, oh, he just tells his partner like, |
| 1:05.3 | oh, actually, I discovered, you know, there's some work we need to get done. |
| 1:09.2 | And his part is probably like, yeah, I make, you know, you look over that stuff. |
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