Activision Blizzard Saga Continued (That News You Care About Ep. 66)

Logan returns to give his thoughts on the ongoing Activision Blizzard saga alongside Cameron and Trevor. And Cameron discusses the potential effects of T-Mobile possibly backing away from their Activision Blizzard eSports sponsorships.

Time Stamps and Links:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:23 - Activision Blizzard Lawsuit Continued

"Blizzard Entertainment president J. Allen Brack steps down" by Samit Sarkar and Nicole Carpenter, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22598694/blizzard-president-resigns-j-allen-brack-activision-lawsuit

"Blizzard's HR boss is the latest exec to say goodbye" by Nicole Carpenter, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22608340/blizzard-hr-sexual-harassment-lawsuit

"Activision Blizzard Faces Second Lawsuit Over First Lawsuit" by Mike Fahey, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/activistion-blizzard-faces-second-lawsuit-over-first-la-1847415904

"Activision Blizzard staff reject company's choice of law firm" by Jeffrey Rousseau, gamesindustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-03-activision-blizzard-staff-reject-companys-choice-of-law-firm

00:34:27 - "Activision Blizzard loses T-Mobile as sponsor for Overwatch, Call of Duty esports leagues" by Michael McWhertor, Polygon

https://www.polygon.com/22607861/activision-blizzard-t-mobile-overwatch-league-call-of-duty-cod-league-esports

00:52:22 - Shoutouts:

"What Really Happened At That BlizzCon Panel, According To The Woman In The Video" by Ethan Gach, Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/what-really-happened-at-that-blizzcon-panel-according-1847408469

"Playdate sells out 2021 stock supply in less than 20 minutes" by Danielle Partis, gamesindustry.biz

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-03-playdate-sells-out-2021-stock-supply-in-less-than-20-minutes

MegaRan Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/megaran/mega-ran-live-95-the-new-album

00:56:29 - Outro

Organizations you can support in solidarity with the #ActiBlizzWalkout:

Black Girls Code: https://www.blackgirlscode.com/

Futures Without Violence: https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/

Girls Who Code: https://girlswhocode.com/

RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/

Women in Animation: https://womeninanimation.org/

Women in Games International: https://www.getwigi.com/

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