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E22: "Measuring" ""Diversity"" Ft. Artie Wolfe
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We look at a disasterous effort to quantify diversity among videogame characters which started at a mobile developer and then got absorbed by Blizzard.
You can find Artie on Twitter @alliedwolves
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes, early access, and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References (I am way too fucked to do these up properly you're just getting links this time):
https://modorchaidhe.github.io/posts/abkdiversitychart/
https://twitter.com/_mlktea/status/1525507447548366848
https://kotaku.com/activison-blizzard-king-diversity-space-tool-super-mari-1848936056
https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/blizzard-diversity-space-tool-causes-more-problems/
https://gamerant.com/the-activision-blizzard-diversity-space-tool-controversy-explained/
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2022/05/king-diversity-space-tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZZAHDqdfE
Jakobsson, M., Houghton, N., Okwo, U., & Wu, W. (2019). Visualizing Diversity: A Character Design Tool For Creative Reflection. DiGRA.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/n3TZ7yI2z0w
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We look at a disasterous effort to quantify diversity among videogame characters which started at a mobile developer and then got absorbed by Blizzard.
You can find Artie on Twitter @alliedwolves
Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes, early access, and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificant
References (I am way too fucked to do these up properly you're just getting links this time):
https://modorchaidhe.github.io/posts/abkdiversitychart/
https://twitter.com/_mlktea/status/1525507447548366848
https://kotaku.com/activison-blizzard-king-diversity-space-tool-super-mari-1848936056
https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/blizzard-diversity-space-tool-causes-more-problems/
https://gamerant.com/the-activision-blizzard-diversity-space-tool-controversy-explained/
https://www.activisionblizzard.com/newsroom/2022/05/king-diversity-space-tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZZAHDqdfE
Jakobsson, M., Houghton, N., Okwo, U., & Wu, W. (2019). Visualizing Diversity: A Character Design Tool For Creative Reflection. DiGRA.
The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/n3TZ7yI2z0w
If you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.
Email: [email protected]
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