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.

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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://web.archive.org/web/20220512185745/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.

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