Where are the Women in the Overwatch Pro League? | The Video Game Pals Podcast 38

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This week, the pals dive into the controversy around the lack of diversity in the Overwatch Pro League, react to Nintendo’s mini direct and talk about Arc System work’s weird plans for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle’s DLC. PLUS: The Anime Pals? RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Least favorite Pokemon/type? Reader Mail DA NEWS: 1. Update to the ongoing Swatting case surrounding the death of 28-year-old father Andy Finch: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/swatting-tyler-barriss/ 2. Nintendo Mini Direct: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-new-switch-games-revealed-during-the-ninte/1100-6456021/ 3. Detective Pikachu finally has a confirmed Western release date: https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/951828560003477505 https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/crack-the-case-with-detective-pikachu/ 4. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle’s release date has been announced along with the news that 50% of its roster will be released as DLC: http://shoryuken.com/2018/01/13/blazblue-cross-tag-battle-launch-date-and-dlc-character-details-revealed-blake-belladona-is-dlc/ 5. Peggy’s own Winston’s Lab is reporting that Twitch and Blizzard have signed a 2 year contract to broadcast every OWL game on Twitch in English, Korean and French: https://twitter.com/WinstonsLab/status/950777572849143808 Meat and Potatoes: While we’re on the subject of the Overwatch Pro League, where the hell are all the women? https://www.heroesneverdie.com/2018/1/11/16880262/overwatch-league-women-players-talent-controversy http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20692051/how-teenage-gamer-became-reluctant-icon-south-korea-feminist-movement https://compete.kotaku.com/no-overwatch-league-team-signed-the-games-most-notable-1821968992 Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW