Tekken! Truly one of the great series of the fighting game world. I have many a fond memory of cartwheel-kicking my brother with Eddie Gordo in the PS1 days and now pulling off some big ol’ comboners with Leroy Smith!

With an anime TV adaptation in the works (trailer here), thought it’d be nice to share a little story from my experience with Tekken! So, let me take you back to the ancient era of… c2014.

Back in the day, my brother and I played the ever-living hell out of Tag Tournament, and Tekken 5.

One of bro’s favorite characters was Raven, a Blade-looking ninja lad. Cool design, cool moveset, cool as a knickerbocker glory hole!

Smash cut to some nebulous time in 2021 and we started playing Tekken 7 (once it stopped costing an arm and a leg)! Speaking of which, we sell plenty of Tekken games and merch right here if you’re so inclined.

We started playing and lo and behold, while there was no Raven, we did get one Master Raven. Again, hitting all the Rule of Cool checkmarks, but we were pretty surprised to see a Raven who wasn’t the one from our childhoods.

I didn’t think much of it at first… Until a eureka moment hit my Lefty SJW Woke Ass like a fire truck… Is Raven trans!?

Not long after that thought, I heard through the grape vine that Leo is a canonically trans character, which led me to think “sweet baby Jesus, I connected the dots“!

Unfortunately, I “didn’t connect shit… But I connected them“, as they say. I got playing Tekken 7 with a friend from work (Joel). I played a few rounds as Lucky Chloe purely so my other mate watching on the sidelines could ogle her and make Tammy-Contrapoints jokes.

Got chatting with Joel while playing and lad dropped the bombshell that Raven and Master Raven were actually two different characters all along! What a twist!

While I have you, show some love to Joel on his instagram if you want to keep in the loop for his upcoming Overthinking Listening Party on March 26th 2022! There’ll be an episode release party, producer cypher, open mic funtimes and more!

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Galactic Destruction King, Benevolent World-Eater… Kirby.

There was once a pink ball-boy called Kirby, who looked like a featherless furby. I jest of course, but there is some discourse on Forgotten Lands, almost found, surely!

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A bird in the coal Mines

Raven software is a name you might not know, but that never the less is a studio that created some of the biggest games in the PC space post doom, and whose history is maybe one of the saddest stories in this industry. Raven made good games. For a time they would take the latest engine Extradimensional Hyperbrain Meme John Carmack had created and make a game better than the guys at ID software did. With the Wolfenstein 3D engine they made Shadowcaster, with the Doom Engine they made Heretic and Hexen, With the Quake Engine they made Mageslayer and heretic 2. With the doom 3 Engine they made Quake 4 and Wolfenstein(2009). Even when they weren’t working with ID-tech they made some genuine classics, like Star wars Jedi knight II, which in my opinion was the best version of light-saber combat ever.

Then Activision showed up.

Ravens last stand alone game was singularity. The project took a long time to develop, and was even briefly canceled at one time. The final game is far less ambitious than was probably originally intended, but overall it still came out OK. unfortunately it did not sell well. Following Singularities release, Raven would be put onto working on the DLC for the Call of Duty games by activision, eventually ending up as the lead dev on the games Battle royal mode warzone. But even then, these where good devs, who made good games that maybe didnt do so well but they had spark man. If you haven’t played it, track down a copy of Singularity, or of Quake 4, or of heretic. Because raven deserves to be talked about more.

The Phoenix?

Things got worse last year, when activision fired a number of members of the QA department who had previously been promised pay rises. Following the other recent activision blizzard controversies, Raven Software staff went on strike and, as of the 21st, gathered enough signatures to unionize. From then, Activision had 4 days to recognise the union. Now, to be completely fair to activision, they were just acquired by Microsoft so there is probably a lot on their minds regarding that, but as of now, activision has not voluntarily recognized the Game Workers Alliance, the union that Raven QA staff have formed.

With the recognition deadline passed, Raven employees will now move forward with plans to file for a union election through the National Labor Relations Board, as confirmed though a series of tweets.

We, the supermajority of workers at Raven QA, are proud to be confidently filing our petition with the NLRB for our union election. (1/5)

— Game Workers Alliance 💙#WeAreGWA (@WeAreGWA) January 26, 2022

Recently, Studio Head Brian Raffel announced an organizational change that would dissolve the QA team and transfer those workers to other departments arround the studio. Given the announcements timing and its focus on the QA department this has been perceived as an attack against the union, with the CWA commenting on this on twitter.

This announcement, which came three days after Raven QA workers publicly requested recognition of their union – @WeAreGWA (CWA) – is nothing more than a tactic to thwart Raven QA workers who are exercising their right to organize.

— CODE-CWA (@CODE_CWA) January 25, 2022

The current mood

As of Right now, Activision Blizzard Employees have the supermajority of votes in favor of unionizing, which is unsurprising given the last year of controversy surrounding the studio. They are in the Process of bringing their case to the NLRB. however this process can be protracted, which would give more leverage to leadership of activision blizzard.

Cornell professor of labor and employment law Risa Lieberwitz told The Washington Post that the structural changes shouldn’t interrupt the unionization process, but added that the timing “raises the question of whether [Activision Blizzard] are retaliating against the QA employees because of their union activities.”

#FreeRaven.

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With season 5 around the corner, this is your last chance to level up.

Season 5 begins on August 12th, so the next week is our final chance to complete the battle pass and unlock all the remaining content before it disappears. Luckily, players have a double XP weekend to look forward to from tomorrow.

This double XP weekend for Cold War and Warzone applies to standard progression XP and battle pass XP. The promotional period begins August 6th at 6PM BST and wraps up on August 9th at the same time.

Close out Season Four with Double XP + Double Battle Pass XP all weekend, starting Friday!

Season Five is just around the corner… pic.twitter.com/jWxVA3Lkf6

— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) August 4, 2021

A new season means a new battle pass, DLC weapons, and operators should be arriving for Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, and maybe some more Zombies content as well. Known Call of Duty leakers The Cheeseburger Boys have suggested a Japanese folklore theme is likely coming with Season 5, with a female operator named Kitsune and some Japanese masks. Also, reporting that the new DLC weapons could include the TEC-9 pistol. Rumours should be taken with a grain of salt, but their claims fit the recently revealed image from Activision, which shows a new female operator with a very punk style and Japanese-themed tattoos.

Keep your head.

Work in the shadows and prepare yourself for the mission ahead in Season Five of #BlackOpsColdWar and #Warzone. Live on August 12th. pic.twitter.com/BOSBkCLTsl

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) August 3, 2021

Given the Season 4 Reloaded update just gave us the long-awaited Mauer der Toten round-based map, it’s likely we’ll have lighter content for Zombies for the start of Season 5. We’re still waiting on two more perk drinks to fill the vending machine for Cold War’s Zombies, so maybe we’ll finally see the return of Double Tap or PhD Flopper perks with Season 5. We may see more Outbreak content to fill the void until the next round-based map. Maybe this new content comes in the form of a new map region or a new Outbreak questline Easter egg to keep Cold War’s Dark Aether story progressing.

The Season 5 teaser trailer (see below) gave us a phone call with Wraith, who tells the person on the other line to pack warm clothes because they’re going to Teufelsberg, a snowy forest location in Berlin, Germany. This Berlin location served as an American listening station for intercepting Soviet radio communications during the Cold War. This could hint at a new map location for Cold War’s multiplayer, but it can also tie into Warzone’s ongoing narrative for Stitch’s mysterious plan to disrupt things in Verdansk with sleeper agents.

“This is Wraith… the Verdansk tests are looking good."

After the destruction of the Jumpseat satellite constellation, critical data stolen from Yamantau is passed to an Operator with the unique skills to execute Stitch's endgame.

The countdown to Season Five begins. pic.twitter.com/BL7dtwdTCI

— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) July 29, 2021

Warzone players will also likely receive an in-game event that promotes the upcoming Call of Duty 2021 title if history is anything to go by. Raven Software has also teased the introduction of two new Warzone exclusive perks. Alongside the new perks, Raven also announced that High Alert will receive an update that counters the Dead Silent field upgrade.

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