IGN Unionizes: What does it mean? DICE 2024 - Ep. 353

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

*WE HAD AUDIO TECHNICAL ISSUES FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE EPISODE.* Sorry friends, the tech gods were not on my side.

This week Andrea and Riana are on location in Las Vegas for D.I.C.E. Summit 2024. They chat about the DICE Award nominees and some quick headlines before jumping into an interview with IGN's Senior Reporter Rebekah Valentine. She discusses the newly formed IGN Creators Guild and the importance of founding a union in the video games media space.

Find Rebekah's work on IGN: https://www.ign.com/person/duckvalentine

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• Bored Ape Gamers Club
• Faris Attieh
• Joshua Franklin
• Justin Foshee
• Punkdefied

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Time stamps:

• 00:02:56 - Xbox First Party Games Rumblings
• 00:05:00 - Disney and Epic Form Partnership in $1.5B Deal
• 00:06:08 - Disney's Role in the Metaverse
• 00:09:03 - What are the D.I.C.E. Awards?
• 00:12:01 - Best Games of 2023 Honored
• 00:15:00 - Special Interview with Rebekah Valentine
• 00:15:13 - The Creation of the IGN Creators Guild
• 00:18:04 - Unionizing and the Positive Response
• 00:23:44 - Starting a Union: Where to Begin?
• 00:26:12 - Collective Bargaining and Job Security
• 00:28:43 - Working at IGN and covering events
• 00:31:25 - IGN Live and future events

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