IGN Unionizes: What does it mean? DICE 2024 - Ep. 353
172*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.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Start
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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