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

*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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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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