Behind the IGN Creators Guild with Chelsea Miller

Real Time Strategy

IGN’s creative staff formed the IGN Creators Guild this year to collectively work toward a stronger, more equitable workplace. IGN video editor and guild member Chelsea Miller joins Kaitlyn and Sam to explain why the IGN Creators Guild was founded, how it’s brought the staff closer together, and what the union hopes to accomplish next.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 – Intro

00:08:37 – Chelsea’s Cults, Cryptids and Conspiracies podcast

00:30:42 – What does it mean to unionize?

00:33:25 – Who makes up the IGN Creators Guild?

00:40:50 – Forming the IGN Creators Guild

00:53:22 – How the IGN Creators Guild handled the recent IGN layoffs

00:57:49 – What are the next steps for the union?

01:13:26 – How can people support the IGN Creators Guild?

01:19:21 – Outro

Stories discussed:

IGN – Polygons, Pixels and Polyamory, Oh My! The 40-Year Evolution of Video Game Romances

IGN – How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine

Media/artists discussed:

Voynich manuscript

Kholat

The Last of Us

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Hades

The Long Dark

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Follow the IGN Creators Guild on Twitter and Instagram @IGNUnion. Follow Chelsea on Twitter @mschelseareed, and listen to her podcast, Cults, Cryptids, and Conspiracies.

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