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Community Lead for IGN Host on Podcast Beyond! & NVC D&D DM for hire She/Her Bulbasaur is life! Talk to me about all things Sonic, Pikmin, Monster Hunter, TMNT, and Final Fantasy! twitch.tv/jadarina

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Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’ve been wracking my brain and emotions to figure out the words to say after the sheer amount of talent and institutional knowledge we lost today. All I will say is that everyone affected today is a downright badass and deserves a spot on any team so if you are able to assist them please do so.

IGN Creators Guild@ignunion.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Union says fuck it, takes lunch at 11:30am to show our solidarity ✊ Today, the IGNCG is celebrating May Day! We’re a bit early, but we’re just too excited about getting our first contract done. We’ve got pizza and pride in the work we’re doing to make IGN a better place for all of us. 💜

The IGN Creators Guild Goes To Lunch! (A lovely screenshot of the IGNCG on Zoom, taking lunch together)A lovely picture of the IGNCG at a park, taking lunch together
Ziff Davis Creators Guild@zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On Jan. 14, our parent company Ziff Davis laid off 5 of our members, days after our successful CES showing as the CNET Group. This is the third round of layoffs since Ziff acquired CNET in 2024. We’re sick of our members being on the chopping block. Read our full statement below:

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Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

This is the set I’ve been waiting all my life for! Over the moon excited I was able to order everything I wanted! Some players say Universes Beyond is bad but they just haven’t got their dream crossover yet. Turtles are going to be my whole Magic personality! #TMNT

Heroes in a half shell MTG card featuring all 4 ninja turtles. Splinter, The Mentor MTG card featuring Master Splinter. Doubling Season MTG card featuring all 4 ninja turtles. Swamp Land MTG card featuring a pizza with mushroom toppings shaped like a skull.
Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

I played my first competitive flag football game in years over the weekend and I kid you not this is what it felt like for our team of free agents vs the one team in the league with matching custom jerseys.

Cover of backyard football for windows and Mac with three kids playing football Madden nfl 26 cover art with one player jumping over another.
Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

Predictions for today’s State of Play! 1. Wolverine 🤡 2. Saros news 3. More RE9 4. Pragmata release date 5. Bluepoints next game 6. Little devil inside 🤡 7. Persona 6 announcement 8. Astrobot DLC 9. New game from Sony Santa Monica 10. Next Xbox game coming to PS 11. FF7 PT3 🤡 12. Intergalactic news

Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

My latest review is here! I’m so happy with how Amazing Sonic Racing Crossworlds is! Video is coming soon, had a slight delay due to some sound issues with some of my capture on my end due to my capture device but it’s all fixed can’t wait to for you all to see it. www.ign.com/articles/son...

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Review - IGN

Sonic's latest kart racer fires on all cylinders with excellent courses and a lengthy list of customization options.

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Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

I can’t believe I missed the Metroid prediction by a day! Also got most my predictions right or very close to the announcement! Was a solid direct, nothing that blew me away but definitely lots of good stuff to look forward to!

Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

Nintendo Direct Predictions for the 9/12 direct: Metroid 4: 12/5 or 2/13 Splatoon Raiders trailer Q2 2026 Switch 2 game DLC/Upgrade pack for a Switch 1 game Age of Imprisonment Release date: 1/13 Mario Movie 2 sneak peak includingcasting of 1 new character Fire Emblem reveal Mario 40 BR Hades 2 PLZ

Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

Nintendo Direct Predictions for the 9/12 direct: Metroid 4: 12/5 or 2/13 Splatoon Raiders trailer Q2 2026 Switch 2 game DLC/Upgrade pack for a Switch 1 game Age of Imprisonment Release date: 1/13 Mario Movie 2 sneak peak includingcasting of 1 new character Fire Emblem reveal Mario 40 BR Hades 2 PLZ

IGN Creators Guild@ignunion.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, IGN laid off eight extremely valuable members of our union and workforce via directive from our parent company, Ziff Davis. This, after two incredibly successful live events IGN Live and SDCC, and yet another corporate acquisition. Please take a moment to read and share our full statement:

Today, IGN Entertainment announced that it would be laying off eight members of the IGN Creators Guild. This is 12% of our bargaining unit, and comes just days after our sister union, the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, underwent similar layoffs impacting 15% of their members. It also comes just months after our multibillion-dollar parent company, Ziff Davis, instituted a company-wide buyout that shrunk our unit numbers, with the express intent of avoiding future layoffs. And it comes just a little over one year after three of our members were laid off almost immediately after our union went public. The company has told us that the reason for this layoff stems from a Ziff Davis-mandate to cut costs despite several quarters in a row of year-over-year revenue increases, to which IGN Entertainment responded by coming for our members' jobs. This is perplexing to us, as we are told again and again that IGN Entertainment has had a tremendously successful year thus far thanks to their hard work. In just the last few months, our members have been absolutely essential to major events and livestreams, including San Diego ComicCon, Summer of Gaming, and IGN Live. Every single person impacted today was involved in and critical to the success of those events. Meanwhile, IGN Entertainment continues to spend money on costly acquisitions, only to turn around and gut those companies in the same way it is cutting away at IGN itself. For instance, last year, it acquired Gamer Network, and almost immediately laid off a number of staff critical to making those sites successful. The company has not responded to the union's questions about whether its budget for future acquisitions is being reconsidered as a cost-saving measure alongside these other apparently necessary personnel cuts. At a time when it is more necessary than ever to support its creators, IGN Entertainment is choosing to eliminate the individuals who ensure IGN remains competitive as generative AIthreatens our reach. We have been told that expert opinion pieces, original interviews, and work that leverages our staff's deep knowledge of gaming, tech, and entertainment are all essential to combating AI summarization and regurgitation of our work. Management has responded by cutting several individuals who do that exact work, as well as others whose job it is to ensure that these written and video pieces are published in a speedy manner — another component of combating AI we're told is critical. This continued cycle of repeated, aggressive cuts to our staff and being asked to do more with less, only for management to continue to spend on new business it isn't interested in sustaining cannot continue. We will enforce our interim agreement that guarantees better severance and other protections to laid off members, as well as demand additional support for those impacted. We will continue to bargain over our first contract with the aim of enshrining even better protections against further layoffs, working conditions continuously degraded by understaffing, and the encroachment of generative AI. And we won't stop fighting to ensure IGN remains the best destination for trustworthy, original, exciting, and creative work covering video games, entertainment, and tech. While IGN Entertainment management may not value us, we value one another and the incredible work we can do together. Behind the articles, videos, social posts, playlists, and maps of IGN are human beings, not just numbers on a spreadsheet to be pushed around when some number at the top isn't big enough. Without us, there is no IGN.
IGN Creators Guild@ignunion.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s been- One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild. The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!

Recognize IGN Creators Guild (2.0) Now!
Jadarina@jadarina.bsky.social · last yr.

Played in my first draft last night for FNM and did surprisingly well with these leading me to a 2-1 record. Ended with a 3-way tie for second place before tiebreakers came into play which sadly moved me to 4th overall. Fingers crossed hoping my Sealed tourney today goes as good or even better!

8 FF MTG cards, including Blitzball, Joshua, Snow, Zidane, Jill, Squall, Rufus Shinra, and Tidus.