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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy to share I'm joining the video team at @polygon.com For what it's worth I didn't bring an iced coffee to the interview.

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey I have one of these. A real working one. Wheres my $300? Or some internet points? Anything helps. Thank you.

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

After 9 years at IGN this is the last video I edited: m.youtube.com/watch?v=nStf... 3 people, including me, who worked on this video were laid off, with out notice, just a couple hours after publishing it. It was an honor to work with them and so many others at IGN impacted by these layoffs.

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Steam Frame Review – A Great All-in-One VR Headset, But It'll Cost You

YouTube video by IGN

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 11/06/2026

IGN lays off tech workers following Summer Game Fest, where pro-union messages were erased aftermath.site/ign-summer-gam...

Chalk graffiti reading "Fair wages 4 IGN Union" outside The Reef in LA

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The 2025 Game Awards are tonight and I had the honor of editing this intro for IGN's coverage. Take a sneak peak and tune in tonight. What's your Game of the Year? I just played Ape Out from 2019 because it was on sale for 2.99. So that's mine. #thegameawards #ign #goty #apeout #devolverdigital

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Taking care of your staff should be an easy choice. You can even do acquisitions at the same time. Just take care of your staff too - the people generating the value. This shouldn't be hard to do or understand.

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John Katsin @crouton-salad.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Another events season in the games industry means I get to cut lots of sizzle reels, hype bumps & promos. Here's the latest: @ign.com #ignlive

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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!

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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Our little union is getting a bit bigger! Today, we proposed the addition of our product, engineering, and Humble Bundle folks into our unit. Join us in welcoming our peers and asking IGN Entertainment Inc. management to voluntarily recognize their addition into our union!

The IGNCG Mission statement exceeds the character limit of bsky's alt text. The first several paragraphs read:

“IGN has a lot going on” might be the understatement of the century. At any given time, there are countless irons in countless fires as our teams continue to deliver multi-award winning original coverage of games, film and television, technology and more in both written and video spaces. This fact, as well as the awards, the prestige, and the hundreds of millions of monthly visitors, none of it exists without IGN’s incomparable staff. Together, we have navigated a pandemic, multiple entertainment strikes, massive live events seasons, surprising trailer leaks, and whatever other curveballs the multiple industries that we cover have thrown at us. Through it all we have delivered best-in-class articles, videos, guides, live-events, and more, banding together to ensure IGN remains a top player across industries.

Now the IGN creative teams are banding together once more, this time to form the IGN Creators Guild. We are unionizing with the News Guild alongside our colleagues at the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, as well as other leaders in the online media space like the L.A. Times, The New Yorker, Vice, and Time.

Of our many goals, we first and foremost want to see IGN grow and thrive as digital media continues to become more and more tumultuous. We have been an institution for over 25 years, and the creators of IGN want to see it continue for 25 more and beyond. But to do so, we need support.
We need fair and competitive pay for all, including those who are asked to live and work in some of the most expensive cities in the United States; affordable health insurance; and better diversity, equity, and inclusion across the board. We need protection against layoffs amid a hectic media landscape, guarantees of reasonable compensation when those layoffs cannot be avoided, as well as protections against generative AI and similar technologies.

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