Lynette Guzman

What to Do After Finding Room 46 - Blue Prince Guide - IGN You've found the elusive Room 46 in Blue Prince – now what? There are plenty of trophy hunting activities to work on, but there's also more

I also wrote up a quick roundup of things to do after Room 46, including some Blue Prince secrets and easter eggs I found while playing!

I’ll never get tired of talking about this game ✨

YouTube video by IGN Blue Prince: How to Find and Unseal the Blue Doors (What to Do After Room 46)

During production, I kept referring to this project as my Blue Prince dissertation.

tbh this IGN guide is probably more useful than my actual dissertation 😂

if you’re stuck on Blue Prince end-game puzzles after Room 46, I made this video for you! 💙

Four friends hold 3D-printed Minecraft items while standing in an office

Re-entering academia… this time as a professor of videogames!

I’ll be teaching undergraduate courses that explore concepts of narrative design and gaming as sets of social practices. Plus, you'll still see my video guides over on IGN. It's games all day, every day!

SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS Q2 2025 quarterly revenues increased 9.8% to $352.2 million compared to $320.8 million for Q2 2024. Income from operations increased 17.2% to $33.5 million compared to $28.6 million for Q2 2024. Net income (1) decreased to $26.3 million compared to $36.9 million for Q2 2024. Net income per diluted share (1) decreased to $0.62 in Q2 2025 compared to $0.77 for Q2 2024. Adjusted EBITDA (2) for the quarter increased 11.8% to $107.7 million compared to $96.3 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income (2) decreased to $51.6 million compared to $53.7 million for Q2 2024. Adjusted net income per diluted share (1)(2) (or “Adjusted diluted EPS”) for the quarter increased 5.1% to $1.24 compared to $1.18 for Q2 2024. Net cash provided by operating activities was $57.1 million in Q2 2025 compared to $50.6 million in Q2 2024. Free cash flow (2) was $26.9 million in Q2 2025 compared to $25.1 million in Q2 2024. Ziff Davis deployed approximately $11.4 million for current and prior year acquisitions during the quarter and $33.9 million related to share repurchases in Q2 2025.

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY.

So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

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 AI

threatens 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.

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:

YouTube video by IGN What The Surprise Character Who Called Superman A B!tch Means To The Future of James Gunn's DCU

my first edit back from a lovely month on vacation! another superhero feature in the books ✨💪🏽

my 183 hour Blue Prince save file is just straight up gone. all my saves are gone. fml 🪦😭

I reached 100 hours before hitting the save bug on PS5 and have been waiting patiently for Blue Prince to be my entire life again!

I loved loved loved reading this. I've had many moments of art inspiring me at the right time, especially for giving me courage to make changes in my life, so this definitely resonates.

And 1000xResist is definitely a special game! Thanks for sharing your experiences 💜

A character from 1000xResist, dressed in purple on a white background

Video games have a funny way of showing up when you need them the most
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it’s soooo good!!

I really liked Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow! it was a book I couldn’t put down

Opinion: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hit Harder Than Skyrim – And Still Does - IGN IGN's Ryan McCaffrey – who reviewed The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for Official Xbox Magazine back in 2006 – discusses the just-announced-and-released Oblivion Remastered and why Oblivion hit harder f...

New opinion piece from me:

Why The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion hit harder than Skyrim – and still does.

Read it or watch my ugly, Oblivion-NPC face as I tell it to ya on IGN! 😜 www.ign.com/articles/opi...

to pay respects, I’m going back to watch IGN videos where you’re face-on-cam to appreciate all the memories you shared 🙏🏽

I’m obsessed with this game and everyone should play it.

Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy! 👇🏽

Blue Prince is already one of the best games I’ve ever played and I still feel like I’m scratching the surface. Released today but lucky me I’ve been playing it all week (perks of the job)

Get a journal, a pen, and buy the game already

I started playing Blue Prince last night and now it’s all I think about

updating my resume is a fun reminder of the cool stuff I’ve done… quickly followed by questioning whether I’ve done enough 🙃

HAPPY TIMELINE TUESDAY! #timelinetuesday
Squid Game Season 2 Review
Shout out to @shannonmiller.bsky.social & @wizardphd.games
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Critical Role’s Campaign 3 finale is 8.5 HOURS LONG?!???! 😱 it’s gonna be epic.

I live with lupus. My body attacks itself during flares.

During the early stages of diagnosis, I could not leave the bed. I was in constant pain. My hair fell out. Gaming was the only activity where I felt normal.

#GameOnToEndLupus raises money for advocacy and research efforts to find a cure 💜✨

rolled credits on 1000xRESIST and wow. this type of game is exactly why I love narrative in interactive media.

hi!! yes, I remember from the old Wizards Unite days 🪄✨

YouTube video by IGN Content Warning - 9 Tips For Going VIRAL

this Content Warning video is probably my favorite memory of goofing around with @ronnybarrier.bsky.social & @markmedina.bsky.social for an IGN guide. you know, when work doesn’t really feel like work.

“YO CHAT ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!?!?” 🤣

WizardPhD’s Steam Replay 2024 graphic shows 17 Games Played, 106 Achievements, 153 Sessions, and 12 New Games

hey, only 3 of my top 5 Steam games this year was for work! lol #SteamReplay

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Mew ex card

The number of hours I spent torturing this Pokémon with Pester Balls as it spun around while I got closer to it in my hovercraft for the perfect photograph to be good enough for Professor Oak…

OG Pokémon Snap definitely holds core memories 🩷

Applying right now! ☺️

one day I hope to meet you! you’re an inspiration 👑

You can't spell Nightreign without IGN

An incredible night for gamers in their mid-thirties