My second time on the IGN UK podcast, and I’m proposing that my name is changed each time I appear. This time, I’m Erin, next time, who knows?

I hope people spend as much time and energy reading the documents, getting the different endings, and piecing together the story in Silent Hill f, as they do talking about review scores and everyone's opinion on combat.

Mind the gap

I’ve officially hit 6 months at IGN! That’s wild. I’m still so excited and grateful that I got to become a fully fledged member of the guides team.

@c0rgibutts.bsky.social happy birthday, Meg! I hope you have the best day, you deserve it!

2026 is gonna be the year of the horror farming sim, I can feel it.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has arrived, and the beginning hours will have you exploring aimlessly if you don't find the map. Here's our guide on how to get it:

I see a lot of people promoting their gaming podcasts on here, and week after week, it's always men chatting to other men. invite a woman onto your podcast ffs!!!! if your instinct is that there are no women that you consider peers in the industry, then maybe it's time to think about why that is!

My partner is away, so I'm going to pretend I'm a teenager and game until I can't keep my eyes open tonight. I've been playing Abiotic Factor and loving it, but I might have to get time with The Drifter finally.

It is time.

Will I finally play Cyberpunk?

My FB memories have just notified me that I left teaching 6 years ago… and it was the best decision I ever made. I miss teaching Gothic Literature but that’s it.

Sorry I'm late, there was traffic. But here's my list of narrative games you should definitely grab during the Steam Summer Sale. None of which are over £20 and most are under a tenner. 👀 Thread time! 🧵

I'm once again shouting that people should get The Excavation of Hob's Barrow immediately.

I went to Glastonbury for the last three years in a row. I didn't get tickets this year, and I wasn't bothered until today. Now I'm sad that I'm not there, but at least I don't have to smell the long drop toilets in this heat. That, I'll never miss.

I’ve never been to Vegas, but Dolly Parton announced shows there in December, so I guess I’m going to try and go to Vegas 🙃😭

My Switch 2 is in the hands of DPD. Pray for me.

Tried to go to a show earlier, and a power outage meant I couldn’t get a train and there was no way I could make it on time. Came home and decided to play Prince of Persia. 20 minutes later, there’s a power outage in my building. I’ll take the hint that I’m not supposed to enjoy today 🙃

I’m in Croatia and it’s BEAUTIFUL.

Long girl enjoys the sun.

It’s my birthday and I woke up to a bundle from my partner that includes a Meta Quest 3?!? She has completely spoiled me already.

This looks so good!

Ahhh, today was my first official day at IGN! I’m so excited to announce that I’ve joined the guides team and I’m now an Associate Guides Editor 🥹.

An exciting new chapter starts for me on Monday!

For this international women’s day, I thought I’d really show my commitment to women, and now my hair is the lesbian flag.

Today has been all about the Monster Hunter Wilds guide. Look at all them optional quests I tracked and organised into tables. www.ign.com/wikis/monste...

Ummm... this is extremely my thing.

I’m just a girl doing a little benchmark test for Monster Hunter Wilds.

Around this time of year, I usually give lectures on queer Victorian women, and I’m so sad I don’t have time to do it this year. I’m off to do a lecture next week on working in creative industries but it’s not the saaaaaame 😭

The Myths and Legends Steam Event is on! From now until Feb 4th, you can find an array of wonderful historical games being showcased, available for download, and on sale! Here are a few of our favourites: 🧵 #MythsandLegends2025

I'm about to get lost in The Roottrees are Dead for the rest of the evening.

I’m so ready for big, new, and exciting things next year! But first, a night of board games and feasting to welcome in the new year.

Hoping to get all my work wrapped up today so I can have a bit of a break over the holidays. I'm on cooking duty but I'm so desperate to find time to play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Loco Motive.

For the last few years, I’ve been creating a note on my phone around Dec of things I want to achieve in the coming year. I divide the goals into travel, career, personal, relationships, etc, and then forget about them. At the end of the year, I tick off what I’ve done and it’s always SO satisfying.

I would just like to say I made a Minecraft cake for my partner’s 9 year old and his birthday party today.

I've set up my own place to be able to cover more games that I'm into. With fewer freelance opportunities for us all, I want to make sure I'm doing this even as a hobby. Smashed through The Rise of the Golden Idol and loved it, so the entire walkthrough is now up on the site.

Other content that is also important (and nothing to do with work) is my cat. This is Olive.

I'm slowly launching my own blog site and creating content where I can cover more games outside of my freelance work. I love a point-and-click, so it seemed fitting to create my first walkthrough on the new site for The Rise of the Golden Idol. P.S. IT'S SO GOOD. gameheartgauge.com/guides/the-r...

I am putting together a list of people on Bluesky who write about games (reviews, investigative pieces, or whatever else) If you want to be included (or excluded), reply and I'll update it 👍 go.bsky.app/Fs6yHKv

It’s @adventurex.bsky.social time! Jumping into the demos to play as many as possible and cover them on my channels and site. If you have any recommendations, throw them at me!

Annnnd now I’m going to look at everyone’s characters from the Monster Hunter Wilds beta. I’ve been playing it on the PS5 but switching to PC today to test it out there, too. If you see this, feel free to share with me what your hunter looks like!

This is my first post, so here's an intro! I'm Lauren. I'm a freelance writer and editor covering video games. I've contributed to a lot of guides on IGN for games like Elden Ring, Tears of the Kingdom, and Black Myth: Wukong. I also do reviews and previews, and I'm dipping into content creation.