Kat Bailey is a journalist with close to 15 years of experience in the games media. She previously served as Editor in Chief of USgamer, and her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Vice, Polygon, and Rock Paper Shotgun among dozens of other publications. In addition to her duties as News Director at IGN, she co-hosts Nintendo Voice Chat and Axe of the Blood God, a podcast dedicated to RPGs. Her favorite games include Valkyrie Profile, Bloodborne, Stardew Valley, and Pokemon.