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Games Losing Their Voices
Gamespot is reporting on a possible SAG strike against the video game industry. The working contract that the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has with the major game publishers expires tomorrow and negotiations are still underway. From the article: "Academy-Award winner Charlize Theron will lend her voice to Majesco's Aeon Flux, David Duchovny and Marilyn Manson voice-act original characters for Midway's upcoming Area 51, and Sean Connery will do some Bond-speak for EA's recently announced From Russia With Love. Actors are even voicing from beyond the grave--the late Marlon Brando will join James Caan and Robert Duvall in Electronic Arts' digital version of The Godfather."
Dont get me wrong , i am very much pro union in some situations, However the SAG is an example of why some unions are seen as abusive groups of organised criminals. . .
A union is there for one reason , to protect the rights of the workers
Now this does not include boycotting a small company who hires non-union workers..
Fair enough to boycot the studio if it hires people during a strike but this is just silly.
Perhaps back in the day the Screen actors guild was used to right a few wrongs(I have my doubts) but now all they do is keep the exclusive club going and try to hike up wages for the elite
(/Rant)
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
No.
Unions are there to protect the unions.
They used to be there to protect the workers, and they attracted leaders who were concerned with protecting the workers. Then they grew large, and powerful, and their leaders became those who were concerned with being in charge of large and powerful organizations. The unions began to act not to protect the workers, but to protect the size and power of the unions.
(Note: you can s/union/political party/g , or s/union/businesses/g, or s/union/government/g. and replace "workers" as appropriate, and not change the truth of this - this is not (just) a bash against the unions.)
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I can't really think of a game that bragged about its celebrity voice actors and didn't suck.
Also, hire amateur scabs like me to do the voice work, I'd love to do it! Pity there aren't many (any?) game development houses in Ottawa (although there are lots about two hours away in Montréal).
- chrish