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Striking Writers May Work on Games

Posted by Zonk on from the fewer-hackneyed-cliches-sounds-like-a-good-thing dept.

The ongoing Writer's Guild strike may soon impact even the games industry. While most of the copy writers working on games are not a part of the guild, via Eurogamer comes a Variety article about a possible Hollywood writer's migration to other media. "While the WGA has made no secret that it would like to eventually cover vidgame writing, it hasn't pushed the issue yet and is allowing members to work on games during the strike. 'It has been an interesting shift," says one tenpercenter who focuses on vidgames. "The literary agents are now saying, 'Why don't we get our clients over there during the strike?' even though in the past they thought the money wasn't good enough or the work is too demanding.'"

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  1. Is this good or bad? by 644bd346996 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not sure whether I should rejoice that more games will be getting competent writers, or weep that gaming is going to be degraded to sitcom quality.

    1. Re:Is this good or bad? by hudsonhawk · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Soap opera writers have been breaking away from the union and crossing the picket line.

      The union's fight is not their fight - soap operas don't sell DVD's or get watched online.

  2. Re:Hollywood writers are good? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think it's that the Hollywood writers are poor - you don't get a high-paying gig without having some skills. I think it's a matter of their producers instructing them to dumb down the content - apparently, simple slop sells. Blame the drooling masses that so obviously soak up the dribble that passes as 'prime time content', as reinforced by the high ratings of these shows.

    Indeed - everyone should go to the bookstore. I totally agree. Or rather, let them stay home and gel on their sofas...I'll gladly climb over them.