The lack of, I dunno, worker consciousness in the comments to Wheatonâs piece is kind of breathtaking. âThe voice actors have to be treated badly by the publishers, because otherwise theyâll have to start treating coders and developers well!â Lordy, we canât have that. Where would that end? âWe donât have a union, so why should voice talent!?â Because youâre supposed to be smarter than a bucket of crabs?
SAG-AFTRA is trying to rig the system period. They already have cripplingly bad union rules in place that prevent developers from using in-house or non-union people to do ANY voice acting, and now they are trying to strike for royalties!?!?! The voice actors generally spend a few pretty pampered days or weeks in a rented studio space on games that take years. This is a shameless cash grab and isnât about any tangible âcorporate oppressionâ of the poor little guy. This is about a fat cat union trying to extort more money for itself by strong-arming developers.
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