8Bits: Talking About the Video Game Voice Actors Strike

November 4, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 1290 Views 0 Comments 8Bits, AFTRA, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, SAG, SAG-AFTRA, Screen Actors Guild, union, Video Games, voice actors, wages

In recent weeks, the video game industry has been hit with a SAG-AFTRA union strike by voice actors. The negotiations for a new deal have been going on for a long while, and an agreement still isn’t in place. Just how much impact on a game does the voice talent have? Do you play a game for the story content? For the graphics? For the DLC content? For the cast?

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The panel: Marie Lim, Lauren Garrison, Kathryn Sanders, Jared Hawkins