• FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Good.

    One of my good friends was one of the voices on LA Noire years ago and gets zero residuals from it. It’s maddening.

    • Pigeon@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Voice actors are among “those who actually make the games.” Voice acting in particular also is strenuous work that can and does cause physical injury when workers are compelled to work long hours doing rough voices and so on. People end up having to have surgery on their vocal cords.

      We don’t need to devalue voice actors to value other game industry workers. The only difference is the voice actors organized first, probably because of the injury risk, and when you form a union you have to define a group that you can reach and coordinate. It shouldn’t be an us vs them among works.

  • gaael@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I never wondered about the conditions of videogames workers, but I’m really happy that they get better thanks to this movement !

      • gaael@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        Thanks for sharing ! Looks like the usual “small white male feeling powerful because he’s the boss” bullshit more than a problem specific to the gaming industry.

        Anyway, unionizing should protect them better from these kind of abuse, which is good :)