SAG-AFTRA leaders announced Friday that they will seek authorization for a strike against major video game companies, which would presumably include giants Activision and Electronic Arts.
In a statement, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher called out video game companies for their “greed and disrespect.”
The Nanny is on the warpath.
The last time SAG-AFTRA launched a strike against video game makers was in 2016. The strike lasted nearly a year.
Uh, I honestly do not remember this happening.
Does anyone remember that? Did it have any actual effect?
Yeah, it was over royalty disputes and a few other things. They were basically saying that voice actors should get royalties on video games.
Non-woke people made the argument: even the creative designers don't get royalties on their games so why should Hollywood actors?
If anything, the actual designers should get the royalties, because there is no game without them. As most popular indie games show -- like Battlebit -- you can have a very fun and robust experience without voice actors.
So, come to think of it... I hope they do strike the gaming industry again.Woke companies will have to stall their projects in mid-development to either wait out the strike and lose money on operating costs while doing so, or have to hire outside of the SAG-AFTRA union pool, and risk being black-balled by the union (though, honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing).
The Nanny is on the warpath.
Uh, I honestly do not remember this happening.
Does anyone remember that? Did it have any actual effect?
Yeah, it was over royalty disputes and a few other things. They were basically saying that voice actors should get royalties on video games.
Non-woke people made the argument: even the creative designers don't get royalties on their games so why should Hollywood actors?
If anything, the actual designers should get the royalties, because there is no game without them. As most popular indie games show -- like Battlebit -- you can have a very fun and robust experience without voice actors.
So, come to think of it... I hope they do strike the gaming industry again.Woke companies will have to stall their projects in mid-development to either wait out the strike and lose money on operating costs while doing so, or have to hire outside of the SAG-AFTRA union pool, and risk being black-balled by the union (though, honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing).
I completely agree with her, but for entirely different reasons than she would ever support or believe.