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As the WGA writers' strike looks set to end, a massive video game strike could be just around the corner (www.vg247.com)
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[–] Fester@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s for voice actors’ IP rights for AI and non-existent residuals, according to the article. It’s basically about the same issues as the writers/actors strikes.

Though it’s interesting because games have a legitimate use for AI voiceovers. I hope they can negotiate for per-title AI training and residuals, and not just eliminating AI altogether. The potential situational and reactive voiceover seems amazing for games - or even just having an NPC speak your unique name.

IMO the devs could stand to unionize and strike too. God knows gamers all have a backlog and many would hopefully support them for the long haul.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

"Eliminating AI" would probably just mean that game studios would stop using SAG actors entirely in the future. There's limits to the power of unions like these.