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Someday, Video Game Writers Might Get Guilded

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An article by Paul Hyman for Hollywood Reporter talks about the increasing importance of good writing in video games. The article cites that more is expected of storylines as the rest of the technology included in video games is upped.

Most interesting, however, was the Writers' Guild of America's New Media Caucus, where they expressed interest in bringing the people who write these sprawling gaming storylines into the guild at some point down the road. Writers' Guild president Patric Verrone said: "Currently, game writers, who are mostly freelancers, aren't offered those benefits, mainly because they don't have the collective strength of a union behind them."

Video Games' Write Stuff [Hollywood Reporter]

1:40 PM on Tue Jan 24 2006
By lsmith
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