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"It has been an interesting shift," one writer told Variety. "The literary agents are now saying, 'Why don't we get our clients [into games studios] during the strike?' Even though in the past they thought the money wasn't good enough or the work was too demanding."
Apparently the WGA (Writers Guild of America) is allowing its members to write for games developers during the strike. This means that while our movies may suck, our games will become more story-driven, allowing players to become more involved in the characters and plot.
Marianne Krawczyk, scriptwriter for the "God of War" series stated, "Sometimes they [game studios] make the game and then realize, 'Wait a minute, we need a story!... I give notes on a story that exists and see what I can make work. Sometimes I come in at the beginning and all they have is a one-sentence idea."
Take a look at the PlayStation 3. When you look at games like Heavenly Sword or Uncharted Drakes Fortune, you know that these titles wouldn't be as interesting as they are without and enticing storyline and colorful characters with entertaining dialogue. These writers bring the single player experiences to life, and with the way things are going, games will require them more and more.
Source: Variety
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A better story makes for a better game overall. Too bad for Hollywood.
let them do it. i bet they'll complain there too. just write stuff and collect your dang paycheck
IRONMAIDEN, If you do not know what you are talking about please don't say anything about it.
This is good for the writers. They will recieve the royalties and compensation they deserve and some might get recognition.
Most movies suck anyways.Good news for games,is good news for me
The only story in a game that I really liked was the MGS series. Whoever writes the script for that should write it for the movie. Is it Hideo who writes it? I think he does part of it.
all they will do is wait until they can get a higher paycheck from the movie studios but at least for a year maybe our games will have extremely good story lines
Ken knew this would happen
psn id: gingo... one mans loss is another mans gain or in this case one industrys loss is another industrys gain this is excellent for the aming industry if the writers decide to try it
Yeah thats what sony needs. To add union workers to their payroll, and deal with crap like this happening to them. Screw those writers, bunch of whiney babies.
Let TV have its same old dramas and reality shows. The game industry will become the biggest out of all the entertainment industries. Well the games industry is raking in alot more than the box office is and I think its been bigger than the music business for some years now. TV is next.
Writers and actors will find themselves doing more games than TV and films in the future.
yep!
Meh its a give or take on story telling whether they're from Hollywood or not. IMO the gaming industry dislikes poor story telling or rather recylced ones. Hollywood is more lenient so if the writers plan on doing something like that they will be in for a rude awakening.
This may actually be useful for "mafia" type games! Or dramaz and CSI type genrez.