Nolan North has strong words for striking voice actors

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badgenome said:

vivster said:

Yeah, but the article makes it sound as if what he's saying is somehow an affront to the striking actors. I don't see what the two things have to do with each other. As if it's the actor's fault that some totally unrelated job is badly paid.

Well, that may just be Polygon being Polygon. But when everyone else is rallying behind the union it is kind of conspicuous that he would say this. Of course he's not blaming the actors who want more money and better conditions, but he does seem to be putting into perspective what they do.

Well it is all blown out of proprotions. Brandon (ex gametrailers now easy allies) wife is a voice actor and he read the demands in a podcast. Basically the strike is against a small number of companies big two culprits are EA/Activision were the demands got worse and when you have people who have to do four hour screaming sessions where they pass out/lose their voice or even cough up blood after a session you will get a strike. The financial demand is pretty low, in worst cases companies have to pay a bonus of 500$ on average to a voice actor when a game sells an amount of copies...  Probably would be a combined 25.000$ bonus for the last Call of duty release...