Errrr... while it's not exactly rocket science, voice acting is a tad more demanding of skill and talent than that.

Fair enough, I guess, although #4 sounds pretty ridiculous.

Shit, I hope this doesn't delay Zelda even more.

You'll find hundreds of people willing to this job on the side, for a small percentage of what these voice actors make. It's nothing special, if Nathan Drake was voiced by a middle aged man I'm sure everyone would still love the game.

You could say precisely the same thing about screen actors, theatre actors, athletes, musicians, singers, and really just about every form of entertainer. None of that defeats the point: voice acting is a serious craft which takes talent and practice to do well.

The idea of royalties from a successful game is insulting nonsense. The voice actors are like the most replaceable part of nearly any game. As you can see by the fact that plenty of non-voice acted games are massive successes.
Royalties should only be to people who were really integral to the games success.

I'm no fan of voice actors or the proposed strike, but one job requires some level of talent or ability. Fast food jobs can be completed by any able bodied person or a machine. Jobs that require some skill or talent deserve to be paid more and I don't see how it's a discussion.

I'd happily do their job, if they don't want too, well I'd give it a go anyway. Beats what I'm doing at the moment.

SAG-AFTRA joining gold diggers, good luck.....remember, not everyone finds gold, a lot of people ends up hands full of shit