Striking writers could migrate to videogames

Master of Unlocking, lol.

Goddammit plz don't add Michael Scott to the Metroid storyline.

Samus: Looks like I'll need to use my screw attack.
Michael: That's what she said.

Because what video games really need is more crappy dialog, cliched situations and celebrity guest spots

I don't like Hollywood in the movies and TV, why would I want it in the games?

maybe its because i just woke up, or maybe i am a little stupid, but can someone explain the joke in the picture to me.....

Seriously, I've never found "master of unlocking" to be unsuitable. Besides the mentioned "chief" and "boss", what better way of describing an elite lock-picker is there? "Elite Lock-Picker" would be stupid cuz its got a hyphen in between Lock and Picker, which would have probably lead to the "Elite ___-Picker" meme we would all know by now.

Ah, don't they love being part of a union that ends up putting them all out of jobs, disrupting their lives and forcing them to take employment anywhere they can find it, even if it pays less than the job they were happy to have? Hey, if you're part of the strike willingly because you feel the executives were ripping you off, that's your gamble to make. I just don't see the positive side of the guild, of which membership is required, legally forcing every one of its members out of work. Seems like the polar opposite of what guilds were set up to do.

On the bright side, professional writers are definitely better at writing than most level designers. A bunch of unemployed Hollywood writers in desperate need of money sounds like a boon for video games if the strike lasts long enough to take advantage of.

50,000$ for 6 months work? 100,000$ A year!?!? I can see maybe a game like Mass Effect, with tens of thousands of lines of dialogue needing to be written that would justify that salary, but for Call of Duty 4? Even Assassins Creed, which actually had an original story for a change, all could easily have been written in a week. Maybe I'll try getting into the business...