Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid and protected accordingly
- Written by James Dawes, Professor of English, Macalester College
A shirt supporting striking video game performers is worn during Comic-Con International on July 26, 2024, in San Diego.Christy Radecic/Invision/APHollywood screenwriters went on strike in May 2023. Two months later, actors joined them on the picket line. Those strikes ended later that year with historic deals that included, for the first time,...