evolution

Apparently, the Writer’s Guild members are starting to get antsy, and some are contemplating… writing for video games:

But while Hollywood screenwriters have become more involved in scripting games in the past few years, it’s not necessarily seen as a good move by people who would normally work on film and TV projects.

This is down to a generally lower fee level - the article cites USD 50,000 as a typical figure, although this can increase with additional involvement - and a long contract time, sometimes as much as 6 months.

I thought that when G4 sold out and starting airing fare geared toward those punks you see Tokyo Drifting their way to Sonic in Honda Civics with 5″ tailpipes and shirts with flaming dragons on them that maybe the end was nigh for video games. I thought they would become as stale and formulaic as TV and movies have. I never imagined that the actual writers of those TV shows and movies would be involved in games.

They aren’t now, and I hope that it remains that way.