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Opinion: Writers And The Game Industry - A Rebuttal

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2008-03-24 16:00:45 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...writers in the games industry - an editorial Maxwell has since commented on further on his personal weblog - but the IGDA Game Writers SIG isn't going to stand for it. In this rebuttal, Brainstem Games' Ron Toland aims to put the "well-circulated myth" that "writers are nice to have, but completely dispensable." to rest In his op-ed piece,...
 
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Opinion: The Case Against Writers In The Games Industry

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2008-03-20 08:00:45 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...writers a necessary part of game development? In a striking counter to current industry thinking, game designer Adam Maxwell ( Auto Assault ) argues that they are not, drawing on his own experiences to state that they are always better replaced with another designer There is no doubt in my mind that it was my skills as a writer that opened...
 
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The Case for Writers in the Games Industry

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2008-03-26 14:43:44 by Chris in Gaming Today
...Writers In The Games Industry. With an intriguing enough title, I read through his piece and walked away thinking that a writer must have stole Maxwells girlfriend at some point; I couldnt possibly disagree with him anymore than I do His main points are that a writer takes time away from development of a games core mechanics, his or her...
 
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How Will the Writers Strike Affect Video Games?

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2007-11-07 21:00:00 by Editor in GamersGame.com Gaming Blog
...writers strike is clearly having a huge impact on television but the video game industry will not be nearly as affected. IGN reports that there are only a game writers represented by the WGA. A Writer's Guild representative told IGN today that only a handful of game writers are currently represented by the union, and that they fall out of the...
 
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Gamedaily Feature: Video Game Writers Seek Recognition

2008-02-06 07:15:56 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...writers have historically been overlooked, ignored or forgotten. But with the Writers Guild of America having created a new category, game writers might finally get their due. Gamedaily continues Awards for the best video game writing? Isn't that an oxymoron? Aren't video games about jumping, shooting, running, shooting, and -- more...
 
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Writing Off Game Writers - Waste of Talent

2008-07-21 14:21:13 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...Writers are sorely underappreciated and underused in the video game industry, and the institutions supplying the next generation of game creators aren't helping I have been a professional game designer and writer for almost 15 years now. For the past two years, I have also been teaching these skills at Indiana University. My reason for...
 
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The Witcher Up for Writers Guild Award

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2008-01-16 18:23:18 by Shawn Sines in Gaming Today
...Writers Guild of America has announced its nominees for the first Videogame Writing Award. It comes as no surprise to me that CD Projekt Reds The Witcher has been nominated to receive the award for outstanding achievement in video game writing Developed by the WGA and spearheaded by the Guilds New Media Caucus to encourage storytelling...
 
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Writers Guild strike might help video game industry

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2007-12-29 00:00:00 by Griffin McElroy in Joystiq
...Writers Guild of America strike got you down? Are you despondent when watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother ? Depressed about the short season of Heroes ? Well turn around, bright eyes -- at least the WGA strike hasn't slowed the production of video games; in fact, the strike might be helping the industry , according to the Hollywood...
 
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Portal, BioShock Missing From Writers Guild Award Nominees

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2008-01-16 07:21:29 by Susan Arendt in Game | Life
...Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its first ever videogame writing award, and their choices are a little surprising The nominees include: Crash of the Titans , Dead Head Fred , The Simpsons Game , The Witcher , and World in Conflict . I don't wish to take anything away from the nominees, but I find it somewhat baffling...
 
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Rebuttal: Why Writers In The Games Industry Matter

2008-03-24 17:26:34 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
Adam Maxwell stirred up a