your work is more steady. Hellena Taylor IMDB only lists 24 credits. the last role she played that wasn’t Bayonetta was in 2011. That’s why she’s freaking out - she just lost her one signature role to a more talented (IMO) and successful actress.

this visceral reaction that its “incredible fucked up thing” when behind the scenes is often the result of something mundane and boring, usually a scheduling conflict.

I feel that the fact that Jen Hale got the role at an obviously higher price point rebuts the notion that Platinum were “lowballing” Taylor because they were unwilling to pay their VAs good money. There were clearly other issues here that we’re not privvy to, but not everyone is willing to torch their careers by…

the reality seems simple, shes been fired from hellsing ultimate a few years back as well, shes a major outspoken MAGA supporter, she is quoting bible verses. The 4k offer was probably a low ball to guarantee she didnt return and shes most likely insufferable to work with.
Shes not getting any other VA jobs due to this…

Well, at least from the smattering of VAs I know, it’s less that the pay is strictly “awful” (on a for hour basis, for example, it’s actually quite lucrative). The problem is that it’s simply not steady work. For most roles, you may only work a week, maybe two. It’s actually very, very rare to land one of those…

A sound designer or engineer make more because its a full time job that requires a high technical and artistic competance. Treating/Mastering the raw record is time consuming. A good engineer is probably the most essential part of the process because any old smuck can go up to the mic and start belting lines into a…

Oh please. This woman is being disingenuous at best. $4000 wasn’t a serious offer, she was fired but likely had the right to first refusal. Platinum didn’t want to work with her and it wasn’t about the money.

Taylor had previously mentioned that her Bayonetta 1 & 2 sessions took around 2 weeks total which adds some additional context (I have no idea what constitutes an acceptable rate for VAs). I’d be interested to know what she got for those just as some kind of baseline for comparison. If there is some shady business…

For Bayonetta, at least, we know the hours - 16.

Based on the apparent standard rates for VA’s in the union of around $200-350/hour with a minimum of 2-4 hours, $4k would be what even a protagonist might make in a game if they only did 12-16 hours, which is entirely plausible for an action oriented game (depending on the number of takes and total lines, etc).

it’s tough because two things are simultaneously true:

From what I understand the pay isn’t awful as much as the work is not consistent.   The 4k offer was probably for a week of work, which I doubt many of us here make that weekly.  The issue is that they are not getting a gig every week that pays that much. 

So...saying that we shouldn’t boycott the work of hundreds of people who spent years of their lives developing a project because ONE person was (justifiably, it seems) insulted by a job offer on said project that they ultimately declined is being an asshole?

We’re getting one side of the story. If Taylor is Union, then…

This is very tough territory for all involved. I was hired to replace Michael Beattie as Mordin Solus in “Mass Effect 3.” I had never played the game, so I didn’t even know I was replacing someone. I found out when I showed up to the session. My agents had sent me the audition, referring to it as an “alien scientist,”…

That’s why there’s more to the story than just one side. You don’t “cheap out” when you go with Jennifer Hale. Her resume is massive. She’s more experienced. She’d cost much more.

For what it’s worth, this isn’t the first time Taylor caused a stink. Way, way back when, she complained (and asked for a boycott as well) over being replaced in Hellsing Ultimate, though I can’t recall if it was because they replaced her, or they replaced her because she raised some kind of stink.

Not gonna be an asshole about it, but, there are much better ways to go about bringing light to these kinds of shitty business practices, a decision likely made by one or two shitty suits, without calling for a boycott and belittling the work of every single developer who spent years of their lives toiling away the…

I feel like people in the comments are missing the obvious conclusion that Kamiya just didn’t want Taylor voicing Bayo and lowballed her intentionally to have her back out. Not that I’m condoning this behavior, but this seems less about an industry-wide problem (though that is definitely a real issue) and more about a…

The collapse of Meta is probably going to be one of the biggest corporate bankruptcies in history. Like Enron and Penn Central big. It’s also going to be very funny. 

Considering nearly everyone who bought a Steam Deck likely bought it through Steam and therefore earned points for it, I don’t see this as an issue. I’d guess we’ll all be able to get at least a couple free boot videos from those points, if not more. Much better than the rest of the offerings to use points on.