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Video Game Voice Actors Say AI Has Put Their Jobs ‘On the Chopping Block’
For those who play enough games, a voice actor’s every sound and inflection is like hearing the banter of a forgotten friend, sending off firecrackers of recognition in the brain. In video games, despite the recent obsession of graphical fidelity down to each and every facial pore, players get to know their favourite characters through…
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UK Blocks $US69 Billion Microsoft Activision Blizzard Deal
British regulators said the deal would leave less choice for gamers, but Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have already said they plan to appeal.
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Activision Blizzard Settles Misconduct Allegations in a $AU50 Million Payout
Activision Blizzard Inc. has agreed to pay out a $US35 ($AU50) million settlement for allegations that it violated workers’ rights by failing to maintain “adequate” workplace harassment protocols and violated federal whistleblower protection rights, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a press release on Friday.
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We Officially Live in a Cyberpunk Dystopia
Listen. Things are bad. But consider how much worse they could be! Sure, our modern world may have the societal institutions outpaced by technological advancement, rapidly decaying ecosystem, insular extremist communities, and rampant income inequality that codify the cyberpunk genre, but consider this: we don’t have a single Blade Runner-style blimp advertising life in the…