Recent content by Leperous

We get several indy submissions a year, and typically have at least one nominee. The first winner of our award was a PSP game called "Dead Head Fred" made by a 5-man studio. As for Valve, I guess if you don't work in games, Valve's system might seem very democratic and egalitarian... why...

We have over 350 members who have worked on at least one shipped game. We are the largest group of working videogame writers in the world. People may not LIKE our choices, but they are informed choices.

Except everyone who votes on the award is a videogame writer, so no, not a valid criticism.

Just to clarify, the nominees do NOT need to be members of the Writers Guild of America... they only need be members of our affiliated Videogame Writers Caucus, membership to which is open to any writer who has ever shipped a single game. If a writer is not a member when their game comes out...

Insults are always a good start to a reasonable argument... The Writers Guild of America is the largest union of professional working writers in the world. We have several dozen members who write EXCLUSIVELY for videogames. We have several dozen other members who go back and forth from games...

Hi All! To qualify for the Writers Guild of America Best Videogame Writing Award, games must apply, they must submit a script, all writers must be credited, and they all have to join our Videogame Writers Caucus for one year. If you're wondering why your favorite game isn't here, there are...

My concern about the "executive" was over people at my own guild not thinking I'm claiming a position I haven't earned. We actually HAVE executives, and I'm not one. :) Sure, fire away.

Emile Zola once wrote a long letter to a friend which ended "forgive the length of this letter... I did not have the time to write a short one." Brevity and succinctness take time to compose, and it was more important to me to cut short the wildfire insinuations of the WGA's corruption...

Hi, as the Chair of the Writers Guild of America's Videogame Writers Caucus, I'd just like to address some of the criticisms here and see if we can?t clear this up. First off, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR GUILD TO WIN OUR AWARD. We ask that all entrants join the Videogame Writers...