SAG-AFTRA has a deal to let students and game jam devs to work with acting talent.
SAG-AFTRA has a deal to let students and game jam devs to work with acting talent.
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SAG-AFTRA union creates deal for students and game jam devs to work with acting talent

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, announced agreements to allow both students and game jam participants to work with union performers, despite the ongoing video game strike.

The union created the Student Interactive Waiver agreement and the Game Jam Waiver Agreement, both of which provide video game developers at every stage of their careers the opportunity to work with union performers.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.