Yes, you have to live a commutable distance to their Austin HQ to work there, and it’s not the greatest company to work for by many accounts.
If you want to work in entertainment in the USA, you’re basically in California. Games and tech, Austin has become another hotspot. I have a few friends who moved from Cali to Austin because of it – the jobs are there and the real estate is much cheaper. NYC is sort of okay, too, but you’re going to fly to Cali A LOT if it’s film. If you really want to succeed in some of these industries, you have to move.
People move to LA after university and become waiters while they write because creative careers are about risk and who you know so you need to go meet people while you try to break in. I think by last stats, there are more pro NFL players than “successful” screenwriters.
Games, that’s a team job. You can’t do it remotely – not if you want good team dynamics.
You’d also be spending a lot of time talking and planning visually and on things you really might not want to be a part of e.g. “how does this quest serve the customer experience – how can we make this take longer, how can we make this stretch out over 2 or more nights for a casual player,” because MMOs include a lot of behind-the-scenes mental manipulation.
Then, you’d be presenting TLDR bullet point versions while being very aware of best-practice stuff e.g. paragraph length, sentence length. At work, few people would be enthusiastic about reading. They’re too busy wanting to leave the building while also fighting “will I be part of the next 800?” paralysis if they don’t life-plan well. 