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MMOs waste millions on voice-over

July 27th, 2012 · No Comments

Interesting take on the use of voiceovers in massively multiplayer online games. I believe that since these are games players will invest years of their lives into, developers should concentrate on what the players will be spending the majority of their time doing. Unfortunately, that will not be listening to well-trained actors read dialogue. They [...]

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Grand Theft Auto 5 Fails To Land Ray Liotta

November 11th, 2011 · No Comments

link It’s disappointment for Grand Theft Auto 5 fans as it’s been revealed Hollywood star Ray Liotta will not voicing the latest game. The trailer appeared on the internet yesterday (November 2nd 2011) with the game’s leading character providing a voiceover as to why he moved to a city that seems strongly modelled on Los [...]

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Lady Gaga set to play a bit of a slut in The Simpsons

August 30th, 2011 · No Comments

  Lady Gaga is set to get her wackiest makeover yet – as a cartoon ‘slut’ who smooches Marge in The Simpsons. The You And I singer has recorded a guest spot on the hit US cartoon series, which sees her character lock lips with Homer Simpson’s wife in a girl-on-girl kiss. “I play a [...]

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Celebrity voiceovers: who is that?

May 14th, 2011 · No Comments

LINK Hey, an actor’s gotta work. Unlike Alec Baldwin, who is out and proud as the Capital One pitchman (what’s in his wallet?), Activia yogurt hawker Jamie Lee Curtis, who isn’t shy about digestion issues, and Mad Men silver fox John Slattery getting behind the wheel of a Lincoln, other celebs prefer to keep their [...]

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Ryan Seacrest’s American Idol Voiceovers

January 19th, 2011 · No Comments

Check out a short video clip showing Ryan Seacrest doing promo voiceovers for American Idol

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Meet the Joker: Batman Under the Red Hood

June 15th, 2010 · No Comments

link In the film, Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code. And when The Joker falls in the balance between the two [...]

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