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Games Losing Their Voices
Gamespot is reporting on a possible SAG strike against the video game industry. The working contract that the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has with the major game publishers expires tomorrow and negotiations are still underway. From the article: "Academy-Award winner Charlize Theron will lend her voice to Majesco's Aeon Flux, David Duchovny and Marilyn Manson voice-act original characters for Midway's upcoming Area 51, and Sean Connery will do some Bond-speak for EA's recently announced From Russia With Love. Actors are even voicing from beyond the grave--the late Marlon Brando will join James Caan and Robert Duvall in Electronic Arts' digital version of The Godfather."
Michael Jackson will be playing Zelda in the next Zelda game. Paris Hilton will be playin as an unknown guy in the next DoA Game. And last but certinly not least, Mel Gibson will be playing as one of the greater minions of hell in the next expansion pack to Doom
The worst part of all of this is the fact that without these famous names doing voices, the quality of these games is going to fall drastically. Can you imagine playing a game without recognizable voices in it? Man, if only there were people out there that could, you know, kinda, mimic famous people. If only someone could sound like sean connery...
Don't Blame me if I seem bitter, I'm at work, and the TV only plays soap operas.
I'd actually like to here Will Wheton's perspective on this.
Join F.A.G, ban Team America!
I'll never be able to hear anything about the Screen Actor's Guild without thinking of George Clooney puppets and "Matt Damon!"
-JP