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 Send to email | Sony: Skip Celeb Voice Acting [Game Voices] in Game VoicesSonyvoice acting |  By Leigh Alexander
el 28-May-2008 |  Let professional voice actors do the dialog in games, and skip the marquee celebs - that's the advice of Sony dialog manager Greg deBeer. Why? In an interview with Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield, deBeer said he feels "hearing an identifiable celebrity voice takes you away from the game."
Instead of being immersed in this environment with these characters who are supposed to be a part of whatever world you're playing, you say, "Oh, I recognize that voice," and it brings you back into the real world. It's a very disruptive experience for me personally.
I don't necessarily disagree, but in the swap-over between games and English-dubbed anime, often fans end up hearing familiar voices from one game to another, anyway. These days I always hear at least one voice in a game that I recognize, or think I recognize, and actually have to pause the game to go and look it up and see whether I was right. I guess it depends on the game - many times, character models take influence from major actors (think Tenpenny), and in that case the celebrity actor is a good fit, right?
However, deBeers said that's not the only reason: I also find, in many cases, celebrities are used to a very specific way of being dealt with and dealing with production, and voice over is very different from that. And game voice over is different from just straight animation or ADR or something in a film setting.
There are some actors that can handle it very well, but I've found that more often than not, the more exposure they've had in the film world, the less they are able to cope in these situations."
Is that a polite way of saying "diva effect," do you think, or is it just different skill sets?
Giving Games A Voice: Sony's Dialog Manager Greg deBeer Speaks [Gamasutra]
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| Sony: Skip Celeb Voice Acting [Game Voices] | | Let professional voice actors do the dialog in games, and skip the marquee celebs - that's the advice of Sony dialog manager Greg deBeer. Why? In an interview with Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield, deBeer said he feels "hearing an identifiable celebrity voice takes you away from the [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-May-2008 by Leigh Alexander in Game VoicesSonyvoice acting
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| Niko Bellic's Voice Voices Pay Concerns [Gta Iv] | | While gamers might not immediately recognize the name or face of Michael Hollick, his voice might ring a bell. Hollick is the actor who gave voice to Niko Bellic, the main character in Grand Theft Auto IV, which has made over half a billion dollars since its release last mont [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-May-2008 by Mike Fahey in ActorsGta IvNewsRockstarvoice acting
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| Too stupid for words | | If you make a movie that falsely claims there's a massive conspiracy to expel dissenting voices, it's probably unwise to then expel dissenting voices.
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| Rumor: Casting Call Reveals Portal 2 Details? [Portal 2] | | A tipster's put us on to this casting call, supposedly available on subscribers-only industry site Breakdown Express (he's a subscriber, you see). It lists a voice-acting job, working for Valve. Working for Valve doing Portal 2 work. Said work begins next mon [..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Jun-2008 by Luke Plunkett in OriginalPCPc GamesRumorTopValve
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| Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile may be planning Nuance Open Voice Search enabled handsets |  Nuance, the company behind Dragon Naturally Speaking, is developing a new mobile product called Open Voice Search. Similar to Vlingo and Microsoft’s TellMe, Open Voice Search allows users to interact with their phone through voice commands. This isn’t the archaic “Say a Command” voice commands that we know and love. In one application of the [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Oct-2008 by Kelly Hodgkins in ServicesT-MobileVerizoncommanddownloadinternetmobileNavigationNuanceOpen Voice SearchSearchvoice
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| Sprint Ditching Voice Command |  Likely resulting from a combination of outdated technology and plain lack of interest, Sprint is pulling the plug on its Voice Command service. Voice Command affords users a web-based address book that provides an alternative means for placing voice calls to contacts. Tapping a few buttons to initiate a call from your address book can [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-Apr-2008 by Zach Epstein in ServicesNewsSprint
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