Dragon Age: Origins Trailer Rolls Out the Celeb Talent

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  you mean the making of this video (and those like it), or having the actors at all? : senor135
  • the celebrity actors i mean : senor135
• I agree, I could care less who does the voices in the game. They should just worry about making a good ga... : Bill32399
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  That's certainly how I feel about, say, what's-her-face from Battlestar Galactica in StarCraft II, but I ... : Chris Remo
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    Sure, there are exceptions Chris, but be honest how often does a celeb voice add anything to the gaming e... : Fred Garvin
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      Well, this story is about two specific people. I mean, for example, if somebody announces a game that loo... : Chris Remo
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        I made a general comment about voice acting in games. Maybe Curry is the exception, but I am sure that th... : Fred Garvin
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          Obviously it's not JUST about that, but what is your concern exactly? If he's not an asshole to work with... : Chris Remo
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            Am I upset? I didn't realize I was. My point is that I think games would be better served by spending VO ... : Fred Garvin
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              I have my doubts that this applies for Tim Curry or Captain Janeway. These aren't A-list names, and I ca... : poindexter1985
              • You'd be surprised. Scale is pretty high and even a moderately experienced VO actor is going to get 3+ ti... : Fred Garvin
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      Most games I know that have actors doing the voice talent benefit greatly from it. Oblivion - Pat Stewar... : rottdcorpse
      • Seth Green didn't add squat to ME. I am not saying that it's never a good idea, but IMO it's usually abou... : Fred Garvin
• Well, at least in C&C, with live action, we wanted them for the characters they can play AND their on-scr... : gnoleb
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  Well think of it this way, Oblivion had Patrick Stewart and that didnt subtract from the game at all. O... : mastermike569
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    Patrick Stewart is one of the few screen stars that hasa very distinct, powerful voice that carries to vo... : gnoleb
    • Without a doubt. : mastermike569
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      I disagree - not that Patrick Stewart doesn't have a powerful voice that translates well to voice-over (h... : poindexter1985
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        Oh, and Michael Ironside. Most folk here probably consider him a voice-actor more than a Hollywood actor... : poindexter1985
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          Keither Sutherland? PhoneBooth, oh yeah!! : WTHInac
          • Like I said, the list could go on and on and on. : poindexter1985
    • Now James Earl Jones has a distint voice. : Bill32399
  • Not everybody wins. Look at the rest of the VO in Oblivion. They paid Stewart a wad of cash that could ha... : Fred Garvin
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    I think Oblivion is one clear case of a developer/publisher going about this very much in the WRONG way. ... : poindexter1985
    • wow. that's actually a really, really good point. I hadn't thought of it like that. : robosextoid

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• been hanging out for Star Trek: Voyaher for years.. : spaceyme
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  Ah, good glad!! I wasn't the only one willing to take a stand and fight for proper spelling and/or reduct... : WTHInac
  • It's typos, not typo's. : Marrbe

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  I always wondered what his Joker voice audition sounded like. He was their guy until Mark Hamil floored ... : o0JediBeavis0o
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    Hamil was da bomb in phantoms! .... errr batman. : vertdang
    • Word, bitch. Batman's like a mall fucker! : swimteampie
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    Wow didn't know Hamill was the voice of Joker in Arkhum Asylum, had to go watch the trailer again just to... : Zerbyte
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      Hes the Joker in the animated series too. : bolneze
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        Not in all of the animated series. Just the good one from a few years back IIRC. : vertdang
        • Yes I meant specifically "Batman: The Animated Series" from like the 90s. : bolneze
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    Did Tim Curry audition for the game or are you talking about the original animated series? : SnakeIRye
    • For the animated series back in the 90's. Mark Hamil was awesome as the Hobgoblin on the 90's Spider-man... : o0JediBeavis0o
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    never wouldve guessed mark hamil did the joker, but man does he do it well. : senor135
    • I've always found it amusing that Mark Hamill became such a talented voice-actor, since his voice was so ... : poindexter1985
• He's very versatile. Everything ranging from bad guy, to sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania... : Jomali

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• Not that I can recall. Maybe it's something he had and its getting more pronounced with age? : cell9song
• Yes, and if you looked hard you could see in most of his films they tried to cover it up with clever came... : one random winner

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• I think it's hair plugs: http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com/images/DaveG.JPG : Fred Garvin

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• Thats hilarious, and totally untrue. : Master_Leep
• I played it at GenCon and it very much looks current gen. : Tripps
• It's not going to wow anyone with graphics, but it doesn't look anywhere near that bad either. : Admiral Crunch
• Why does this post looks like it belongs on the fron... oh. : Sapiens
• probably because you have cataracts. : BaronVonSnakPak
• It looks kinda crappy but I think half of it is because of video compression. : Tchest
• I wish Xbox games looked this good. : djustifier

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• He's starting to look like Michael Caine as he ages. : cell9song