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[Mokus]

I hope this one will keep our beloved voice actor, Yong Yea, away from gaming.

 

[T-0800]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I hope this one will keep our beloved voice actor, Yong Yea, away from gaming.

yoooong out

 

[Neolombax]

Was that in Flushing, Queens?

That's what I heard. Apparently she was working at a bridal store before that.

 

[GymWolf]

Kind of surprising to single out Insomniac and not Sony as a whole.

I'm perfectly ok with not hearing alvin the chipmunk morales voice actor ever again in my life tbh

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Why is the voice acting industry in the West like this while in Japan it's so much better? Is it Western greed? What's the story here? I remember when these people wanted to get % of the game's profit.

 

[kurisu_1974]

Not happy for people being fired underpayed, but those companies?

nothingofvaluewaslost.jpeg

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Why is the voice acting industry in the West like this while in Japan it's so much better? Is it Western greed? What's the story here? I remember when these people wanted to get % of the game's profit.

The funny part is that voice acting industry is also a mess when models are involved.

But by and large, the western game dev and especially USA turned into a weird Hollywood like mutation where big established devs (or famous ones) started to feel like they have the right to shape the public perception. While asian and eastern developers are developing the games, not the ideas.

 

[RagnarokIV]

"Their union's been bitching ever since we took over"
Dick Jones

 

[Dick Jones]

"Their union's been bitching ever since we took over"
Dick Jones

Ask any voice actor, he'll tell you if you can't stand the heat, you better stay out of the kitchen

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

Here’s hoping GTAVI finished voice recording.

I saw this article:

Grand Theft Auto 6 Is Exempt From The Game Actors Strike

A strike by SAG-AFTRA won't impact GTA 6 even though Take-Two is one of the companies involved

kotaku.com

 

[xrnzaaas]

It's way too late for that. Big corpos won't listen to the demands and will rely on AI even harder or pay some nonames to read the lines. The 1% of popular voice actors like Troy Baker will sign their own deals and land on their feet no matter what happens.

A strike like that works when you can't get the job done without the tv/movie actors or writers. You can still do it without the protesting voice actors.

 

[struggler_guts]

Good, anytime a big name actor voices anything it's trash.

Except when it was Lance Reddick

 

[rkofan87]

AI couldn't do worse than GTA's typical voice acting.

ray liotta is haunting you right now.

 

[rkofan87]

Good, anytime a big name actor voices anything it's trash.

Except when it was Lance Reddick

rip to lance.

 

[Portugeezer]

We have Trump flawlessly rapping 50 Cent, of course big publishers are salivating at the cheap costs of AI voice.

 

[Frwrd]

Bring the lube. One of us is gettin fucked

Did ya’ll say “booty”?

 

[Joramun]

fk sagaftra and their leftist garbage

"learn 2 code"

 

[Varteras]

Did ya’ll say “booty”?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

fk sagaftra and their leftist garbage

"learn 2 code"

no need with A. I.

 

[Stafford]

Oh boy, first it happened to the movies and that's why some promising ones were moved to next year or farther away. Would suck if games get delayed now too, sigh.

 

[Mokus]

Oh boy, first it happened to the movies and that's why some promising ones were moved to next year or farther away. Would suck if games get delayed now too, sigh.

I really doubt it will have the same impact. Unlike with movies, with games is much easier to replace the voice actors with other ones that are from different english speaking countries. You don't by games because of specific voice actors. Although for Insomniac it will be harder to find comparable woke actors as the ones from US.