Melissa White
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Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
Well, what an introduction. Thank you for having me. Right? I hope I can live up to that hype. I'm here.
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Um, well, I guess before standing out comes training. Cause you don't want to stand out for the wrong reasons, right? If you haven't trained, it's like, oh, they should go take a class probably. So I'd say take classes first is always the first step. Um, get coached by people you admire. Always vet your coaches though.
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Cause there are some people who just want to get your money like in any industry, you know?
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So always make sure you're working with someone reputable. But I would say doing that, honing your skills and also getting practice with auditions because auditioning is most of the job of a voice actor. I audition way more than I book. And that's the case for all of us. So I get to voice these cool characters. Right.
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But most of the time I'm just like in my booth saying something about some kind of corporate thing. training or something like not the exciting stuff. Right. So, yeah, it's I always vouch for training first. And then once you have that experience of learning and you feel more comfortable, then you can start putting your work out there, like posting samples of your work.
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Nah, I gotta get sick first too.
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Getting a demo reel is a big step once you're ready for that, because that's what you send off to agents and people that you market to, like ad agencies, production companies, et cetera, et cetera. So it's really just honing your skills. If you like social media, do that. That's what I do. I've fallen off a little bit because, oh, my gosh, social media has become a nightmare.
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Maybe by the end of the episode.
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Um, yeah, it's, it's a very competitive field. I think like any creative field. Um, but I, I will say, I think overall the community is pretty nice. They're pretty, uh, they cheer each other on. I do think there's some of that fake niceness. That's always the case with social media, right? You can't just be like, I can't believe that you got this and not me. Cause then you look like that. Sorry.
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You look like the jerk, right?
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Um, So you have to be mindful of your appearance online too. But I think for me, I genuinely get a lot out of cheering other people on because I have the mindset that the roles that are meant for me are going to come to me. If they're not meant for me, my friend's going to get them. You know what I mean? So it's about the mindset that you have. I do think it's hard.
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I do want to say jealousy is a normal human emotion. I don't think we should demonize it.
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It's normal. If somebody gets a role you wanted, you're not just going to be like, oh, my gosh, everything's great. You know, you wanted that role. Right. And I think it's important to acknowledge that because we do live in this society where you're told that you can't feel negative emotions a lot of the time. And it's like. All right. Well, we all feel it.
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So either we can be fake or just be open about it and, you know, accept it. And it's how you process it that matters. So if you get jealous, don't leave a mean comment. Just be like, OK, like, let me sit with that for a second and then maybe congratulate them. Because at the end of the day, they booked it and they earned it, you know. So it's just about the attitude and the mindset that you have.
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But yes, it is competitive and it does get to all of us sometimes. Yeah.
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And you'll get the next one. That's what I always tell myself. We'll get the next one. And and I think, Ryan, it's like you think about what could I do better? I always like to go back and listen to people's performances because then I'm like, OK, this is what they were looking for.
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And I can take a mental note that, oh, my next audition, I should do something like this because this is what's booking right now. So, yeah, it's like just taking putting a positive spin on things.
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So the voice I use the most is the one that you're hearing right now. Oh, okay.
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And, you know, it depends on the actor, right? A lot of voice actors use their natural voice a lot. Some of them are more vocal chameleons, and they do a lot of different voices, and they do have that bag that they pull from. For me, I look at the character, I look at the description, and I think, okay...
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Or not the character, even if the commercials like we want like warm, motherly nurture, you know, or like peppy and energetic and like Gen Z and whatever. So you just look at that and then you pull from that.
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But I will say my characters are almost always just slight variations of my natural voice, unless I'm voicing a little boy or something, because I don't sound like a little boy for the most part. No, you don't. So it just it just depends. But for me, I'm more of a voice actor that I just I use. The voice that my mama gave me, you know?
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Yeah. And I think like I part of it is what's been ingrained with me. One of my first classes that I ever took was your natural voice is your biggest moneymaker. So I've always kept that in mind. And it's been true for me because when I try to do a weird voice for me, it doesn't sound authentic.
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And so I don't book it because there's somebody who's going to do that better than me because they just sound like that. So if it's like an animated character or something, then yeah, then we like turn on the crazy voices. But for the most part, I'm not going to like be down here trying to be like deep voiced mommy voice, you know, because that's just not what I sound like. And somebody does.
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So I just it's it's about finding your niche. That's like a big part of this industry is figuring out where you specifically fit.
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A lot of actors, myself included, will have lead in lines that we like use to get ourselves into character. I'm going to bring up Erica Lindbeck because we were just talking about Persona 5. But I know she voices Futaba and I know she'd be like, my mom, she because Futaba has mommy issues. And so she'd always like start talking about her mom to get back into the voice.
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So that's what I do for my characters, too. I'm like, what's a line that really describes this character well so I can get back into the mindset and the voice? Because, yeah, it's the same way. And also, your voice does sound different every day. Like, from day to day, it doesn't sound exactly the same. So it's like, there's going to be slight variations. Like, if I have...
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10 sessions for a character. It's not gonna sound exactly the same in every session, but it's about getting as close as you can to that sound. But not beating yourself up if you don't, because it's like, ah, well, nobody's gonna be listening that closely if they do back up.
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Every single audition I've done has been from my home studio, but I will say some of them you audition and they want you to do the job in studio in person. Okay. So I have worked in studio, but it's after I booked the job for auditions. I mean, I've seen it every now and then where they're like, OK, callbacks are going to be at this studio in L.A. or whatever.
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But it's just not very efficient for casting directors because I do casting myself and I wouldn't want all these talent coming in and like reading for me. I just want to lock in and listen to the auditions back to back to back to back, like on my own time, you know, at my own pace.
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I don't I take little notes, but I can re-listen, you know, I just feel like it makes it more complicated because you are recording probably the auditions in the studio. But it's like, just send me your files. I'll listen. And then it just it's easier. It's easier for everybody, I feel like. So, I mean, I've maybe seen one audition that was like go in studio for voice acting anyway.
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Yeah, I am. I started out like that because I am a perfectionist, recovering perfectionist. I like to call it. I'm doing my best. OK, but that's the problem. I'm doing my best. I need to do less. But anyway, so I definitely started out thinking in that perfectionist mindset. But the thing is, now I do so many auditions.
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That if I did it like that, it would take me all day and all night to get them done. And so I've just had to accept, I've had to start trusting myself, trusting my instinct and my gut. It's tough to do, but it's good to do. Because here's the thing. And what I noticed is if you keep saying the same line over and over and over again, it starts to sound fake. Because it's not authentic anymore.
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Because it's like, oh, this sounds rehearsed. And I know that because when I started out, I was taking this agent workshop. I was trying to get representation. And I had beat this script to death, man. I rehearsed way too much to the point where I get in front of the agent. He's like, this sounds rehearsed. And I'm like... So I was like, I'm never doing that ever again. I'm trusting myself.
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I'm just doing it. So, yeah, I think it's something you learn over time. You just accept it. And I also know that sometimes casting, not me, not me, but some casting directors will turn it off within the first two seconds. So it's like, why are you spending all this time if they're, one, not going to listen to it or turn it off in two seconds? Like, just have fun with it. That's the main thing.
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Have fun and send it off and forget about it.
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I mean, I know Josh doesn't like Persona, but I want to be in Persona so bad. I just want to be one of the main cast members in a Persona game. Honestly, even if I was the dude selling bread. Yeah, dude, whatever. Literally anybody in Persona. Just in that series in general. Because that's my biggest inspiration is Persona 5. That's what really I try to pull from. Those are my...
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I don't know, like dream performances, I guess, because I think they're so good. But yeah, I would say any role in the Persona series, but main character would be great.
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I would say what I like to do is if somebody is in the top three choices, then I go on their social media. So it's like unless you're already in my top three, I'm not really looking at like stuff you've posted or anything that unless I know you as a person. Right. And I've seen you talk about it, but.
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So I guess sort of, if you're already a top choice, but for the most part, it's like, I think casting has an idea of what they're looking for. And so, um, yeah, I mean, I, I wish I would, if I knew everybody, I wish I knew what everybody send me a list of all of your like dream roles.
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I don't have a deep voice, but every time I listen to women with deep voices, I'm like, oh my God, why don't I sound like that? Because I just can't. My squeaky voice, I'm like, all right, cool, I'll be the little kid again.
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Yeah. So I think imposter syndrome happens to all of us. I'll just say that. Oh, absolutely. Even people at the top still deal with it. Right. Everybody's got a little bit going on. But I'll just say like what I always tell myself when I book something, they picked me for a reason. And I don't care like how big the project is. I'm there because I'm qualified to be there.
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I'm more than capable of getting this job done. So I just I tell myself that and and sometimes I'll like freak out before my session, but then I'll get in the session. I'll be totally fine because most voice directors are incredible. They're amazing. They make you feel so comfortable. They're reassuring. And it's just like it's more of a collaborative effort. Like you're there to make art.
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So I just finished playing Silent Hill 2, the remake. That was my first experience with the series. I'd never played Silent Hill ever, any of them.
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You're not there for perfection. You're not there to be criticized because it's just a team effort. And I think a lot of people do think of direction as like critique, whereas it's more, no, we're just working together to get the best product. Because it's never like, wow, you suck. It's, oh, try it this way.
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So, I mean, sometimes it's, wow, you suck if you have a bad director, but that's very rarely the case.
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Yeah, exactly. But no, that doesn't happen often. But I would just say I always tell myself that I earned it. You know, I have trained for a long time. I've practiced for a long time to get to this point. And I belong here as much as anybody else does. So, yeah, you just have to keep hyping yourself up. Keep saying your affirmations. I do that every morning. Yeah.
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Because it's hard, you know, it's just like, man, you go through these periods. One thing about voice acting, too, not to ramble too much, but one thing is you sometimes you'll have these like you're booking a lot over and over and over again for a month. You book so many things you can't keep up. You're so busy. And then for the next like two months, you don't book a single thing.
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And that's when it starts to hit like, oh, my gosh, is my career over? Yeah. You have to reassure yourself. That would be tough, honestly. Yeah, it's the dry spells. It happens to everybody, but it's not, it doesn't say anything about you. It's just like, what's in season? Like, who's booking right now, you know? And you just have to keep going. Keep going is the most important thing. Yeah.
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Yeah, of course. I mean, in any job, right? But I will say one of the trends I've noticed is the projects that pay less than they should, usually those clients are more difficult. And it's like, go figure, right? Yeah. Because they... they're not seeing your worth as an actor. And so they're like, Oh, well we, we can get perfection for $50. It was like ridiculous.
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Oh, I loved it. I streamed it on Twitch, actually. And one of the weird things, the weirdest things is I would get these random people coming into my chat simping for the main guy. And I'm like... He is not one to simp for. That's very questionable behavior, but okay.
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But, and then like on the flip side, I'm sure you've heard, there's plenty of divas in the creative industry. Like actors can have big egos. And so I've even had clients tell me, thank you for being so easy to work with. I was just working with this guy. I'll never work with them again, but he was just so just amazing. difficult in every way.
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Just like everything has to be so-so and you have to pay me extra for X, Y, Z. And I'm like... Why?
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Yeah, and then get kicked out because he was like, I'm taking him off my roster. And I was like, I don't blame you. If people are not easy to work with, that's why I always tell people, I don't care how talented you are. If you're easy to work with, that's going to take you way further than any level of talent where you're like a jerk.
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They're very different because they're all different styles. So a lot of video games, the trend nowadays for the most part is they want very grounded, real performances. So just real human beings in a game. Whereas anime is way up here and we're being really like crazy and not only that, you're matching mouth flaps because you're dubbing.
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Um, so it's, it's more like of a specialized skill in that sense. Whereas corporate, it's like, we just want to try not to put these people to sleep, but we still have to be like educational.
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The game itself was so good. I just love the atmosphere they had. I love the soundtrack. I loved the characters, the voice acting. Speaking of voice acting, oh my gosh, it's so good. But yeah, it was really, really good. It definitely threw me for a loop. I didn't figure anything out, so...
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Yes. They're like be enthusiastic. And I'm like, nobody's enthusiastic about this, but I'll do my best. Um, So yeah, they're all very different. I would say they're all specialized skill sets. There's a lot of like, in video games, you have to protect your voice more because there's a lot of like guttural screaming and stuff like that. But you're not doing that in the commercials.
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If you are, they're probably not going to air because nobody wants to hear that on TV. Right.
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Right, exactly. And then I will say too, audiobooks are crazy. I just want to put some respect on audiobook narrators. If any audiobook narrators are listening to this right now, first of all, I love y'all. And second of all, These people are voicing every character most of the time. Every single character in a novel, they're voicing them.
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And they have to distinguish them and make them their own unique character with just their voice. And so I just want to say, I just don't see a lot of respect for audiobook narrators. And I'm a little biased because I've voiced some audiobooks, but they're so hard. And I see all the, oh yeah, voice actors only do anime and video games. And I'm like, please put some respect on audiobooks because...
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Yeah. Yeah. I just I wish people would be fans of audiobooks. You know what I mean? I'm like, come on, like, get get their autographs. They're so cool. Like voicing these whole books and being all these characters. I just I find I mean, I'm an I'm an amateur when it comes to them. But I just know so many people just pop them out like they're nothing. And I'm like, I don't know how you do that.
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Yeah. That's awesome. That was my little tangent.
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Nice. I'm glad you respect them.
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Yeah, absolutely. So they do many things, but the main thing that they're doing right now is they are on the ground in L.A. helping people who have been affected by the wildfires that just happened recently and are still very much happening. Yeah. So they're providing supplies. They're providing mental health care. They're just...
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Being there for people who have been displaced, the many, many people who have lost their homes and really everything that they have. So they're a great organization. They're definitely helping so much for these people who are just, I couldn't imagine losing my home, you know, or my animals or anything, you know. So, yeah, they're great.
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Oh, wow. Thank you so much. I didn't know you guys had it like that.
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Donate what we don't have. No, but seriously, thank you for doing that. That's incredible. Thank you for caring and for being kind.
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Yeah, Dead by Daylight, I'm addicted. I play it all the time. I am bad at it, but I still continue to play it because I have an addiction. But it's, I don't know, it's just I like that every game's different, but I like specifically streaming it because it's not story-based, so you don't have to focus so much. You can read chat and respond, and it's just kind of chill.
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So it's funny because my dream job when I was like six years old, first dream job, veterinarian. Then I realized I would have to operate on them and I was like, no, I can't do it. So I've always loved animals and I ended up going vegetarian at 11 and I was that annoying kid who was like giving speeches about why you shouldn't eat meat and all this stuff.
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And I continued that way until I got even more annoying and I became vegan and I've been vegan for 10 years now. And so, yeah, so it's, it's been almost, I don't, I don't want to, I don't want people doing the math on my age, but it's been a long time. So yeah, I, I, you know, I, before I got into voice acting, I worked for an animal rights organization and I did, um,
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I helped a lot of particularly young people who were trying to make a difference for animals, whether that was organizing protests in their area or eating even less meat, whatever the case may be for them. So I did that for five years. I still attend protests. I like to... speak up, use my free speech rights that hopefully I'll continue to have.
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But yeah, I just, I like to do my best to make a difference and do all that I can. If I could, I would have 10,000 animals that I took care of, you know, but I don't have it like that. So I don't, you know, I don't have a sanctuary or anything, but I just, I think it's really important to speak up for animals because they They don't speak our language, right?
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I don't like saying that they're voiceless. They have voices. We just can't listen in the way that we need to. But I just think, you know, there's a lot of injustices happening to animals around the world. And, I there's stuff that I can do to help. And so I do it. And I just I like to spread the word and have people maybe not be full blown vegans like me.
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I know that's a big ask for a lot of people. But, you know, maybe we do meatless Mondays or something like that. Just like little little things count, you know. So I just encourage people to do what they can within their means to make a difference.
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No, literally. I put it in my bio so that people leave me alone because I don't want to attack those people. Because I don't know. I just I think what I've seen even more than the arguing is this like mob mentality, echo chambers. Yep. Yep. I mean, you're being shown specific things. There's an algorithm you're being shown.
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Like, yeah, you're getting murdered, but other than that, it's pretty chill.
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No biggie, you know, it's just an everyday occurrence. Yeah.
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Oh my gosh. Um, Something very far away from humans. Hold on. I'm trying to think. Oh, my God. One of those, like, what are they called? The, like, really scary fish, like, deep in the sea. Oh, the angler fish? Yes. I want to be done with the light on their head.
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i want to be i want to be a monster i want to be a nightmare this is on brand with her video games is she just wants to be scary i want to be the horror i don't want humans to be able to touch me you know what i mean because humans ruin everything they touch that's me being pessimistic and negative bottom of the ocean people leave you alone they're not going down there you got your little you got your little light you can shine bright if you want to
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right i'd be i'd be bigfoot because nobody could find me oh there you go perfect i like that one too i'm too social i like people too much or being around people anyway yeah if you're a bigfoot what's up guys hey and then everybody would run yeah as an animal though i feel like animals get disrespected by humans a lot that's why absolutely that's why i'm like i don't want to be around people i like people now for the i like talking to people but
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I don't find humans very intelligent for the most part, so I believe you. We're like actively killing ourselves with this AI stuff. I won't get into it, but you know, I'm just like, are we that smart?
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Yeah. Thank you for having me. I'm like, what if you were like, you're super boring to talk to too. So we're glad we're ending this episode. No, thank you for having me.
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Oh my gosh, yeah, I would love to.
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I love horror and not just in games, like in all media. I'm just a big horror junkie. I just find it such a creative genre in general, like the things that some people come up with. And I'm not talking about the like, oh, this is just like, oh, the girl like who gets killed first, the like dumb blonde personified character that's always in there. But like.
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The people who really get into these twists and the mysteries and the turns that tend to come with horror. I just I think they're brilliant. And so I'm I'm a big fan in all media, like I said.
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I'm sure that was fun, though.
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And I will die on that hill.
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I played about 20 hours of it.
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So I think Metaphor is great, but I... The difference between Metaphor and Persona 5, I'll say, is Persona 5 is a lot more intuitive and laid back, whereas Metaphor, you've got, like, a class system. It's, like, more depressing undertones to the music, the characters, the themes in the game. And so, like... I have depression enough on my own.
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And so, like, I boot up this game and I'm like, man, I'm even more depressed because it's just the vibe of it. Whereas Persona 5, for me, it makes you feel so empowered because you're like, yeah, let's get these rotten adults. Maybe that's me being the 12-year-old boy that I am mentally, but I...
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I just feel like when I play a game, I don't want to be stressed because I don't I don't like challenging games either for the most part, because I'm just like, damn, you know, I could. Life's hard enough. Yeah. Life is hard enough. I want to just do something fun, you know. But yeah, I'm not saying metaphor is bad.
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I just think I'm not the right audience for it is more the thing because Persona 5 is more, I would say, targeted toward a more general audience, I would say. I get that.
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But I think metaphor is great.
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So here's the thing. I'm a workaholic. And for me, if I don't schedule in some kind of productive gaming, like streaming on Twitch, I just won't do it. Cause I'll just work. Um, I'll just do like, Oh, I have voice acting or I have a day job too. So I'll just do other stuff. And I'm like, no, I'm scheduling in my fun. I know that sounds so lame to have to schedule in your fun, but I do.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
And I, I am very extroverted. And so I find it so fun to talk to people who come and chat and, um, I like entertaining people. I mean, I'm an actor. Right. So it's like I think I think streaming is like not too far off because it's still that entertainment aspect. But it's still I get to experience these stories and these games that I'm picking.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
And I have an excuse to do it because I feel productive. It's it's the millennial in me, man. I got everything has to be productive. Yeah.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
Every time anyone brings it up.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
Yeah, it's, I mean, I just think that it's the perfect example of how to make a perfect horror game because it has everything in it. And I just, I mean, I'm not good at puzzles, so I needed help when I was playing that. And that was before I was like Googling everything. So I was in college and my boyfriend at the time, he was playing it because he was good at puzzles.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
And I was like, okay, you're going to play it, but I'm going to be here because he doesn't like horror. And I was like, all right, let's like do this. And so it was just a team effort to finish that game because... Oh, that's it's rough. But it's Oh my god, it's so good. And everybody should play it if they haven't. I highly recommend it.
Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices Behind the Video Games - Gaming Podcast
Yeah, the gore is like whatever. I feel like as a society, because we're so we're always on information overload and we see all these graphic images in our daily lives, it doesn't really hit the same as like you're not usually in a psychological horror state. You know what I mean? So that's what gets me to an amnesia has so much of that. Like you literally have a sanity state.