The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast
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Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. Video game tester, voice actor, lead game developer, motion cap actor. These all sound like any gamer's dream jobs, but are they as fun as we think they are? Well, we're about to find out. Because on today's episode, we're going to be diving into the world of voice acting with an inside look at the fun and challenges voice actors can face. But first, some introductions are in order. I am your host, Josh. And joining me, if we don't hear at least three impressions from him this episode, I'll be sorely disappointed.
It's Ryan. I'm not a puppet. You can't force me to do anything, man.
Come on, Ryan. You know you want to.
No, no. I'm classically trained, bro. Oh, man.
And joining us, he is an actual voice actor with work in games like Dark Souls 2, several Warhammer games, and much, much more. It's the one and only Chris Tester. Hello. Hi.
Hi. Lovely to be here.
Oh, Chris, we are so excited to have you, man. Thank you so much for taking the time to hop on the podcast with us. It's not every day we get to interview a voice actor, man.
I mean, they are sprouting up. There are quite a few of them. So I think you're timing it absolutely perfectly. Right this way. As every other person goes, that would be a really cool thing to do. I could get into that. I'm sure it's not very difficult or very hard. And here I am to prove that that's the case. They'll let anybody in now.
It's kind of like podcasting, Chris. They'll let anybody do a podcast nowadays.
You get your blue Yeti microphone, and if you can do some impersonations, an orc voice is always particularly useful, and then just go at it. Just spam everyone. That's the way forward.
Man, we just unlocked a secret. Josh, I'm out.
Ryan starting his new career. We are going to get a little bit of insight into what it's like to be a voice actor and work in that industry and how that ties into gaming and things like that. But Chris, I wanted to just kind of give you a little bit of an introduction for the listeners. So We've had a chance to chat before recording it over email a little bit. And I got to be honest, man, this is an impressive resume. So for the listeners, you have worked on games such as Fallout London, Poppy Playtime, Warhammer Total War 2 and 3, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, Dark Souls 2, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, and perhaps my personal favorite game, Bard's Tale 4.
Oh, there's the niche pick. Nice. I like it.
Bard's Tale 4 is one of those games that I think is so drastically under known and underrated. And for an older gamer like me that loves that kind of old style, like dungeon crawler blobber is the term for that game. Yeah. I saw that and I just started nerding out, man. Yeah.
In Exile were the devs behind Brad's Tale were one of the first kind of studios that I worked with consistently on that and on another couple of kind of like smaller kind of projects and that kind of thing. And they were always an absolute delight. And the great thing is, is that they are total pros in that there's not lots of endless workshopping. It's like. They they're like, we know what we want. We've done this a thousand times, but they still give you room for a little bit of creativity as well. So you feel as if you're not just being given line readings. And that's kind of the balancing act with voice acting, especially. It's like you want to be creative and you, you know, you want to give your best and surprise people.
But at the same time, you need to deliver those lines as they need it as quickly as possible. So it's yeah, they were a great team to work with.
Yeah, it's awesome. I love that game so much. So shout out to Bard's Tale 4 for anybody that has not played it yet.
I am excited because I'm a huge Fallout guy. And so I haven't had a chance to get into Fallout London yet. And now I'm going to be just hunting for your voice the whole time. Yeah, it's in there. There are a couple of different characters, but yeah, it's pretty distinctly.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:11–6:54
2
What challenges do voice actors face in gaming?
6:54–19:39
3
How does Chris Tester balance voice acting and gaming?
19:39
4
What are Chris's favorite video games and why?
16:49–37:58
5
What is a day in the life of a voice actor like?
37:58–47:31
6
How does Chris prepare for voice acting roles?
47:31–1:00:32
Speakers
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