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Losing your voice - 10 characters that changed actors

GamesRadar - The most iconic characters in gaming often have just as iconic voices. Much like Mel Blanc's legendary voice will always be associated with Looney Tunes, names like Charles Martinet (Mario) and Nolan North (Nathan Drake, among others) will always be linked to their characters.

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Root4039d ago (Edited 4039d ago )

What they've replaced Jaks voice actor completely now...Josh Keaton sucks as Jak. He sounded terrible in All Stars, I hope they don't use him for Jak 4

darthv724039d ago

changing actors in movies and tv has been quite common. I remember the changing Becky's in Rosanne or the guy that plays Rhodes in Iron Man was different in Iron Man 2.

Probably one of the more famous character changes was Daren on Bewitched. First it was Dick York then it was Dick Sargent. Its not often you change Dicks mid season.

DragonKnight4039d ago

How about Vivian Banks. I've never seen a more dramatic change.

majiebeast4039d ago

I didnt mind the Infamous voice change.

Root4039d ago

I didn't to be honest, I think it was because he was only in one game and the fact the new actor sounded like him.

I just don't see the trouble though of getting a new voice actor only to not make the next game inFAMOUS 3 starring Cole. Unless they are keeping that for later.

Smashbro294039d ago

That was the one I minded most on the list. The new one just totally sucks me out of the world.

unworthyBOZO4039d ago

Its gonna be so bizarre for Snake though, after so many years that voice has become part of my childhood.

Good_Guy_Jamal4039d ago

No Michael Ironside? Fail. Man has got one of the most iconic voices in gaming.
Not happy about his omission from Blacklist but Immo play the heck out of that game regardless!

DeadManMcCarthy4039d ago (Edited 4039d ago )

David Hayter is only good at voicing young Solid Snake and Naked Snake. He totally blows at playing the older Snake's like Big Boss.

I hated his voice in Peace Walker, it sounded too much like Old Snake and it sounded fake. You need someone more natural and the right age to play Big Boss, not a young guy trying to sound old.

It was the right decision to hire another voice actor to play Big Boss. I just wish it was John Cygan, the guy who voiced Solidus Snake.

No hate on David Hayter though, i'm a big fan of his and grew up playing MGS since 98. MGS1, MGS2 and MGS3 were solid performances by David. It's a shame about PW though.

Whitefox7894039d ago

Kind of ironic you say that considering the new guy they had voiced in the gameplay video for Phantom Pain made Big Boss sound a lot younger.

DeadManMcCarthy4039d ago

No he didn't, he was speaking in a low tone.

kingdomtrigger4039d ago

Yea my main problem with it was that he had a really smooth voice, which is just really weird. Where did all the gravelyness to his voice go? lol

DragonKnight4039d ago

You understand that Snake is a clone of Big Boss right? It stands to reason that what Snake sounds like as an old man is what Big Boss would sound like as an old man and vice versa. It's stupid to have one guy play an old snake sounding one way, and his progenitor who shares identical genes (barring mutation and variance) to sound completely different. And given the depth of story these games are trying to convey, it shouldn't be a surprise that the topic of Big Boss and Snake being genetically identical yet sounding completely different is brought up.

DeadManMcCarthy4034d ago

Young Al Pacino sounds different to Old Pacino.

What's your point?

DragonKnight4034d ago

Old Snake sounds the same as Old Big Boss, what's YOUR point?

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum9h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.