Comments on: Gordon Freeman Calls Chatshow

By: Satsuz

Satsuz — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:45:38 +0000

@ Chemix:

That’s true. I’m all for voices for new games with new heroes. You just can’t do it once they’ve been established as silent. Any voice will be the “wrong voice” for a character if it doesn’t match someone’s preconceptions about the character.

There’s always going to be the danger of getting the “wrong voice”, but in the future it will only happen because of a poor choice of actors.

All in all, I still wonder if there are times that; even when VO is possible; a silent hero is the best option. Sometimes talking doesn’t seem appropriate. It’s always going to be an argument, though, and I won’t pretend to have any answers.

By: Mr.Brand

Mr.Brand — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:19:05 +0000

Great stuff.

This is why I listen to C2C – for the entertaining pranksters :)

By: Jives

Jives — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:17:00 +0000

You cant call him dumb just because he didnt know the plot of a computer game, and he was hardly hunting for an exclusive it was a radio call in.

By: matte_k

matte_k — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:29:13 +0000

Priceless. Just goes to show how dumb some parts of the media are when hunting for an “exclusive”.

And also how ignorant most people outside the gaming sphere of influence are. Isn’t Half Life one of the most award winning games in the last ten years?

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:39 +0000

Yeah, I’m slightly expecting lots of people to call in about strange experiments and cakes now, the host is going to have a horrible future trying to figure out it’s all a lie..

By: Okami

Okami — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:52:48 +0000

This was a triumph…

By: Anthony Damiani

Anthony Damiani — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:57:25 +0000

Meh.
Let me know when the Weighted Companion Cube calls in.

By: Mr. Softpants

Mr. Softpants — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:33:44 +0000

haha this was very well done. I love how the host just let him go on and on.

I’ve always had Gordon’s voice in my head sound similar since he is a scientist and carries that stigma with him. Gabe ones mentioned him as a nerd in between a dire situation.

So…

By: Chemix

Chemix — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:50:03 +0000

The only reason that there is a suspension of the suspension of dis-belief is because prior to now, Gordon has had no voice, which is meant to make any player feel like they “are” the Free Man, which is ironic as he is shown on the cover of the game as a middle aged man with a thick buisness goatee, small rectangular glasses, caucasian skin tones, brown hair and green eyes. In other words, I feel that the lack of a voice isn’t really a great thing about HL, but changing it seems weird.

However, he should get a proper model for water reflections and online play.

By: PoweredByBacon

PoweredByBacon — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:38:03 +0000

“I thought he was going to ring in,
and the DJ would say:
“And the next caller is a Gordon Freeman, a research scientist”

And then silence.

Sadly it was not to be.”

yes that would be cool but this is more entertaining

By: Zeno, Internetographer

Zeno, Internetographer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:42:59 +0000

My Gordon Freeman is voiced by Morgan Freeman.

By: Satsuz

Satsuz — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:32:02 +0000

@ Sum0:

Well everybody’s got their own idea, right? My imaginary VO for Gordon shares a lot of the characteristics that you noted (all but the Gabe part, since I can’t remember what he sounds like), but some other details were pretty different. I imagined a very deliberate way of speaking (which this had, actually) coupled with a very neutral accent (not unlike what you’d find all over the West Coast of the USA). Something with a bit more depth, and a tone just a hair off from being sardonic. Also this guy had a tinge of fear in his voice that I felt was out of character, but I guess it made sense in the context of the story he was telling.