Comments on: Hire Serious Sam’s Voice – For A Buck

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:13:59 +0000

Noticed this on his Twitter:

“Ufff… Got drunk last night. Couple girls from the club took me to a bar and took advantage of me (ie: made me buy them drinks).”

Sure, a man’s got to live a little, but when you’re practically asking for money, you should keep things like that to yourself (and off the web).

Also, isn’t he the guy who did the voice acting for The Black Whirlwind in Jade Empire?

By: Stupoider

Stupoider — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:51:46 +0000

So I’m guessing this is a premium text-to-speech service?

I was beginning to get tired of Microsoft Sam anyway. :>

By: PodX140

PodX140 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:42:24 +0000

Hell, I’ll give this guy a donation when I get my next paycheck without even asking him for voice acting. This voice made the serious sam games, from his “ARRGHHHHHHHHHHhhh yourself.” to his “Croteam Owns.” I will definitely be purchasing serious sam HD, and will look forward to more of the classic games.

BTW, if you do pop in serious sam for a good gaming session, you will notice that no, its not like TMNT and is based on nostalgia. the game still REEKS of fun and enjoyment. now to get a few more players for co-op…

By: Shih Tzu

Shih Tzu — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:35:59 +0000

Starky: It’s a nonsense rate for anything of significant length, but it’s not a bad deal for something super-short. My experience has been that even if you only have a couple lines to record, the unionized actors I’ve worked with have a minimum session length they charge you for. That’s why it’s a major problem if we discover later that we need pickups; a couple lines mistranslated or missing can mean upwards of a thousand bucks to book a new session, and that’s if only one actor is involved.

By: Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:30:16 +0000

particularly as he is S’therious S’tham…

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:32:47 +0000

The embedded video has really terrible audio. It sounds like he’s trapped in a giant echoing air conditioner and has developed a lisp. That’s irony.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:27:30 +0000

I would pay anything for a Duke Nukem voicemail.

By: Berzee

Berzee — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:38:33 +0000

THAT’S it! He looks so much like Lou Diamond Phillips.

By: Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:14:17 +0000

I am not going to buy anything from a man recording an advert in his vest…

By: Mort

Mort — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:05:52 +0000

It´s not cheap for 2 hours of constant work, it´s supposed to be cheap for a few short phrases, and simpler to arrange than a normal contract. That´s what he´s going for. If someone wants to hire him for more serious work (like the voice acting a character for an entire game or a commercial), they would most likely make him a different proposal.

Point being, paying 50 bucks and no strings attached for some lines to throw around a videogame to spice up the atmosphere is probably cheap (if I were making one it would be tempting), but voice acting the whole dialogue of planescape:torment would be not.

By: Paul Moloney

Paul Moloney — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:30:02 +0000

I recall there was a fair unremarkable futuristic air-war game a while back whose only point of note was that the lovely Gillian Anderson did the voice of the computer.(*) I would certainly buy that for a dollar or four.

(*)Looked it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Hellbender

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:28:28 +0000

Awesome, for $1 I get to hear someone say: “happyflipplegippywodworthgappynousuck”