In response to "Bark! Bark! Bark!" from The Escapist Forum: I am right there with Wendy. As a voice actor, most of us always wonder "is that all?" when recording soundsets for NPCs and all. I honestly think that there is enough variation in WoW and the original RTS games, but some of these games nowadays are just ridiculous.
Does anyone remember The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour? Robert Hirschboek had so many of those taunts to record...some were repetitive (only because I was losing those minigames), but I wanted to reach into my PC and throttle Henry Stauf. *shakes fist*
My favorite, though, was the last puzzle of the 11th Hour. Stauf beats you in the Othello-type game, and then: "Are you coming...or are you just breathing hard?"
OMG I froze...and then I laughed my butt off.
And then promptly beat him the next time.
I think that it would be great if there were more barks. Just more booth time for me. :)
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In response to "Crossing Boundaries" from The Escapist Forum: I'm glad you acknowledged that people can get up to interesting things with video games when they decide to talk about something besides sex & violence. I also agree that the varying international standards on these two issues make it so a game featuring either can be a nightmare.
But where there's a will, there's a way, and expecting people to get creative can hardly be considered a bad thing. Shakespeare had to deal with ridiculous censorship all the time, he improved his metaphors and analogies. Germany, due to its ban on violence, now produces the best interactive fiction and adventure games. A hostile environment for art is capable of pushing artists to be more creative rather than just dryly feed people the same message in the same manner.
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In response to "Private Buffoons" from The Escapist Forum: This topic touches (somewhat lightly) upon one of the consequences of always-available, ever-evolving content: Information overload. Unless you are a speed-reading hermit who does nothing but surf the web and sleep, you cannot possibly find, visit and keep current with every website that deals with your interests. (Though I also would be hard-pressed to say what interests a speed-reading hermit who does nothing but surf the web and sleep would have, besides surfing the web and sleeping.) Everyone is going to miss out on something, somewhere, despite the best efforts of these aggregation websites. It might be for the best if that happens, as well- moderation in everything, you know?
