4 yrs ago I moved to LA with dreams of one day playing a AAA game protagonist. But I never imagined I'd land such a legendary role.😭
It's the greatest honor of my life to announce I’m the English voice of The Dragon of Dojima, KAZUMA KIRYU, in Yakuza/Like A Dragon Gaiden & 8.🐉
Yong Yea (
@YongYea
), voice actor, popular YouTuber and NEW English voice of Kiryu in Like a Dragon Gaiden is the last panelist at our Dragons of Japan panel at Anime Expo!
🐉 Sunday, July 2, 2023
🐉 Anime Expo – Los Angeles Convention Center / Petree Hall
🐉 5:30 PM PDT
#AX2023
The NFT scheme that Troy Baker is promoting is already finding itself in trouble after stealing and profiting off of somebody else's work. Who could've seen this coming.
Elon Musk, you stupid fucking moron. Does he know how fast people read through 600 tweets, or even 6000 tweets. Twitter is literally useless right now.
The GTA 6 leaks may very well be the worst leak in gaming history. If you think this is cause for celebration, understand that the hacker who perpetrated this has made the lives of developers a living nightmare and this incident will single handedly delay the long awaited game.
Turns out the real story is Twitter DDOSed itself due to poorly made code and Elon Musk, the insecure man he is, made up some BS about rate limits to make it seem like breaking Twitter "temporarily" was intentional. Man that's sad and pitiful.
Elon Musk, you stupid fucking moron. Does he know how fast people read through 600 tweets, or even 6000 tweets. Twitter is literally useless right now.
The complete Yakuza 1-6 series is available DRM-free on GOG for $33.92. That's a couple dollars more than a single Diablo 4 cosmetic armor set and about 1.5X the price of a single Overwatch 2 legendary skin.
I asked Takaya Kuroda for advice on voicing and embodying Kiryu when I met him. He told me, "Kiryu is a gentleman. If you are a gentleman in your day to day life, it will reflect and have an impact on your performance." Just when I thought I couldn't respect the man more.
This is fucking ridiculous. You have to pay for the most basic account safety functionality now. Elon Musk is paywalling freakin two-factor authentication on Twitter. Don't know a single website that does this. Elon's desperation is palpable.
To the few telling me to "stay in my lane", sincerely go fuck yourself. Humans aren't defined by their jobs. Gaming news & voice acting are my profession, but this election is my life in the country I now call home. This election is more in my lane than video games will ever be.
Crunchyroll would rather recast iconic roles than to simply sit down and have a conversation about protecting voice actors. As usual, corporations will move heaven and earth to ensure workers remain exploitable and don't have a seat at the table. Shame on you Crunchyroll.
Tweets Jennifer Hale has been liking recently suggest she was not informed about Hellena's situation before she took on the role of Bayonetta and that NDAs might be preventing her from saying anything. Direct your frustrations at the companies and decision makers.
Oof, Overwatch 2 is sitting at a user score of Overwhelmingly Negative on Steam, with only 11% positive reviews from almost 60,000 players, making it the worst user rated game of all time on the platform currently.
SAG-AFTRA: "Approved by affected members of the union's voiceover performer community..."
Literally every working voice actor: "We did not approve this."
Sucks to see a few devs from major studios get salty about a game's massive success with no introspection on why Elden Ring succeeded where other games became complacent. We deal with enough BS from fandoms' console wars mentality, we don't need this kind of energy among devs.
There will always be a loud minority who will claim I get cast because I'm a YouTuber. FYI, I've been acting longer than I've been YouTubing. I earned Kiryu, spent days perfecting my auditions. If they only cared about follower numbers, they'd just cast Mr. Beast for everything.
Here goes. I'm elated & in disbelief to announce that I voice Father Enrico Pucci in the English dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. Thank you
@mummynyan
@BangZoom
for entrusting me with this once-in-a-lifetime dream role. This is one of the greatest honors of my life.
Wait... Overwatch 2 is charging for Story Missions after cutting Hero Missions? Wasn't the whole point of charging for overpriced cosmetic microtransactions to ensure new content remain free additions? And people who purchased the Watchpoint Pack don't get access to this? Bruh.
Story Missions pricing has been announced for
#Overwatch2
📙
Invasion Bundle ($15):
📚 Permanent Access to Invasion Story Missions
🪙 1,000 OW Coins
✨ Sojourn Legendary Skin
Ultimate Invasion Bundle ($40):
✨ Legendary skins for Cassidy and Kiriko
👾 The Null Sector Premium…
If you think The Last of Us is about zombies then you're as brain dead as one. It's always been a story about love under circumstances that push people to the brink, about the extremes of light and dark humanity is capable of. Then again what would this chode know about love?
Baldur's Gate 3 is fully DRM free, even on Steam. You can play without launching Steam, no Denuvo, nothing. Yet it's still pulling insane numbers on Steam. Goes to show, a good game with good service will make a reasonably priced game purchase worthwhile for the vast majority.
It's not Baldur's Gate 3's scale & complexity that should be standardized in AAA - games of all sizes, styles, & genres can co-exist - but rather its purity; its players-first commitment resulting in a game that doesn't feel like it made any compromises to please investors.
Bro thinks self reflection is weakness when it's the epitome of strength. Also, did we witness the same game? Kratos still viciously obliterates his enemies when push comes to shove. Except this time he's fighting for things far more meaningful than vengeance.
Recently, David Jaffe, the creator of God of War series, posted a video on YouTube, sharing that he's not happy with how the series and Kratos evolved, saying that the character became too soft.
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Wow, the hardcore Elon Musk defenders are actually just a cult. They will actually say things like, "lol he's obviously running Twitter into the ground on purpose to help those addicted to social media." Like no, the guy just has no clue what he's doing.
Here's an incredibly cool announcement I finally get to make. I'll be joining the cast of God of War Ragnarök as the voice of the Berserker Stag enemies! Thank you
@SonySantaMonica
for having me! What an honor to be a part of the sequel to one of my favorite games of all time.
Somebody dug deep for a clip of me from 6 years ago in which I said some rather ignorant things about a slur. For context, I was not born in the US, I moved here when I was 14. I had to learn a lot just by picking things up from my surroundings.
Whether they call it Metal Gear Solid 3 or Metal Gear Solid Delta, this game will forever be A Hideo Kojima Game. So help me god if Konami doesn't credit him at all in the Snake Eater Remake.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is by no means perfect or immune from constructive criticism, but holy shit some of you are trying so hard to hate the game for the most benign non-issues it's actually sad.
"Out when it's ready" was CP2077's marketing tagline. They overhyped, overmarketed, deceived, launched broken console ports, tried to hide it, dead AI & police system, severe bugs, restricted reviewers, etc. Kudos for the redemption arc, but the launch was disastrous & unethical.
Reflecting on Cyberpunk 2077‘s troubled launch, CD Projekt‘s comms boss has argued that the game received some overly harsh criticism when it was first released. “Then it became a cool thing not to like it. We went from hero to zero really fast.”
I do wish Elden Ring (and more open world games in general) would allow for some note taking features on the map, like custom markers with the ability to attach words and notes and what not. Let players almost make their own convenient quest logs in-game.
As someone who's played every FromSoft SoulsBorne game, I want to say there's 0 shame in using Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring. Some will use them often, some like me will use them sporadically, others will never use them. Choice is a wonderful thing and it's all as the devs intended.
I may lose followers over this but it needs to be said. I find it VERY disrespectful when people don’t stand for the national anthem. As soon as you hear “What a thrill..." you need to be OUT of your fucking seat and climb a goddamn ladder
How are we prioritizing a Horizon Zero Dawn remaster/remake over oh idk BLOODBORNE or any number of titles from PlayStation IPs that have been dormant for far too long?
There's a new trend in gaming right now where companies are paywalling "early access" to games behind $100 editions. In reality, it's $100 to play on launch day and $60/70 to play late. This trend is utter bullshit and has to end.
As hyped as I am for Spider-Man Miles Morales and the remaster of Spider-Man PS4, I just can't shake how much more I prefer the original face for Peter Parker.
You'll take a stand & give an impassioned speech after Konami disallowed your friend Kojima from accepting a trophy, but you won't do the same after Activision Blizzard enabled workers to suffer rampant harassment, abuse, & discrimination for decades? You've chosen your side.
I can finally confirm my first performance capture role ever was for none other than Marvel's Spider-Man 2! You can find me early in the campaign as a police officer. Got to be on stage with Spider-Man himself
@YuriLowenthal
. What a day. Thank you
@insomniacgames
for having me!
I got to suit up and do my first ever performance capture session today alongside some incredible talent. It was an awesome day. Chase your dreams y'all.
Let me get this straight. Muscular women in a hostile post apocalyptic world where strength, willpower, & survival are paramount isn't realistic or acceptable, but supermodel women wearing heavy makeup in such a setting is. Think with your head & not with your dick for 2 seconds.
I got to suit up and do my first ever performance capture session today alongside some incredible talent. It was an awesome day. Chase your dreams y'all.
Preorders for the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty expansion went live early and revealed the price point will likely be $30, just a little over one Diablo 4 cosmetic armor set.
Cyberpunk 2077's multiple failures sum up everything wrong with the videogame industry. It's the game of the year in the same way Hitler was Time's Man of the Year.
Instead of throwing shade at people who made reasonable purchase decisions with their hard earned money, how about some gratitude for the people who did support the game, even those who bought the game on sale? Customers didn't reject a Days Gone sequel, Sony did.
The difference between an open world that wants you to explore, discover, and wonder with your instincts and senses VS one that wants you to mindnumbingly check off a laundry list while holding your hand at every turn and doing the discovery for you.
Fuck Donald Trump. What a shameful and disgraceful display he turned this debate into, from the complete lack of decorum, the incessant lies, to him telling white supremacists to "stand by" rather than condemning them. Fuck him and what he's turned this country into.
Lol don't get me wrong, FF7 Rebirth looks incredible, but idk why it being the grand finale of the Summer Game Fest show was hyped up at the start of the show like it's next coming of jesus. I really thought it was gonna be Bloodborne Remake/2 or something at that level. 😭
Genuine question to devs, why can't we at least make 40-45 FPS a standard instead of 30? Those extra 10-15 FPS make a significant difference in gameplay smoothness.
What hurts most about the Cyberpunk 2077 situation is the active deceit, the purposeful manipulation of the review process, and the intentional lack of transparency. That's the part that's gonna be hardest to forget, and there's a lot of work to be done to earn that trust back.
Thrilled to finally announce I am the voice of Dan Feng in Honkai: Star Rail, successor of the Azure Dragon and Dan Heng's past incarnation! I somehow keep booking dragon-themed characters and I'm all for it lol. Thank you for having me!
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I'll be honest with you, I would be shocked if Elden Ring didn't outright take Game of the Year even this early in 2022. It is that fucking good. There is simply nothing like it. I've seen lots of other reviewers say it and I concur. Elden Ring is one the best games ever made.
Sokka's sexism in the Avatar animated series wasn't played for jokes or malice, it was part of his development, a character flaw from which he grew and matured as he encountered incredibly capable and powerful women who made him realize his ignorance. Why take this away?
Netflix's live-action "Avatar: The Last Airbender" series is toning down the sexism.
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