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Expendables 2 Game on NG! Dust: Elysian Tail! Aussie TV? and more stuff...

Posted by RicePirate - August 15th, 2012


EXPENDABLES 2 game by Soap Creative on Newgrounds

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Hey guys, been away for a while. Alaska was great, we had sunshine for almost the entire 10 days we were there (with some rain at night). I came back to Minnesota with 10 days worth of work to catch up on, on top of my regular work load ... so I'm still playing catch up :[

That said, lots of fun stuff to share...

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VOICING FOR VIDEO GAMES

Dust : An Elysian Tail by Humble Hearts. Holy shit. I could write pages about this. I'll just say this. I'm honored to have worked with so many amazing people on a project that is amazing ... and amazing. The story behind it's creation, the 3 years it took virtually one-man to create this world, these characters, the GAME ... I'll stop, the stellar reviews speak for themselves. Please go to the facebook page to find out more about this amazing game.

D-Mac, for bringing me on the project, my humble gratitude with all my heart.

You can purchase the game here

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Expendables 2 : Deploy and Destroy by Roadshow Films (and Soap). Always love working with these crazy peeps. The game is basically a suped-up tower-defense with free moving team members. I got to voice pretty much the entire cast of the movie, including Stallone, Willis, Statham, Norris, and Arnold.

Considering I had about half a day to record my lines not 10 hours off the plane from Alaska, I'm pretty happy with how the voices turned out. I also voiced this trailer for the game. Apparently the commercial (TVC) below is running on Foxtel ...? Is that an Australian tv channel ... ?

PS Lee and Mark rule <3 (and Ash)

Play it here

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Vegeta (Mugen Character) by Balthazar and co. One thing about voicing fighting game characters ... ouch. As fun as it is, my vocal chords hated me almost as much as my neighbors. Looking forward to seeing how this character gets flushed out.

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VO WORK for VIDEO

There's been a lot of it. I spent about 3 grand on my studio this last Spring, and I've met my return on investment. Which is nice considering I still don't have an agent and haven't really been pushing my demo... yet.

In fact, I started compiling video clips from projects I voiced (different from my animation character demo), this one is primarily for Narration. I realized that for the past couple years I've been voicing all these projects without checking in to see the final posted projects. Much to my surprise, I ran across this little number, where I do a ridiculous promo narration along with every single voice that occurs, that includes the little girl going "yay!"

There's a bunch of other projects, but I realized it would make more sense to cut the narration video demo together and show that ... rather than bore you with links to each project.

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There's more going on ... and I have cartoons to post, and I've been in some really inspiring and warm conversations with Mondo, and working with Zach and Chris on their stuff, and Gonzo on a new thing, and Hernan and Ninjaco ... and Stamper?? Shit's great, it's stressful, it's crazy, but it's great.

One last shout out to the cast and crew of Dust, you guys have put a lot smiles on my face in the last couple weeks.

And to my babe, thanks for staying married to me for 5 years.

regular updates from here on out instead of this long ass bullshit.


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Seems IGN isn't a big fan of your Expendable work, might want to check out their review. Then again, I rarely take what IGN says seriously.

lol, I think it's for a different game. I'd be really surprised if they reviewed an online facebook game. But maybe they did, in which case, awesome (even if they didn't like it)

Good for you! for you getting your voice in that game and for you and your wife! *i didn't take the time to read all of this. just those 2 things*

That's more than i expected, so thanks <3

@alek
IGN is always paid off, what were you expecting from them, honesty?

yes.... ?

congrats haha

Thanks man haha ....

Woah, dude, congrats on the crazy amount of stuff you're in. That's awesome to hear that you're voicing Vegeta! :D

I may need to re-record it ... they're happy. But I'm hearing some inconsistencies ... but YES HAPPY!

oh ricepirate you are so handsome and talented

I have nothing further to say.

hair swap

Although I am not as prolific a voice actor as you, I record weird voice clips for games and music and personal animation from time to time. One time I recorded a clip from a story I am writing where a guy is talking to himself, the man is going crazy and rants about how he believes his neighbors in his apartment building are turning in to zombies, and how he is eventually going to have to kill them. Here is the funny thing about that, I live in an apartment building, and I make it a point NOT to talk to my neighbors, so subsequently none of them have any clue what I do for a living or that I would have any need to record fictitious sound clips. I know you must have some stories like this :D
Anyway great job on all this work!

I had to warn our neighbors before we moved in NOT to call the cops when I'm screaming, which gets weird when I'm screaming lines like "CALL THE FUCKING POLICE WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!" which occurs in some iteration or another quite often.

great work man, youve been busy, congrats

thanks man, love that you've been keepin' busy too

Your future looks so bright that it hurts my eye(s?). It's awesome to follow your progress, feels good.
Ps. stress kills hair, watch out.

it's probably why I'm stone bald ... i'm stressed out all the time. I even have some gray chest hairs now lol

Sorry, my fault. I was thinking of a different Expendables 2 game (I'm a bit surprised there even is one, let alone two). Just chalk that up to me not paying attention :P

I loathe you...you fine excuse for a gentleman specimen.

I'll be completely honest in saying that I didn't know that you actually did voice acting professionally....shows how much I pay attention here.

now you know. and knowing is half the battle.

Oh... Alaska and Minnesota... Some places I hate to my core... Either way, you have great work, I never knew you were getting into alot more things. Kudos man, keep rising and remember your newgrounds roots.

Well I consider myself either a Washingtonian or New Yorker ... or Chinese ... or Pirate ... or more so, a newgrounder.

Neat, so you worked on that Dust game?

What bothers me a 'bit' is that the gameplay's graphics are amazing but the animation cutscenes are less impressive.

I ended up getting my 113% on Dust just this morning. It was pretty fun, well worth $12 IMO

Glad to hear you had fun! Hope that the fruits of you work are well worth it, and to see more of your work here on NG pretty soon.