Last year, voice acting members of the Screen Actors Guild came forward to say publishers unfairly treat voice actors, suggesting long recording sessions damage talents’ voices and throats, limiting their job opportunities. When we spoke with him, Troy questioned Wil Wheaton’s use of the word “fair” in the debate.
“If we truly are being fairly treated, then we should be doing this for free because this is something that we love doing,” Baker said. “If you genuinely love it, the fact that someone pays me to do this is a value added benefit.”
“I think what a lot of people are trying to do is institute an archaic system that doesn’t necessarily apply to this industry – the TV and film model into the video game industry.”
Troy also communicated concern over rewards to developers, and who across the industry is left behind when it comes to bonus compensation. “There are a lot of people in the industry that don’t get any bonus compensation,” Baker said. “QC [Quality Control] people spend eight hours a day for months, if not years, testing a game to make sure that when it ships it doesn’t have any bugs; how about those people get something bonus?”
Check out this interview with Troy Baker at The Sixth Axis:
"I realised, and he helped me realise, that it’s all ego, because this is Uncharted. I could be bad and the game’s still going to be good. I’m not the one who can single handedly bring down this franchise. So once I kind of got over myself, then I could just listen to Sam and find where he fits into the story. You trust your director, you trust your writer, you trust the other actors, and all the other people that are making this game, and you just sit down and make a good game."
Escapist Magazine's Behind the Voice interviewed Roger Craig Smith about voice acting and auditions. He talks a lot about Resident Evil and Chris Redfield, calling him a super hero of sorts. Read the interview here!
"[Voice actors] go around and get to play make-believe for a living, and then we get to go home to a normal life," Smith said. "We get to be part of some really awesome stuff that can be a really positive influence on a lot of people's lives if it's done right. And if the parents are paying attention."
Troy Baker was a guest on the Pointless Podcast to talk with Kevin Pereira about his move to Los Angles, becoming a voice actor, and Christopher Walken.
Master of Orion is a turn-based, 4X science fiction computer strategy game released in 1993. It was announced not to long ago that there would be a reboot. Now the voice actors have been revealed.
Among the cast is familiar names like Nolan North, Troy Baker, Roger Crag Smith and Mark Hamill. Check out the press release here!
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