The Codec Call

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  • Episode VII – Jennifer Hale Interview


    It's time for another Codec Call, and this one features a very special guest joining us to talk about the role of the voice actor within the games industry, and how it is changing with advances and demands of technology.



        

    Our guest this week is one of the most prolific voice actors working today, with credits on animated series including The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Johnny Quest and Johnny Bravo, The Tick, The X-Men, Phineas and Ferb and Tamagotchi Video Adventures (if IMDB is to be believed); along with credits in games including Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Doom 3, SOCOM, Bulletstorm, Uncharted 3, Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us to name a handful. Even if you don’t know her by name, you'll know her by game as the voice of both Naomi Hunter in the Metal Gear Solid franchise and Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect series. It's the supremely talented Jennifer Hale!



    In this interview we cover:

    * Jennifer's acting history and her career to date.
    * The amount of audio recording needed for some games, like Metal Gear Solid.
    * Mass Effect: the freedom of relationships and how much the actors know at the recording stage, "Femshep", and the controversial ending of the third installment.
    * The process of voice recording for games and animation.
    * Singing!
    * What the fans are like and how they differ between videogames and the animated series.
    * The skew of male protagonists in games and the effect on available work.
    * 'Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?'
    * Character preparation across film, animation and videogames, as well as actor input to the dialogue.
    * Motion capture.
    * Hollywood actors appearing in videogames, and replacing actors in established franchises.
    * And a whole lot more!

    Enjoy!

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  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Thought Shower

    In this edition of The Codec Call Andy, Matt and Cev get together to discuss their thoughts about what will happen in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain based on the 2013 Red Band and 2014 E3 trailers.  The suggestion came from @BrandonKirzeder, so you know who to thank for the idea of making these crazy theories public…

    WARNING:  May contain mild traces of spoil for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and references to N-Sync.

    We cover:

    • What do we know about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
  • What can we glean/wildly speculate about, based on the trailers?
  • WHAT?!  LIQUID?
  • Will the game be released on 8th June?
  • Is Quiet the sniper, really Chico with a sex change?
  • Who is Ishmael?
  • Will Solidus feature?
  • Will the protagonist be a 4 year old Raiden (probably not, right?!)?
  • Should we travel back in time and stop N-Sync?

    • To join in with our wild speculation about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, or if you think we’ve missed something particularly important to you (like the mark, by a country mile), then please contact us on Twitter (@CodecMoments, @ClinicalAndy, @CevynScott and @SyphiloidMonkey), Facebook and Google+, or post a comment below!

    43 min
  • Episode VI – Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Thought Shower
     





        

     

    In this edition of The Codec Call Andy, Matt and Cev get together to discuss their thoughts about what will happen in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain based on the 2013 Red Band and 2014 E3 trailers.  The suggestion came from @BrandonKirzeder, so you know who to thank for the idea of making these crazy theories public...



     

    WARNING:  May contain mild traces of spoil for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and references to N-Sync.

     

    We cover:

    * What do we know about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
    * What can we glean/wildly speculate about, based on the trailers?
    * WHAT?!  LIQUID?
    * Will the game be released on 8th June?
    * Is Quiet the sniper, really Chico with a sex change?
    * Who is Ishmael?
    * Will Solidus feature?
    * Will the protagonist be a 4 year old Raiden (probably not, right?!)?
    * Should we travel back in time and stop N-Sync?

     

    If you want to cross-reference our ramblings, here are the two trailers we're talking about:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVo-f9jvZqs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4ZxDWLwpM

     

    To join in with our wild speculation about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, or if you think we've missed something particularly important to you (like the mark, by a country mile), then please contact us on Twitter (@CodecMoments, @ClinicalAndy, @CevynScott and @SyphiloidMonkey), Facebook and Google+, or post a comment below!

     
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  • WATCH_DOGS

    Half the Codec Moments team get together to discuss their initial thoughts on the open-world, hack and crash game from Ubisoft, WATCH_DOGS.  In the podcast we discuss:

    • Aiden Pearce
  • Gameplay styles
  • Hacking
  • Driving (or plowing through pedestrians screaming “I’m so sorry, it can’t be avoided!”)
  • Side quests
  • Water cooler moments

    • If you want to wade in on our WATCH_DOGS discussion, if we missed something you think is particularly cool, or got a few things wrong in our excitement, then you can hit us up on Twitter (@ClinicalAndy, @CevynScott and @SyphiloidMonkey), Facebook and Google+, or rant at us in the comments below!

    46 min
  • Episode V – WATCH_DOGS




        

    Half the Codec Moments team get together to discuss their initial thoughts on the open-world, hack and crash game from Ubisoft, WATCH_DOGS.  In the podcast we discuss:

    * Aiden Pearce
    * Gameplay styles
    * Hacking
    * Driving (or plowing through pedestrians screaming "I'm so sorry, it can't be avoided!")
    * Side quests
    * Water cooler moments

    If you want to wade in on our WATCH_DOGS discussion, if we missed something you think is particularly cool, or got a few things wrong in our excitement, then you can hit us up on Twitter (@ClinicalAndy, @CevynScott and @SyphiloidMonkey), Facebook and Google+, or rant at us in the comments below!
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