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more about #gamedevelopment TheOmnitron: This is fantastic news. But this doesnt mean were out of the woods yet. Consumers have tighter wallets now, and only top quality games are making mone... more » ThirzaLepidus: Cool... now if only I could get a job... :\ (Maybe I should move to Canada... *shudder*) more » Surreal_Sunshine: Canada finally justifies its existence! more » deanbmmv: Activision, EA, Valve lay off 400 each In a surprising Christmas move developer have laid of many staff, Valve even hiring so they had enough to hit ... more » EythR: Montreal studios to the East, BioWare to the West. O Canada! more » abort_user: a sign of the rise of western games? well until we decide to outsource the labor that is... more » ReconToaster misses garnett :(: Why is there a picture of Alyx Vance? Valve has worked to create some of the best voice acting in games! more » TheGreenMan: Waaa..Waaa...I see a lot of griping about this. I understand where the yare coming from, but the thing is, if you get a session musician in for a reco... more » Tenacious_Z: If we could get Gary Oldman to do some serious voice acting in games outside of Spyro, we may be on to something. more » topheavy: Acting typically fails by the script, or perhaps it fails the product itself. Sorry, but it seems to me developers are leaning hard on the lack of goo... more » stranger: Good story, but something that's been painfully obvious for a very long tome. Voice acting in videogames is still generally awful. There are very, ver... more » Mike Gutierrez: It's pretty easy to tell which games are going to have good voice acting and which won't. Plenty of games today are obviously meant to utilize generi... more » Jason Wesley: Considering how ingrained the original Ghostbusters writers/actors are in their new game, I'm hoping that the dialogue in that game will be awesome. I... more » TRT-X: This would explain why so many characters these days seem derivative or cliched. They're being TOLD to "just be _____" from the last thing they did. I... more » Flabyo: Developers would love to work that way. But that would cost significantly more cash than they currently spend, and it's hard to justify a full voice c... more » wulfsaga2: how about japanese dubbed game? Maybe the reason why they sound terrible? more » Slap Bet: Wait,Wasn't there an interview that said the guy doing the voice of Nico in GTA IV wasn't even aware he was doing a video game? It was back when that ... more » Makidian: Uncharted and Ratchet and Clank have the best voice acting I have heard so far this gen. I thought FFX was pretty to notch when it came out. Games wit... more » CosmicElement: If this prevents (lovable) abominations like the original Resident Evil, then I'm all for it. more » -MasterDex-: The man makes a point. For games to truly evolve and become more than just entertainment, developers need to start treating them as such and involve v... more » -
#workinprogress
North American Game Industry Employment Somehow Rose Slightly In 2009
According to the third annual Game Developer Census, game industry employment in North America has risen slightly in 2009, due in part to new Canadian studios and a rise in social and online gaming developers. More » -
#acting
How Dumbed Down Acting Is Creating Dumbed Down Games
There's an interesting story over at The Brainy Gamer that discusses the techniques of voice acting and how it rarely applies to voice acting in games, mostly because of time and money constraints. More » -
#education
ESA Foundation Doubles Up On Developer Scholarships
The ESA Foundation, representing the charitable arm of the games industry, has announced that they will be making 30 scholarships available this year to aspiring female and minority game developers. More » -
