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Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 01:32 pm

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The first machinima short is now up on GameTap. It'll be on this site on Monday.

Emily · 11/30/2006, 01:37 pm

The short is supposed to go up today. I don't know exactly when, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary.

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 01:41 pm

I'm sure they still plan to put it up, they just haven't gotten around to releasing ANY content today (i.e. games or tv shows). I guess I've come to find that when GameTap says they release updates on Thursdays, they really mean anywhere in that 24 hour period. It's pretty annoying.

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 02:53 pm

The update just happened a few minutes ago. Saw the first machinima.

Question: Did Max's voice change from Culture Shock?

jp-30 · 11/30/2006, 03:08 pm

I assume Gametap has a 2 week exclusive window for the shorts as well as the games?

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 03:10 pm

No, GameTap will release them on Thursdays, and Telltale the following Monday.

jp-30 · 11/30/2006, 03:12 pm

Ooh. Nice! Where'd'ya read that?

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 03:13 pm

http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-136

jp-30 · 11/30/2006, 03:18 pm

Sweet! Thanks.

Udvarnoky · 11/30/2006, 03:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Legolas813

Question: Did Max's voice change from Culture Shock?

It's still Chaikin, but he does sound a little bit different. Or maybe it's the doubly compressed audio.

Emily · 11/30/2006, 03:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Udvarnoky

It's still Chaikin, but he does sound a little bit different. Or maybe it's the doubly compressed audio.

Or is it...?

It's a new guy. Andrew Chaikin was unavailable for personal reasons so we had to recast.

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 04:45 pm

Well I hope he comes back for the next episode. I had no problem with the voices in Hit the Road, the animated 90's TV show or Culture Shock, but this voice is just plain bad (sorry to whomever did it).

jp-30 · 11/30/2006, 05:24 pm

Is this recast just for the short?

**Jake** · 11/30/2006, 05:27 pm

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Originally Posted by Legolas813

Well I hope he comes back for the next episode. I had no problem with the voices in Hit the Road, the animated 90's TV show or Culture Shock, but this voice is just plain bad (sorry to whomever did it).

Hey let's not start this again. I hope you were joking.

Legolas813 · 11/30/2006, 05:41 pm

I loved the voices in Culture Shock. I'm one of the few people who thinks they are almost perfect. This machinima voice just isn't as good.

Udvarnoky · 11/30/2006, 05:45 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emily

Or is it...?

It's a new guy. Andrew Chaikin was unavailable for personal reasons so we had to recast.

Crazy! Despite the noticeable change I was sure there was some hint of him in there, which is why stated it like it was a fact. Well, clearly the recast isn't going to affect me much. Does this mean Phoney's voice is as good as replaced too? Seems to me that would be a more devastating change because he's really distinctive and, well, really great in the role.

Can you tell us who The New Guy is? Is it Nowlin voicing both again? It did kind of sound like the Max in the original trailer... I don't trust my own ears anymore!

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Originally Posted by jp-30

Is this recast just for the short?

Apparently it's for the second episode as well - the voice in the gameplay video on Telltale's site is the new one. I honestly wouldn't have guessed it though. Maybe the difference will be more obvious once I hear more.

**Jake** · 11/30/2006, 05:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Legolas813

I loved the voices in Culture Shock. I'm one of the few people who thinks they are almost perfect. This machinima voice just isn't as good.

Here's the story...

Andrew Chaikin won't be playing Max in episodes 2 or 3. This isn't because we weren't pleased with his performance (we loved it), nor was it for any financial or scheduling reason. Andrew had to pull out of his recording for Max, and all of his other acting gigs at the time, for personal, medical reasons.

We don't know a whole lot about the situation, and what we do know is personal so I won't be writing about it here, but Andrew was unable to record for said health reasons, so we waited, and pushed the voice recording deadline out as far as possible in hopes that he'd be better. Unfortunately that didn't happen. It got close enough to our internal release date for the game that we eventually had to arrive at the difficult decision to re-cast Max for the time-being, if not permanently. It sucks, and we wish Andrew the best in his recovery! He was great as Max in Culture Shock, and he's also of course the voice of Phoney Bone. Sadly, reality meant that we couldn't wait on the games forever; we had to move on with production.

Fortunately, the guy we got is awesome! His deliveries are spot on - his performances make the jokes come off as, you know, funny, instead of mundanely stomping them into the ground as is the case with so many "funny" video game voice performances. He even sounds quite a lot like Andrew, and as an extension, a lot like Max! The only people who noticed the new voice in our Episode 2 focus tests were people we actually told about the change. These are good signs. We miss Andrew, because he's excellent, but we're really really happy with where the voices are at right now.

Basically, it's my hope at this point that you guys trust our judgement on voice casting. There were huge waves of online hate about the voices sloshing back and forth in these forums before Culture Shock was released, but the overwhelming majority of players had nothing but praise for our choice of actors once they actually got their hands on the game. The consensus here at Telltale is that the voice performances in Situation Comedy and in Episode 3 are well above the high water mark set by Culture Shock, and we're sure players will agree once they get a chance to play it for themselves.

*Hero1* · 11/30/2006, 05:56 pm

Well I didn't notice the difference in the situation comedy gameplay video.. yep the voices in culture shock were good, im sure that will continue.. the delivery of sam's lines could be funnier though..

Mel · 11/30/2006, 06:23 pm

I am going to ask a potentially silly question. What the heck is a machinima?

tabacco · 11/30/2006, 06:28 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima

11/30/2006, 01:32 pm	#1
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	First machinima short now on GameTap --------------------------------------------------------------------- The first machinima short is now up on GameTap. It'll be on this site on Monday. Last edited by Legolas813; 11/30/2006 at 04:52 pm.

11/30/2006, 05:56 pm	#18
Hero1 conclusion jumper Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: melbourne, australia Posts: 1,766	Well I didn't notice the difference in the situation comedy gameplay video.. yep the voices in culture shock were good, im sure that will continue.. the delivery of sam's lines could be funnier though.. __________________ Patience is a sharp razor to swallow...

11/30/2006, 06:23 pm	#19
Mel Rowr! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 834	I am going to ask a potentially silly question. What the heck is a machinima? __________________ “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” - Ann Lamott http://hikergirl.tumblr.com

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11/30/2006, 01:37 pm	#2
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	The short is supposed to go up today. I don't know exactly when, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary.

11/30/2006, 01:41 pm	#3
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	I'm sure they still plan to put it up, they just haven't gotten around to releasing ANY content today (i.e. games or tv shows). I guess I've come to find that when GameTap says they release updates on Thursdays, they really mean anywhere in that 24 hour period. It's pretty annoying.

11/30/2006, 02:53 pm	#4
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	The update just happened a few minutes ago. Saw the first machinima. Question: Did Max's voice change from Culture Shock?

11/30/2006, 03:08 pm	#5
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	I assume Gametap has a 2 week exclusive window for the shorts as well as the games?

11/30/2006, 03:10 pm	#6
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	No, GameTap will release them on Thursdays, and Telltale the following Monday.

11/30/2006, 03:12 pm	#7
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	Ooh. Nice! Where'd'ya read that?

11/30/2006, 03:13 pm	#8
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-136

11/30/2006, 03:18 pm	#9
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	Sweet! Thanks.

11/30/2006, 04:45 pm	#12
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	Well I hope he comes back for the next episode. I had no problem with the voices in Hit the Road, the animated 90's TV show or Culture Shock, but this voice is just plain bad (sorry to whomever did it).

11/30/2006, 05:24 pm	#13
jp-30 Lint Miner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Zealand. Posts: 2,735	Is this recast just for the short?

11/30/2006, 05:41 pm	#15
Legolas813 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 115	I loved the voices in Culture Shock. I'm one of the few people who thinks they are almost perfect. This machinima voice just isn't as good.

11/30/2006, 06:28 pm	#20
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima