Video Game Acting

Act 1 (Battle at Don Cheesle's Island)

[nicholasyoung]

Really glad that dunkey wasn't too blinded by his rage that he couldn't see the magnum opus of voice acting that is NBA 2K15

[razt]

It's really amazing how 2K got the voice actors to read their lines while sleeping

[mattlebowski]

it's amazing that the developers of NBA 2K15 already had the game in funny mode. pure genius.

[degiguess]

8:21 I like how easily you can spot the one voice actor that was actually trying

[PhoenixPalmer]

I love that Dunkey managed to find a way to compliment Death Stranding while still adhering to the noble goal of never complimenting Death Stranding

[joemomma]

Fun story: Ninja Theory had lost their main actress for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice so they asked one of their video editors, Melina Juergens, to wear some equipment for capture tests. Despite having 0 acting experience, she was good at the part of Senua, offered and accepted it and her performance went on to win 3 awards for best performance including at The Game Awards, beating out veterans like Laura Bailey and Claudia Black. Absolute legend.

[Sourcy]

Bro why is 8:21 unironically good, I just love how you actually get into this tiny bit of narrative and then it just hits you with the equal of a corpse reading lines from a script lmao

[Gumbocinno]

8:22

people who played this must have been shocked to hear good voice acting

[Vher_]

That NBA2K15 acting is astounding. Sounds like they played a 12 hour match, went to sleep, got shaken awake 2 hours in and got to do the lines right then and there still wrapped up in their blankets. That's avant-garde as fuck man.

[N_Moli]

I remember Skyrim's voice acting. Something about them delivering their lines earnestly while their world is bugging out always made me even more invested in its world.

[karlkitty]

I'm sad he didn't mention Ellen McLain's performance as GLaDOS when talking about keeping personality in your characters, even if they are robots. The performance is cold and calculated and packed full of character.

[cartkart]

GLaDOS is a great example of voice acting. She sounds robotic and soulless, then you destroy the purple core at the end of portal 1 and she suddenly changes entirely even though her voice isn’t *that* different

[samuell]

I shed tears when dunkey gave appreciation to NBA2k15, the absolute cream of the crop, piece de resistance of video game voice acting. The emotions conveyed in that game made me laugh, cry and become filled with rage.

[Kyotosomo]

What's always fun is when you get cast in a game to voice act some made up gibberish language (think The Sims) but still have to somehow accurately convey the right emotional cords lol.

[ethanisfancy]

Markieff Morris is the deepest character in gaming history. His voice acting conveys so much emotion.

[ScottyMika]

I wasn’t ready for that death stranded scene, that is incredible, that’s the most realistic I’ve ever seen a game look.

[ENXGMA_YT]

Great. Now I absolutely need to play NBA 2K15.

[cronotriggered]

Can’t wait to hear about the incredible voice acting in the all time classic Sopranos video game. Truly a world class performance and an inspiration to all aspiring video game actors.

[smartstop]

You know Dunkley is a great actor when he not only fooled us into thinking he was truly Mr Beast, but also when he fooled everyone in the CSGO lobby into thinking that he was Bowser from Sonic.

[lucasschneider]

7:59 holy shit give this man an oscar or something, the acting here is explosive and so emotional :I