#and voice actors

[junkdyke]

classes start today, i still have to draw new stuff and tattoo at a convention this weekend, i need to finish booking up clients for SF and leave for that in 2 weeks, 2 days after I get back i'm apparently going to fucking WISCONSIN to tattoo, then a few weeks later i'm gonna be tattooing in Denver, all while directing this film that is SO behind AND working on my grad show portfolio AND booking for regular LA clients and trying to make enough money that i'll be super secure to move out of my homophobic house right after graduation, i am going to lose my mind!!!!!

[yusuke-of-valla]

GAMES MADE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID MORE TO WORK LESS

[transparentcheesecake2]

Its important to inform that Ben Diskin(Black Doom's VA) is currently roleplaying as Black Doom on twitter and here are some of my favorites

Black Doom says no rights

[spursthatjinglejanglejingle]

I still think one of the funniest experiences of my life was watching American Psycho with my sister and afterwards we both went "okay. Lets do something more lighthearted now" and put on the dubbed version of Howl's Moving Castle and we both lost our minds when we heard Howl start talking

[ganglemanva]

I GUESS WE DOIN CIRCLES NOW

https://twitter.com/stormbringxr/status/1825199922544554156 thanks  @TomSchalkOfficial  for the ford now go watch gravity falls please

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[trisiyamoon]

Voice actor meet their characters🎙️🤡🎪

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

The freaking Roger voice acting history jumpscare took me out real good.

Also, SHADOW KNOWS ABOUT ASSASSINS CREED

[lackadaisycats]

Lackadaisy Voice Cast + Crew are doing a signing and Q&A stream tomorrow!

Saturday, June 8th.

Starts at 2pm PT on the Lackadaisy YouTube Channel.

Come by to hangout and chat! Or, if you'd like a live-signed book or print, pick one up in the Lackadaisy Streamily Shop!

[pcktknife]

you'll never believe what i found out today

[mysticdragon3md3]

[alaiostoudenfan]

Oh god😭😭 laios from other peoples perspective is actually terrifying 

[yusuke-of-valla]

WE LIVE IN A HELL WORLD

Snippets from the article by Karissa Bell:

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing thousands of performers, has struck a deal with an AI voice acting platform aimed at making it easier for actors to license their voice for use in video games. ...

the agreements cover the creation of so-called “digital voice replicas” and how they can be used by game studios and other companies. The deal has provisions for minimum rates, safe storage and transparency requirements, as well as “limitations on the amount of time that a performance replica can be employed without further payment and consent.”

Notably, the agreement does not cover whether actors’ replicas can be used to train large language models (LLMs), though Replica Studios CEO Shreyas Nivas said the company was interested in pursuing such an arrangement. “We have been talking to so many of the large AAA studios about this use case,” Nivas said. He added that LLMs are “out-of-scope of this agreement” but “they will hopefully [be] things that we will continue to work on and partner on.”

...Even so, some well-known voice actors were immediately skeptical of the news, as the BBC reports. In a press release, SAG-AFTRA said the agreement had been approved by "affected members of the union’s voiceover performer community." But on X, voice actors said they had not been given advance notice. "How has this agreement passed without notice or vote," wrote Veronica Taylor, who voiced Ash in Pokémon. "Encouraging/allowing AI replacement is a slippery slope downward." Roger Clark, who voiced Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, also suggested he was not notified about the deal. "If I can pay for permission to have an AI rendering of an ‘A-list’ voice actor’s performance for a fraction of their rate I have next to no incentive to employ 90% of the lesser known ‘working’ actors that make up the majority of the industry," Clark wrote.

SAG-AFTRA’s deal with Replica only covers a sliver of the game industry. Separately, the union is also negotiating with several of the major game studios after authorizing a strike last fall. “I certainly hope that the video game companies will take this as an inspiration to help us move forward in that negotiation,” Crabtree said.

And here are some various reactions I've found about things people in/adjacent to this can do

And in OTHER AI games news, Valve is updating it's TOS to allow AI generated content on steam so long as devs promise they have the rights to use it, which you can read more about on Aftermath in this article by Luke Plunkett

[animenostalgia]

News - A Gofundme campaign has started for voice actress Rachael Lillis, who fans might know as the original voices for Pokemon's Misty and Jessie, as well as the dub voice of Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Lillis is currently battling the nasty side effects of cancer, and has had to check into a nursing home for care. If Lillis' work has ever brought you joy, please consider contributing a few bucks, or pass the link along to others to help get the word out!

[hey-sherry]

"And so I went into the studio," Jordan continued. "And it was very awkward, as I made sounds like 'mmm' and 'ahh'. And then I kissed my hand a whole lot."   

But he got the job done, and now he just hopes that everyone playing the game appreciates all the effort he put into helping make it happen—and keeps his very specific but vital role in the game in mind as they play.

"You think about that," he said. "You mull that over as you run around, you little horny perverts, with your little perverted roleplays, you randy bastards. You think of me."