Sophie's voice actor, Billie Fullford-Brown, talks about her role in Expedition 33. He reveals what it was like to record the gommage scene, Gustave and Sophie's relationship and how Sophie wasn't meant to be playable. We also talk about why the gommage scene made so many people emotional.

Markus and Olli from Poets of the Fall join the podcast to talk about their journey as a band from Max Payne 2 to Alan Wake 2. They talk about how the formation of the iconic Late Goodbye song, working with Remedy and making a fictional band Old Gods of Asgard as well as the making of one of the longest video game songs, Herald of Darkness, for Alan Wake 2.What's your favorite song from Old Gods of Asgard and Poets of the Fall?

00:38 Late Goodbye wasn't meant to be

04:42 Success of Late Goodbye

07:07 How Old Gods of Asgard happened

10:13 Old Gods vs Poets of the Fall

11:55 How songs are made for Remedy?

15:55 Reacting to their songs in-game

20:10 Alan Wake 2 musical

25:48 Longest guitar solo

28:39 Shooting live action & music video

32:24 Old Gods of Asgard album wasn't planned

35:55 The Game Awards almost didn't happen

40:07 Herald of Darkness impact on Poets

42:49 Input on Old Gods of Asgard characters

44:19 Fav music video

45:30 Touring as Old Gods of Asgard?

47:10 Fav Remedy game

48:57 Use of unusual intruments

51:59 VR in Olli's latest song

In this episode, Echoes of the End game director, Halldór , talks about how the studio with only 40 employees made an ambitious narrative driven game inspired by games like God of War, Uncharted and The Witcher. In this episode, we will explore how they built a game from ground up, scanned Iceland to give the most realistic visuals, made their motion capture studio to bring life to the characters and more!

Have you played Echoes of the End yet?

Aldís Amah Hamilton, the lead actress of Echoes of The End, shares her experience on working in video games for the first time. She mentions how challenging and frustrating it can be to do motion and performance capture but also mentions how actors from video games should be recognized even more.

She's been working for Echoes of the End for 7 years, bringing the character of Ryn. She also worked on Hellblade 2 alongside Melina Jurgens and also talks about how different that experience was.

Winter Solider voice actor, Eliah Mountjoy, & Psylocke's voice actor, Alpha Takahashi, from Marvel Rivals join Behind The Voice Podcast to talk about handling the pressure of playing Marvel characters in a video game. They also mention the incredible fan interactions, going to San Diego Comic Con and cosplaying as their characters.

They also touch upon preparing for the role, what their characters ambitions are and how closely are they connected with their characters. We spoke a lot about personal connection, things they learned and a lot more!

Zenyatta's voice actor from Overwatch, Feodor Chin, shares his opinions on the state of Overwatch 2. He also mentions how they recorded more lines and scenes that just havne't been released. Feodor also talks about his emmy nominated episode of Love Death & Robots Season 4, Spider Rose, and how it was like to work with Blur Studios.

We also talk a bit about his experience with Ghost of Tsushima & his opinions on Ghost of Yotei

Estelle Darnault, the motion and performance capture actor, talks about how she played almost every women in Clair Obscur Expedition 33. She auditioned for the role of Lune but ended up playing Sophie, Sciel, Aline, Alicia & the Paintress. Estelle breaks down the iconic gommage scene and why she added the extra "I know" line. She also talks about Lune & Gustave moments, THAT Moment and many other scenes in the game.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 game director, Guillaume Broche, reveals all the secret to how they crafted the storytelling of the game. From the opening gommage scene, to the characters, realistic dialogues, maelle's flashbacks, major twist in the game and also the endings.

Together we dive deep into the decision making process of why certain scenes were presented the way they were presented. At the same time, we also talk about few gameplay mechanics that we had to cover, including boss battles and trials.

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