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  • Troy Baker Shows Off His Joker, Reads From The Killing Joke

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    Photo courtesy attackofthefanboy.com

    Rule of thumb in the voice acting world: never doubt Troy Baker. That rule used to be “never doubt Nolan North” but Baker has taken that over with his insanely great performances in huge games like Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us. He is also no stranger to the Batman video game world having voiced The Dark Knight in Lego Batman 2 and Two-Face in Batman: Arkham City.

    Now, he takes on the biggest possible role in the Batman universe as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins and with Mark Hamill “retiring” from the iconic role after twenty years, how can Baker possibly live up to the precedence set before him?

    Here is footage from the Arkham Origins panel at New York Comic-Con where Baker reads a monologue as The Joker from Alan Moore’s classic, The Killing Joke. Before you hit play just remember the rule mentioned before.

    ………damn.

    Whatever deal Baker made with the devil to sound so much like Hamill was well worth it.

    [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.

  • Nothing Can Prepare You For The Last Of Us Alternate Ending

    Photo courtesy forbes.com
    Photo courtesy forbes.com

    This video is just another reason to love everything and everyone involved with the making of The Last of Us. Creative director Neil Druckmann shows some behind the scene footage of an integral part of the final part of the game. The ending has since changed from what is shown, but what is truly remarkable is what happens during the performance from Troy Baker who plays Joel and Merle Dandridge who plays Marlene.

    I promise you can not guess what it is and after you will want to watch it again.

  • Batman: Arkham Origins Voice Cast Is Confusing Me!

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    Photo courtesy news.softpedia.com

    So here’s the deal. Yesterday we posted a story saying that Kevin Conroy would be returning to voice Batman in the upcoming Arkham Origins game after weeks of WB Games saying they were getting a new actor for the role.

    Read it here, I will give you a second.

    Good? OK, well scratch that….or not. Hell I don’t know anymore!

    WB Games announced today that Batman would be voiced by Roger Craig Smith, who voiced Ezio in Assassin’s Creed and Chris Redfield in Resident Evil. Sooo where does this Kevin Conroy saying he will be Batman? Hell if I know. Maybe the game will be told in flashback…or something?

    One awesome bit of news though was that Troy Baker would be voicing The Joker. I know, I know, it’s not Mark Hamill, but Hamill appears to be sticking to his guns saying he is done with the character. Troy Baker voiced Booker DeWitt in [amazon_link id=”B003O6E6NE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bioshock Infinite[/amazon_link], Joel in [amazon_link id=”B007CM0K86″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Last of Us[/amazon_link] and also Robin and Two-Face in [amazon_link id=”B002I0F5M8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham City[/amazon_link], so he definitely has the chops to pull this off.

    [amazon_link id=”B00C7103DO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Batman: Arkham Origins[/amazon_link] releases on October 25th.