Jon St. John, the voice actor who portrays Duke Nukem, works on the cheap. How cheap is cheap? The actor has agreed to record "most" of Zoey's dialogue from Left 4 Dead for a fan-made mod for the princely sum of $300. The designer of the mod is soliciting donations in order to make it happen. If he exceeds the amount required for those lines, they'll continue on with some of Francis' witty remarks.
I really want to joke about how destitute St. John must be, how desperately he needs work, but I can't do it. According to the forum post where the designer announced the idea, the actor really only charges his fee of $50 per 30 seconds of audio because he doesn't want to have to read every bit of written language on Earth in the voice of the bubblegum chewing badass. Seems only fair -- he no doubt has other things he'd rather be doing -- and it's really cool that he's willing to give something to the gamers who have already enjoyed his work so far.
Of course, if he's willing to do stuff like this for such an affordable rate, I can't help but think there are some other games that could benefit from having ol' Duke in them. If we aren't going to get Duke Nukem Forever, we might as well get some of him somewhere.
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2:00 AM on 06.01.2009
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30 seconds of Duke saying what you want him to is the best thing you can do with it.
But this in L4D? So awesome!
can you imagine opening a talking birthday card and having the real duke wish you happy birthday?
BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.
"Like me, Tim Henson has balls of steel"
I shat awesome bricks
@Katelyn
This is not a grocery store, peddle your spam elsewhere, please.
Then at least the game can still be awesome...even if it sucks..
best idea ever.