Sony: Skip Celeb Voice Acting  Let professional voice actors do
the dialog in games, and skip the marquee celebs - that's the
advice of Sony dialog manager Greg deBeer. Why? In an interview
with Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield, deBeer said he feels
"hearing an identifiable celebrity voice takes you away from the
game."  Instead of being immersed in this environment with these
characters who are supposed to be a part of whatever world
you're playing, you say, "Oh, I recognize that voice," and it
brings you back into the real world. It's a very disruptive
experience for me personally.  I don't necessarily disagree, but
in the swap-over between games and English-dubbed anime, often
fans end up hearing familiar voices from one game to another,
anyway. These days I always hear at least one voice in a game
that I recognize, or think I recognize, and actually have to
pause the game to go and look it up and see whether I was right.
I guess it depends on the game - many times, character models
take influence from major