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New Trailer Introduces the Voices of ‘The Evil Within’
Unless the quality of a game’s voice cast is so bad it becomes distracting or so good it’s made unforgettable, this critical element of game development often goes unnoticed. I think that’s because we’ve been spoiled by several years worth of movie quality performances in enough games that we sometimes forget how bad it once was. Awful, cheesy dialogue performed by overeager community theater actors was accepted in the 90s, but that was before we realized we could do better. In today’s market, a voice cast can make or break a game.
Voice actors can either bring our virtual characters to life, or they ruin them, which can in turn break the immersion. These performances can drag the entire game down or they can elevate it, transforming it into something else entirely. After watching this new trailer for The Evil Within, I’m confident the voice cast behind Sebastian and friends won’t disappoint.
In related news, it took this trailer for me to realize that Jennifer Carpenter is the voice of Sebastian’s partner, Julie “The Kid” Kidman. You may remember her from Dexter, or maybe her role in Quarantine, where she proved she has some serious scream queen chops.
The Evil Within arrives on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on October 14.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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