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Andrew Burdusel has a great habit of summing things up in a visual form, but with this piece – Australians in Video Games 3 – he has finally completed his incredible Aussies in Gaming trilogy. If you want to see a brilliant visual representation of practically every Australian character ever featured in a video game, then look no further.
And for posterity (and hilarity) I’ve decided to post parts one and two below…
For high res versions of the image click here, here and here!
Here is a bigger version of all three http://twitpic.com/photos/Ruffleberg
I’m pretty sure i’ve got every Aussie ever
Interesting bit of info. Kano was only made Australian after the first MK movie. Before that he was American/Japanese.
Also, I think Saxton Hale is awesome! He should be on the good part of the meter.
They retconned his story after the movie, since Ed Boon loved the Aussie version of Kano so much.
Yea, The truth was that he actually only pretended to be Aussie to get work in Hollywood. He was actually from England. But, Kano is still Australian in the game.
I didn’t think he sounded Aussie in the movie. More “east end London”. Then again, I haven’t seen the movie in a long time.
It does sound like a weird mix. Ed Boon seemed to think it was Aussie.
Didn’t know he was English. Either way, his accent was badass.
Yea, it sucks that he did what he did. He was on the cusp of making it in Hollywood.
Technically Kano in part one is still American. He only “became” Australian from part 2 onwards.
Yea, he’s one of the originals. He also had the best fatality (that heart ripping one)
I’ve read some stuff on him being Aussie as well, but all any of it proves is that he’s been to Australia.
Gouki (Akuma) and his elder brother Gouken are both confirmed by Capcom to be Japanese.
Just got a chance to read through it. Nice work once again Mr Ruffles (I can call you that, right?)
Sid Black Australian?
http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Sid_Black
I know it’s confusing and the voice acting wasn’t great either. Official description has him as a former RAF Harrier pilot. But from the game itself it was a bit confusing.
I did quite a lot of research on him. some places call him English and Australia. But that voice is unmistakably Australian. Plus some of his dialogue has a bit of a hint of Australian slag to it.
Am I missing Barry Steakfries in there? I see a section on food-based names that he exemplifies, but no him!
Not sure why Sniper is listed as good when he’s voiced by an Englishman using stereotypical English lines.
But then, compared to the competition…
Robin Walker, the guy who does the TF2 blog posts, is not only Australian but the creator of Team Fortress. This makes it a bit bizarre that they use an English actor.
Can you move Samantha Byrnes down to the mediocre part of the list? Because sometimes she sounds good and other time she sounds dead awful. She slips into what Americans think Australians sound like. Bernie was a more natural speaker. Both are voiced by Australians.
This is Sams Voice actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085227/
And Bernies http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245230/
Yeah, too bad its for really bad accents that nobody here uses and really bad beer that nobody here drinks.
You’re still missing characters, make another one haha (kidding). As proud as I am of Aussies being in video games, holy crap, many of the accents the voice actors pull are hilariously bad. I still have a bad ringing in my ear from Vanille and Fang’s attempts.
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