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Jay Britton

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Voice actor, director & performance consultant Twitch Partner & nerd Can I be friends with your dog? Rep'd by CESD (US) & Nordlings (UK) 📧 [email protected] https://jaybritton.carrd.co www.gameperformances.com

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Oct 19

So, new home, I like it here!

For those who don't know me, I'm a voice actor and director and I also advise studios on how to get great performances in their games.

Recently you'll have heard me in; Star Trucker, Frostpunk 2 and the Starfield DLC!

#videogames #acting #voiceactor

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 8h

You can create a pipeline where you have a roster of actors "on-call" who can turn round audio within 4 hours, this is not a difficult thing to achieve.

AI is a choice and a different one could easily have been made that would keep it collaborative, ethical and in the spirit of creating art.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 8h

If you, as a studio decide you're going to use human voices, you can easily create a fast, responsive pipeline.

There are 1000s of voice actors, ready and available with broadcast quality home studios that can get you audio, fast.

This is a leadership problem, not a logistical one.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 8h

Like others I played the Arc Raiders playtest, enjoyed it and was looking forward to the game only to discover they are using AI voices.

Their reasoning was that they can "go from ideation to implemented voice work in hours not months"

Thing is, that's not an AI issue, that's a pipeline problem...

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Black Cats Gaming @blackcatsgaming.bsky.social · 7d

We're LIVE with a special Spy Game oneshot!

twitch.tv/followblackcats

Join @laughlovelindy.bsky.social @jaybritton.com @susanahgrace.bsky.social @troopersjp.bsky.social with @rpgwebby.bsky.social as the Handler!

Join us for an evening of high stakes espionage and action!
#ttrpg #tabletop

Promo image for The Spy Game: Spymaster's Toolkit on twitch.tv/followblackcats

Laughlovelindy - The Magician, Jaybritton - The Martial Artist, RPGWebby - The Handler, SusanahGrace - The Operator, TrooperSJP - The Freerunner

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 15d

Oooof, you dirty bitch! I'm at a hotel and now hoping the buffet breakfast has plain toast and butter

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 15d

Talk toppings to me... butter, marmalade, jams, peanut butter, Nutella? What you putting on this bad boy?

I always think there's a purists argument for simple white bread with lashings of good butter.

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · 22d

"Jay, can you give us a read that's the 'Stanley Parable meets Bennett Foddy'?"

I'll do my best...

Two YouTube comments.

One says "kind of sounds like the guy from Stanley Parable"

The other says "Exactly, with a mix of Bennett Foddy"

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Sep 19

The buckets use is determined by it's user...

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Sep 19

A busy day yesterday directing at SIDE on day one of a new project!

Highlights were:

Working at SIDE with great actors
Weird "shower show" setup at hotel
AMAZING dinner with a 1KG steak
Hotel Cuck Chair of the year

Happy Friday...

A picture at the top shows 3 people in a recording booth. Picture and bottom left showing a lanyard for SIDE recording studios, picture in bottom right showing a pan au chocolate

A hotel room with a shower cubicle that's visible from outside the bathroom...

3 pictures in one of a Side Bar cocktail, 1kg steak and a large tiramisu

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Sep 18

Ah, the internet..

I've clearly woken up to there being some kind of discourse overnight but it's posts that hint at the thing without talking about the thing and then you have to go and fing the thing and see whether or not it's a thing you're actually interested in.

Or... I could stroke my dog

a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland says the rabbit hole deepens .

Alt: A cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland says the rabbit hole deepens.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Sep 10

Congrats, very well deserved! Been watching Soulframe with interest and I can't wait to dive in :)

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Sep 2

I saw some things today.... THINGS!

A man who looks like he's seen too much stares into the camera lens. He has headphones on and a microphone attached to his forehead.

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 28

Just had to go get a blood test done with the NHS and I was out 2 minutes before my appointment was even due to start...

Needless to say, I bought a lottery ticket on the way home.

a man wearing glasses and a tie is sitting in front of a computer and says what is going on ?

Alt: Dwight from the US sitcom the Office, is sitting in front of a computer and says "What is going on?"

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 24

Oh nooooo, we were in the same place at the same time and didn't meet!

It my first as well, I'll definitely be back next year, had a blast.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 22

Sat in the airport awaiting my flight home from Gamescom.

Tired, but man is my heart full. For all the trials and tribulations of this industry it has the kindest, most giving people I've ever met.

16yrs I've been here and that wouldn't be the case without the help of the amazing people in it.

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 22

And destroy the pun? INCONCEIVABLE!

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 22

A long time back I wanted to build a website that had rankings of various coffees that people could score and it would give you their overall public ranking.

I wanted to call it.... Average Joe's

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 20

a man with a beard says i need it .

Alt: RDJ as Ironman says "I need it"

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 20

LON 🇬🇧 🛫 GER 🇩🇪 for Gamescom...

What a lovely British morning to be taking a flight! Looking forward to seeing to seeing friends and games.

I also haven't slept since Monday, see me, gib coffee, thanks.

#gamescom #videogames #flying

A montage of pictures, looking out the plane of a window to a grey, drizzly morning, a close up of a play engine and a far shot of a Ryanair aircraft waiting to taxi.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 19

Clearly you've been kidnapped Tom, why are you talking like a youth?

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 19

Absolutely, they are still as good as the day I bought them and whenever the come out the wash they are my immediate go-to pair of socks.

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 19

Last year, in London, I had to buy an emergency pair of socks. The only place available was a posh shop and one pair of socks was £15, ouch, but needs must.

Let me tell, I'm furious, because a year on they are still the BEST DAMN PAIR OF SOCKS I'VE EVER OWNED. This is how the rich live every day.

a pair of white socks with frosta written on them

Alt: A pair of white socks with feet in, pointing to the sky and wiggling back and forth.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 18

a man with a mustache and a suit and tie is sitting in a chair .

Alt: J Jonah Jameson laughing in that iconic Spiderman moment.

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Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 18

Yup, happened to me! It booked me a meeting with someone I'd already got a meeting booked with, making it look like I was moving our existing one, super confusing.

Jay Britton @jaybritton.com · Aug 18

Today the Gamescom AI matched me with someone I already had a meeting booked with and booked us both another meeting 3hrs before our existing (and set us both as confirmed).

Definitely doesn't cause any confusion... *le sigh*