In the world of gaming, no franchise is more exalted than Zelda, which this month dominates the cultural conversation with the new game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Meanwhile, the TV version of The Last of Us had cameos from Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, aka the original Ellie and Joel from the game.īut even amid all this, one fact remains immutable. One of the biggest draws at last summer’s Dublin Comic Con was Charles Martinet, best known as the voice of Mario from the iconic platformer Super Mario Bros (which has this year spawned a $1 billion-grossing animated feature with Chris Pratt and Jack Black). Gaming voice actors have, for their part, become cult figures. Big-name actors have lent their voice talents to games, among them Jeffrey Wright, Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba, who is such a gaming geek that he never leaves home without his Nintendo Switch. As the success of HBO’s recent television adaptation of the PlayStation hit The Last of Us demonstrates, the hobby has gone global and mainstream. Video games are no longer just for hardcore pixelheads.
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