Our Favorite Video Game Performances
Get Played
Headgum
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Heather, Nick and Matt discuss some of their all time favorite performances in video games!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | There's nothing I like more than a fine bit of acting in regards to the theater. |
| 0:20.2 | Well, put Heather, when it comes to Thespians using their talents |
| 0:26.9 | to enhance the scripted dialogue of a video game, |
| 0:32.4 | why there's no craft more admirable. |
| 0:35.9 | Oh, more no, more no, more noble. |
| 0:38.7 | What do you guys do, Rick? |
| 0:40.0 | Well, I'm elevating the craft of podcasting to that of acting. |
| 0:46.8 | Why? |
| 0:47.7 | Are you embarrassed? |
| 0:49.2 | What are you doing? |
| 0:50.8 | What are you doing? |
| 0:52.7 | What are you doing? You think this is... I see what's going. You think |
| 0:56.1 | this is funny? Trying to make me look like some kind of idiot or something. Trying to make me look |
| 0:59.4 | like an asshole. Well, guess what? I didn't have a lot growing up, okay? I didn't... I didn't |
| 1:06.6 | get to see the theater. I didn't get to experience performance in any sort of way. |
| 1:12.6 | Matthew, no. Is it true? You listen to me. I worked hard in my life and I'd seen some shit |
| 1:20.2 | that I'd want to see. I wouldn't want to wish that on anybody. Now look at me sitting here, |
| 1:26.1 | doing this show with you two. |
| 1:30.6 | How do you think that makes me feel? |
| 1:32.0 | He rose up from the streets. |
| 1:34.9 | Shall we commend him for his self-sacrifice? |
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