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Podcast Unlocked Episode 117: Talking With Steve "Master Chief" Downes

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News, Tech News, Leisure, Video Games

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2013

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

It's only fitting that we interview Steve Downes -- the voice of Master Chief himself -- on this special 117th episode of the world's #1 Xbox podcast. Steve talks about getting the role of a lifetime, his first video game voice work (hint: it wasn't Halo!), the end of Halo 2, if he thought he'd be replaced after Bungie left Halo, and much, much more. It's a 35-minute interview you won't want to miss. Plus: a major Xbox One launch game gets delayed...to a place that might end up being much tougher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief, and you're listening to Podcast Unlocked.

0:07.5

The world's number one Xbox Podcast.

0:11.3

Now, finish this fight.

0:31.0

All right. Hello, everybody. Podcast Unlocked episode 117.

0:36.0

Yay!

0:39.0

Which means something in the Xbox world, of course.

0:42.0

I believe Justin Davis are especially guests.

0:46.0

Commentator, that's your media first quiet pop quiz question.

0:49.0

I said, oh, it's got something to do with them halos, doesn't it?

0:53.0

Yes.

0:54.0

Welcome, Justin.

0:55.0

I'll show you jumping in.

0:56.0

You, you, you strangely enough yesterday were like, hey, I'd love to be on your show.

1:00.0

And you said, you said absolutely not under no circumstances.

1:04.0

I said, I have four people already.

1:06.0

Why don't you just fight me?

1:08.0

And then today I went, hey, all of my regular people are gone.

1:12.0

Could you show up, please?

1:14.0

Happy to pinch it.

1:15.0

Pinch it, indeed.

1:17.0

Swinging a drive.

1:18.0

Way back, way back, and it's gone.

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