Hi all

This is very cheeky but for some VERY exciting research purposes, I was wondering if any SC fans living in the EU can tell me their favourite regional gaming blogs and sites...for if you're French, what's the French gaming site or blog you frequent, etc.

I can only repay you in the form of perhaps one day regaling you with the story of recording the dialogue for the SC2 end sequence...hah.

Thanks!

Arianna Reiche

Sorry for the late reply! I've been in jolly ol Scotland...

Another question: I'd imagine that the SC2 developing group was pretty close-knit. Maybe I'm wrong. Did you, or your family, have much contact with the other voice actors in the game? If so, were some of them as strange as the characters they portray?

Again, I was pretty dang young for most of the production of SC2 so this is all based on what I've heard from dad Fred etc about the production, but most of the voice actors were actually developers (obviously dad was a few characters) and their friends. I think close-knit doesn't even cover it; the whole production was based around trusted workers and friends and, of course, family members.

Yep, absolutely did do the end credits for 3do -- was the first of several vocie acting gigs for TFB games.

You know I've played SC2 countless times but always hit a wall and refuse to ask dad for help, then usually give up for about 6 months and come right on back. I've never beaten it, but really really I cannot overstate how the game impacted out upbringing, in a good way. The game was sort of a family mythology, and both my parents instilled in me and my brother the belief that being creative and passionate about what you do absolutely outweighs all else. I love running into people who have played the game. It almost always impacted them in a really fundamental way as well, and it makes me really proud to be in a family that was part of that.

xx

Yep, internships internships internships. They can be tedious and usually are unpaid, but only now am I realizing that the connections I made from interning for the last like two years are really priceless. Track down the features editor of a magazine you're interested in (this is usually a lot easier than you think, try for googling like "@[the magazine you want to work for].com" addresses, or just looking in the masthead in actual mags.

Be really really earnest, and play up previous writing experience you've had. Having a blog helps, as long as you keep it as un-livejournal-ish as possible. Getting  a very classy tumblr and just putting an interesting angle on news stories on a pretty regular basis is usually exactly what editors are looking for in taking on new people.

And also just read read read. Like with going into Vice, I knew it had a very distinct tone, and so I read tons and tons of old Amie Barrodale and Gavin McInnis pieces, and eventually found my voice in light of how they'd established the mag.

Also this whole post is sounding more and more like shameless self-promotion, but I just got a twitter (shudder) at http://twitter.com/ariannareiche , and feel free to email me at ariannareiche@gmail.com with any more questions.

Good luck!
 

I recently got into an argument about this very thing. We've always pronounced it RITCHIE, but I've lived in the UK for the last five or so years, where people are more apt at european pronunciations. So when I tell people that I do not in fact pronounce it the German (technically correct) like RAI-CH-JH-IA, they frown upon me.

But short answer Ritchie.

Hey this is Arianna Reiche. Just wanted to keep to my every-6-years-or-so-ly expression of support for you guys stirring up a fuss about the game(s). Keep at it. I'm a contributor to Vice magazine and I'm trying to push for them to do a mega-article on SC2. You can find my writing at http://theatrain.typepad.com , and I'll certainly keep you up to date on my publicity attempts for TFB.

Cheers!

Arianna