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23: Destiny Beta Impressions, Voice Acting in Games, Spoiler Non-Avoidance

1h 0m · Fairly Awesome Podcast · 27 Jul 12:00

Topics in this episode: Recently the Destiny Beta dropped. We played the Xbox One version both individually and together and share some of our likes, dislikes, and overall impressions of the game. There's been some grumblings about Peter Dinklage's voice acting in Destiny; do we have higher expectations for voice acting in modern games than older games? Usually we avoid spoilers, but are there times when you're so interested in something that you are OK with, and actually seek out, spoilers?

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