“You’ve got your actor in my director!” “You’ve got your director in my actor!” Two great tastes that go great together, please welcome Jacob Burgess — responsible for not only casting and directing the voices of Arcade Spirits, but playing Matt, co-owner of the Hole Story!
First off, Jacob is honored to have cast, direct, and performed with the stunning cast of Arcade Spirits. Jacob has been a professional voice actor, writer, and director for many years. You may know him from his VO work in games in roles such as Mason from Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, Glint Gardnersonson in Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, or Oli in Masquerada: Song and Shadows. Maybe you know him from his writing work with Onyx Path Publishing, Paizo, or Silverstring Media. It could also be you know him from his appearances on Loading Ready Run’s content, Late Night Dub Fight, or the charity Desert Bus for Hope. Jacob gets around. Jacob is most active on twitter and can be found at @JacobBurgessVO or www.makewordshappen.com. Thank you so much for your interest and attention!
We first saw Jacob when he was portraying various extremely problematic boyfriends who were also household pets on LoadingReadyRun’s “Now Kiss.” That harrowing performance was so memorable that when we ran into him at PAX East, we just knew we had to collaborate on something. Soon enough he was helping us wrangle the giant voice project we’d stapled onto our visual novel project — finding us amazing talent, making sure we get exactly what we needed from that talent, and keeping it all under budget. I can’t sing Jacob’s praises enough. He’s like the A-Team of indie game voice work… if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire the J-Dude.