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jihadjihad · 4 years ago
Cool find, amazing it's still online. You may recognize his voice as that of the talking skull Murray from Monkey Island.

I felt a deep pang of nostalgia when looking at the simple, clean source of the page...

Michelangelo11 · 4 years ago
> Cool find, amazing it's still online.

Not only that, but check out the bottom of the page:

"Most recent revision January 18, 2022"

technophiliac · 4 years ago
This reminded me of the series Toast of London[0] wherein the main character, Steven Toast, does voice-over gigs on the side[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_of_London

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhTtDwUSb6A&t=141s

zeristor · 4 years ago
Thanks, at first I thought it was spam, but a nice find.

A quirkily cut together show reel of a voice over artist.

Michelangelo11 · 4 years ago
Right, that's why I shared it. It has an old-school Web vibe I thought HN might like.
didgeoridoo · 4 years ago
Only a single animated GIF on the whole page? This isn’t the Web 1.0 I remember.

Call me when the microphones start spinning.

fortytwo79 · 4 years ago
I appreciated the "retro encabulator"-esque reference in the industrial sample.
cf100clunk · 4 years ago
In a world where veteran voice over actors have gone to their fate, Don Lafontaine comes to mind too:

https://donlafontaine.com/