I've been thinking about this all day. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support. Whether you're a colleague, friend, fan, gamer, or even just a random person who caught this on your feed, thank you. 💙
I don't expect my job back, but you all HAVING my back means so much!
I hope Mega Man: Dual Override is even more successful than 11 and that everyone enjoys all the hard work the devs are putting into it.
"Good luck out there, Mega!"
I just wish I could have been there with you.
It's been an honor voicing Mega Man in Mega Man 11, the best-selling game in the series' history and watching Mega Man reclaim his rightful place as a gaming icon.
I truly wish Capcom was at least willing to speak with SAG-AFTRA about doing this game union.
I expressed that I'd even be willing to work on a LOWER-budget union contract if it meant this flipped.
It genuinely wasn't about the money for me.
(Also, as an aside, I don't think it makes sense to strike for over 11 months to get enforceable AI abuse protections and then turn right around and go back to work without them.)
The video game industry is facing record layoffs and huge amounts of uncertainty.
I need a union contract to feel safe.
In my heart, I want to believe Capcom would never use AI...
But in my HEAD, I'm aware that basically every major corporation is looking to incorporate generative AI to save money.
The only way to enforce non-union contracts like this involves personally taking giant companies like Capcom to court and suing if I thought they'd used AI. I don't have the mental, emotional, or monetary strength to survive a protracted legal fight.
While I certainly appreciate the acknowledgement of the concern around AI, working without a contract I can realistically enforce isn't something I can risk.
I was told there are "full A.I. protections in place that guarantee in writing that [my] voice will never be used for A.I. development" but was also told "with certainty, from [Capcom], that the project will not go union."
A broken, blue heart
With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man.
I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.
Here are the shots I cleaned up for Short 9 MISSION: BIGFOOT #HelluvaBoss ! 😈🌲👣
IM SO HAPPY TO WORK ON SOMETHING WITH TOM KENNY AND BEN DISKIN!! such a honor to do all shots with Big Foot! i got the shot with big foot crushing Adrian!
I'm backing this, Flash is long overdue for an open source alternative and I want IN. It's already visibly taking shape and super promising. Take a look if you want to support free animation software!
I'm the waiter in the restaurant at the beginning and the guy in the Bigfoot costume.
MARCH 11TH 3PM PT!!! Join the voices of Legoshi (Jonah Scott), Jack (Ben Diskin), Louis (Griffin Puatu), Juno (Lauren Landa), Gosha (Jason Marnocha), Melon (Scott Whyte) and the usual hosts Ashley, Michael and Ed for this BEAST of a Hunicast reunion!
If you believe in love at first squatch, get your hands on Mission: Bigfoot merch! New poster, standee, tees and more on sharkrobot.com/vivziepop 👣🌲
It’s his street name😎
#HelluvaBossFanart #Bigfoot #doodleart
Oh, Ashley!
My birthday is gonna be real fun this year 👀
One of my favorite Helluva shorts came out where I got to be silly with Bigfoot. Also finding out he was played by Tom Kenny when getting assigned the shots made kid me happy. So I had to do these shots justice. Happy I got to cross off a thing on my bucket list.
#helluvaboss #fyp
Had a lot of fun writing this one!
The animation team absolutely knocked it out of the park as always and it's SURREAL hearing Tom Kenny bring my goofy ass lines to life!
you KNOW that guy in the new helluva short would unironically wear this hat hsjdhsj 😭😭🤣
#helluvaboss #hbshorts
Had to doodle them real quick 🥺
WHY ARE THEY CUTE
This short is one of my favorites!! It’s SO utterly silly and sometimes that’s really the best 😂✨ enjoy our very silly short ❤️
#HelluvaBoss
He kept it on. It was hot.
"What'd you do at work today, honey?"
"Frantically and passionately made out with Tom Kenny."
"..."
"..."
"... Sounds fun."
"Typical day at work."
Yup!
Thanks so much to @richardhorvitz.com, @vivziepop.bsky.social, and everyone on the @helluvaboss.bsky.social team for having me!
The newest Helluva Short, Mission: Bigfoot, is live!
youtu.be/LPzQl8gwulw?...
I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉
