I'm a big fan." I test the waters and if any of them are a fan of mine, I say, "We should work together." That's kind of what happened with Arkham. I tell them, "I don't have a voiceover agent, but I'm interested in what you guys do. I go down, I meet people who design games, who need voices for games, and who have some cool projects going on. But, I actually use it as a place to hustle a little bit. It's interesting because as a huge fan, you would think I would just go and geek out and get my hands on everything I can. How did you become involved in the project?Ī lot of my voiceover work has come from me attending E3. "Batman: Arkham Knight" combines two things that you love: video games and superheroes. Those were the first two games I remember playing and then my love for games just grew from there. Now having a baby, I know it's completely not the way it works, but, at the same time, it was very fun and captivating for me. You were two firefighters with a trampoline and you would try to bounce the baby to safety. It was this burning building, with people inside, and they would throw babies out the window. He had the Atari 2600 and there was this game called "Bouncing Babies," which was the only one I played on Atari a lot. Of course, there were games before that I remember playing. Nowadays, it's all about waiting for the YouTube video and seeing if you can glitch the game. There were kids at school or there was "Nintendo Power." It forced you to play the game and play all the mechanics that were meant to be in place.
On the path to take through the Lost Forest, if you didn't figure it out yourself, there was no internet. This was back in the day when "Nintendo Power" was the only way you could get inside tips. I bombed every wall, I torched every bush and I looked for every secret. Scott Porter: "The Legend of Zelda," with the gold cartridge, was the first one I really got my hands on and felt like it was my game and my experience.
Was there a single video game that ignited your passion for the medium? With "Batman: Arkham Knight" now in stores, Porter spoke to CBR News about his take on DC Comics' original Robin, his love of video games, geeking out over longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy and his superhero bucket list.ĬBR News: You just attended E3 and are obviously a big gamer. Rocksteady Releases Final "Batman: Arkham Knight" Trailer, Poster Understandably, he jumped at the opportunity to voice Bruce Wayne's former protege Nightwing in Rocksteady Studios' final installment in the "Arkham" trilogy. "Batman: Arkham Knight" seems tailor made for actor Scott Porter.īest known for his roles on "Friday Night Lights," "Caprica," "Speed Racer" and "Hart of Dixie," Porter is an avid gamer, comic book reader and self-professed genre geek.
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