Were you previously familiar with the Borderlands games and universe? That’s an incredibly fun and interesting dynamic to play with, and that’s really what drew me in. She can be the best kind of ally and the worst kind of enemy, so I knew she would have a wonderfully challenging range of interactions with other characters. Sasha has this irresistible spunk and spontaneity. You’re currently voicing Sasha in the video game Tales from the Borderlands – what attracted you to the role? I’m incredibly honoured and overjoyed that I get to fill my days and nights with so many amazingly fun, weird, challenging performance opportunities. Yes, and I say that with crazy-eyes and a wide grin because I’m still amazed and so so giddy about it. You’d recently graduated last time we spoke – is it safe to say that acting is now a full-time gig for you? I was also involved in quite a few really cool theatre projects around the Bay Area. Voice-over became a huge part of my life and I was lucky enough to be a part of some really fun projects and commercials.
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Last year was pretty awesome! I had just graduated and signed with my first agency, so it was full of new and exciting acting opportunities. What have you been up to since our last interview (where we discussed your role as Snow While in The Wolf Among Us) in early 2014? Thank you! It’s wonderful to here in this cyber interview!
Hi Erin, thank you for your time and welcome back to Alternative Magazine Online! AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with the voice of Sasha in Tales from the Borderlands, Erin Yvette! Fans might get more out those cameos just by their nature, but there's still plenty here for non-fans to enjoy.Alternative Magazine Online recently reviewed Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 4 – Escape Plan Bravo, writing how “the incredible performances, stylised art direction and accomplished dramatic storytelling – treading the fine line between on-target comedy and outright slapstick – is an achievement well worth shouting about.” One of the aforementioned incredible performances comes from one of AMO’s favourite regular interviewees: she voiced Molly and Bonnie in The Walking Dead and Snow White in The Wolf Among Us. The worst you'll get is a sense that a person who just showed up probably isn't a brand new character, but Tales does a good job of explaining why they're important now and not leaving you twisting in the wind. Yet those references are never so esoteric that people who never played the Borderlands games will feel lost. Not only does that make Tales feel like a true addition the series, but it doles out that sweet fanservice like candy, giving fans a peek into the lives of their favorite characters in a new game that's worthwhile in its own right. The story is almost entirely about a treasure recovered from the defunct Atlas Corporation, the protagonists hunt Psychos and run from skags while searching for a Vault, and beloved characters like Athena, Zer0, Scooter, and of course Handsome Jack show up in roles perfectly carved out just for them. More than just using the Borderlands universe as a convenient backdrop, Tales is a canon addition to it, and liberally integrates characters and bits of lore from throughout the franchise's history. Of course, part of the reason all of that high-octane hilarity feels so right is because it's so perfectly Borderlands, and Telltale's loyalty to the franchise remains consistently clear. Sometimes it's downright juvenile - how else do you describe a hologram using its lack of physical body to make it look like someone's tender bits are talking? Sometimes it elevates the action into something unique, as during a chase scene where our heroes dodge death-beams in a collapsing Airstream trailer while fleeing a genitalia-faced superbeast. Sometimes it's situational, like when two characters fall off a cliff and share a heartfelt goodbye before realizing they're two feet off the ground. Of course, while it would've been easy for those scenes to blur together into a smear of indistinct car crashes, explosions, and bullet-hurricanes, Tales’ comedy is expertly used in a variety of ways to make every sequence feel memorable.
It works out to a very satisfying conclusion that may not wildly alter the course of the story, but does make for one incredible final act. You don't deal with as many moral conundrums here, so it's less about who you pandered to most often and more about what singular favors you happened to do for them. Despite their stark differences, Tales from the Borderlands takes a page out of The Walking Dead's book by letting your choices affect who accompanies you in the final fight.
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