Emma Kent
@goneefk.bsky.social
Freelance games critic, consultant, and a secret third thing. Probably up a mountain somewhere. Words for Eurogamer, Edge, GamesRadar. BAFTA member. She/her.
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Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Big fan of reviewers calling out the use of Gen AI in games, I'd hate to see low-effort slop become normalised and accepted as 'just part of development'
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Big fan of reviewers calling out the use of Gen AI in games, I'd hate to see low-effort slop become normalised and accepted as 'just part of development'
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
Ugh you could feel it slowly slipping away. Gutting
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Ugh you could feel it slowly slipping away. Gutting
The suffering continues
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The suffering continues
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An Air Canada flight right now
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
An Air Canada flight right now
I’m in a pub in a small Canadian ski town and the atmosphere is INTENSE oh my days
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I’m in a pub in a small Canadian ski town and the atmosphere is INTENSE oh my days
Somehow, I too have been sucked into the baseball frenzy
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Somehow, I too have been sucked into the baseball frenzy
✨ Let's make a thread of songs we're listening to this week ✨
I'm trying to broaden my listening habits, so please help me out by dropping a link below to a song you're enjoying at the moment
I'm trying to broaden my listening habits, so please help me out by dropping a link below to a song you're enjoying at the moment
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
✨ Let's make a thread of songs we're listening to this week ✨
I'm trying to broaden my listening habits, so please help me out by dropping a link below to a song you're enjoying at the moment
I'm trying to broaden my listening habits, so please help me out by dropping a link below to a song you're enjoying at the moment
Why am I not jamming with Hades 2 at all... what's going on here
a cat with its mouth open is sitting on a couch .
Alt: a cat with its mouth open is sitting on a couch .
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October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Why am I not jamming with Hades 2 at all... what's going on here
Terrible things are popping up in my YouTube suggestions nowadays
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Terrible things are popping up in my YouTube suggestions nowadays
Me: I don't care much for Taylor Swift, that's fine I'll just ignore the album release
The next day:
>Waking up to someone playing all of TLOAS outside my window
>Every social media feed covered in Swift news
>YouTube trying to make me watch each video release
>Every marketing brand hopping on it
The next day:
>Waking up to someone playing all of TLOAS outside my window
>Every social media feed covered in Swift news
>YouTube trying to make me watch each video release
>Every marketing brand hopping on it
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Me: I don't care much for Taylor Swift, that's fine I'll just ignore the album release
The next day:
>Waking up to someone playing all of TLOAS outside my window
>Every social media feed covered in Swift news
>YouTube trying to make me watch each video release
>Every marketing brand hopping on it
The next day:
>Waking up to someone playing all of TLOAS outside my window
>Every social media feed covered in Swift news
>YouTube trying to make me watch each video release
>Every marketing brand hopping on it
Taylor Swift you better stay away from Charli XCX now
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Taylor Swift you better stay away from Charli XCX now
Being ill while living alone is the worst. What do you mean I have to do the groceries while feeling like I’ve been flash-banged
October 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Being ill while living alone is the worst. What do you mean I have to do the groceries while feeling like I’ve been flash-banged
Some day, I'm going to invest in a VR headset and use it to walk around Elden Ring, just to look at stuff
September 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Some day, I'm going to invest in a VR headset and use it to walk around Elden Ring, just to look at stuff
Nothing worse than listening to a banger Grimes song then remembering it’s probably about Elon Musk 😩
September 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Nothing worse than listening to a banger Grimes song then remembering it’s probably about Elon Musk 😩
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Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.
Real talk though they should move GDC to Vancouver or Toronto
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Real talk though they should move GDC to Vancouver or Toronto
The way this video is so cryptic is winding me up, it ain't that deep just tell us what the changes are
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The way this video is so cryptic is winding me up, it ain't that deep just tell us what the changes are
Went to check in on the price of rentals in the UK and got spooked when a random town in Wales was as expensive as my Brighton room a few years ago
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Went to check in on the price of rentals in the UK and got spooked when a random town in Wales was as expensive as my Brighton room a few years ago
Aw man, here we go again
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Aw man, here we go again
One of my latest hobbies is burning CDs, so I absolutely had to make one for my sister. It’s full of songs we listened to when growing up and on family holidays.
(I also did a little secret voiceover message in one of the tracks and made it sound like a phone call, teehee)
(I also did a little secret voiceover message in one of the tracks and made it sound like a phone call, teehee)
September 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
One of my latest hobbies is burning CDs, so I absolutely had to make one for my sister. It’s full of songs we listened to when growing up and on family holidays.
(I also did a little secret voiceover message in one of the tracks and made it sound like a phone call, teehee)
(I also did a little secret voiceover message in one of the tracks and made it sound like a phone call, teehee)
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My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
I’m eternally grateful that I grew up in tandem with the development of the internet and smartphones, rather than being dumped straight into all of it
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m eternally grateful that I grew up in tandem with the development of the internet and smartphones, rather than being dumped straight into all of it