Mario Bueno
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Mario Bueno
@empmaniac.bsky.social
| http://DigitalEra.bsky.social Founder | fmr. http://kaijubigbattel.bsky.social Lead Announcer & The Leaderboard Host | Indie Game Dev | VO & On-Camera Talent | Emcee for Hire |

Main Website: http://www.mariobueno.com
This is still one of my favorite VO projects that I had the privilege to work on! So happy to see people still playing/enjoying it. 🥹

(Eventually I'll get around to streaming a playthrough of my own one day... Perpetual streamer "bucket list" item, hahah.🥲)
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Annoyingly, it was a high quality illustration that appeared nuanced, so not really. (Which made it THAT much more frustrating after the fact.) 🫠
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
... I saw this thing announced a while back and had a pretty similar reaction, ngl. 😅
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For real. Again, WORST TIMELINE. 🫠

(That said, INCREDIBLY GLAD/RELIEVED my birth home did a good. 👏)
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you. 🫂❤️

To end on a semi-positive sentiment, I'm still chugging along with a chin as up as constant setbacks will allow until that day of vindication arrives. 💪

(Grateful for the small mercy that VO was only one tool in my toolkit so that it wasn't a terminal setback, y'know? ✌️)
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Got a relevant story from a decade ago that ties into ALL THIS, but the TL;DR:

Same, and it's become clear I paid for it long-term in certain VO circles. Didn't care back then b/c I thought karma would get them & my work ethic/active projects would vindicate me over time, but nah; worst timeline. 🫠
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🫂❤️
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

(Also why I thought the line about LA having "the best public transit in the country" was an ACTUAL joke when in reality it was a depressingly factual statement wrapped in a joke. 🫠)
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
(Runner up: Omega/Danielson at Grand Slam 2021. They're two of my all-time favorites and I was so happy to be there live for that!)
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM