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Upcoming February Workout with a Special Guest

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I’m excited for what’s ahead in 2024! I don’t know about you, but 2023 was a rough year for me. I felt isolated, exhausted, frustrated, and tense. My internal narrative amplified these negative emotions. I felt like I was the only one struggling. But the more people I’ve spoken with, the more I realized this narrative was shared by a lot of creatives. Towards the end of 2023 I had a conversation that helped my...

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What's Happening At the Tavern - Mar 24

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An update for the end of March. Talking Sons of the Forest, a little on the book Building a Second Brain, and morning routines. I also talk about why I’ve gone on hiatus streaming on Twitch after four fulfilling years there.



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Robot Arena Game Casting Call

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Tavern of Voices has a new casting call looking for talent on behalf of a client.

Character breakdown for the casting is available here, including submission instructions.

This is for one male & one female character. Each character has 8 lines total, at $8 USD per line.

Good luck with the opportunity, and if you have any questions regarding the casting, please reach out to contact@tavernofvoices.com

The deadline for this casting call is...

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Medieval Fantasy Game Casting Call - Vizargo

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Tavern of Voices has a new casting call looking for talent on behalf of a client.

Character breakdown for the casting is available here, including submission instructions.

This is for one male character - Vizargo.

The opportunity is paying $325AUD/hr for recording with the first hour paying $650AUD. The roles for this project on average have 30 lines of dialogue.

Good luck with the opportunity, and if you have any questions regarding the casting,...

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Medieval Fantasy Game Casting Call - Pikeman

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Tavern of Voices has a new casting call looking for talent on behalf of a client.

Character breakdown for the casting is available here, including submission instructions.

This is for one male character - the Pikeman.

The opportunity is paying $325AUD/hr for recording with the first hour paying $650AUD. The roles for this project on average have 30 lines of dialogue.

Good luck with the opportunity, and if you have any questions regarding the...

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Medieval Fantasy Game Casting Call - Syren

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Tavern of Voices has a new casting call looking for talent on behalf of a client.

Character breakdown for the casting is available here, including submission instructions.

This is for one female character - Syren.

The opportunity is paying $250AUD/hr for recording. The roles for this project on average have 30 lines of dialogue.

Good luck with the opportunity, and if you have any questions regarding the casting, please reach out to contact@tavernofvoices.com

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Medieval Fantasy Game Casting Call

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Tavern of Voices has a new casting call looking for talent on behalf of a client.

Character breakdown for the casting is available here, including submission instructions.

There are 2 female characters, 3 male and one with no preferred gender.

The opportunity is paying $250AUD/hr for recording, with roles on average having 30 lines of dialogue.

Good luck with the opportunity, and if you have any questions regarding the casting, please reach out to...

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Warp Frontier's Teaser Trailer is out!

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I’ve got some great news to share! The teaser trailer for Warp Frontier is out in the wild, and you can hear me as Captain Vincent Cassini alongside some fantastic talent!



Read on to find out why I’m so damned chuffed about this milestone!



Hello lovely people! It’s been a little...

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Gemma Laurelle is the voice of Quadrant

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HUGE congratulations to Gemma Laurelle for her excellent work in voicing the latest EVE Online expansion trailer.

It’s such a great invitation to what’s to come, in a game that’s been going strong for nearly a decade now.



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YWGTGT Podcast with Cissy Jones

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You can listen to episode 4 with the incredible Cissy Jones right now, over on Apple Podcast (or wherever you prefer to get your pods)

In a delightful turn of events, I’m now working with Gemma Laurelle and Jessica Hutchinson to put together the Yes We’re Going To Go There podcast, talking with incredible folks about their personal journeys. Getting to sit down and talk with Cissy Jones was...

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Kevin Powe Represented By BigMouth Voices

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I’m super-excited to share that I’m now represented by BigMouth Voices! You can now hire me directly via BigMouth’s site to give your next project the voice it deserves, and enjoy the benefit of it all being managed by an awesome team.

I’m looking forward to a long and fruitful relationship together, and good times ahead! It can feel lonely sometimes moving forward as a voice actor, and you’re always the most important...

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Toss A Coin To Our Confirmed Workshop Guest!

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So I’ve mentioned the upcoming Voice Up! workout over on the Facebook page, but not over here, which is remiss of me. So here goes. Next weekend I’ll be one small part of an amazing weekend of learning for video game voice over, and it just got a whole lot more awesome!

Doug Cockle, the gent whose performance was so iconic that Henry Cavill used it as a roadmap for finding the Witcher’s voice...

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Happy Birthday Gemma!

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The very happiest of birthdays to awesome human being, dear friend and regular collaborator Gemma Laurelle, who celebrated her birthday recently.

Here’s to this year being far better than the last, even with her incredible ability to find the positive in situations like 2020.

Now, because Gemma’s the kind of person who gives you presents on her birthday, I’ve popped the trailer for Per Aspera below. You can find Gemma’s work in there alongside...

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Vale Brad Venable

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A great light has gone out in the voice acting world, folks. Brad Venable will be dearly missed.

It’s with great sadness that Brad’s passing is marked. I never had the pleasure of knowing him myself, but he was friend to so many friends of mine, and the incredible outpouring of love and sadness throughout the voice acting community speaks so highly of the kind of person he was.

If you’d like to remember...

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Congratulations Belinda Coomes!

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A huge congratulations to Belinda Coomes for her work on the Ring of Pain soundtrack being listed in a closer listen’s best video game soundtracks of 2020!

Belinda does fantastic work, and has an incredible facility with horror. It’s no surprise and an absolute testament to her work ethic and hustle to see her name in the company of Austin Wintory, Darren Korb & Max LL. I’m super-lucky to be in the same...

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Simple Mailing List Signup FOrm

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Here’s a handy place if you’re looking to sign up to the Tavern of Voices mailing list.

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Check Out Solitaire Conspiracy!

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While I’m beavering away on Tavern Blackjack, I’ve taken a few hours out here and there to check out the new Bithell Games short, The Solitaire Conspiracy.

It’s a delightful puzzle game that adds some new mechanics and some fun narrative on top of classic Solitaire. Highly recommended, doesn’t overstay its welcome, and leaves you with some fun score challenge modes. It’s 20% off for the next week on Steam, so put your peepers...

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Voices You Can Play With!

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It has felt more important recently to give over space to world events and their discussion, and keep fairly quiet on social media. But I’ve realised that not sharing what I’m excited about tilts the balance that much further towards doom and negativity. So I’ve got something to share I’m very excited about!

As well as providing premium voice acting services, Tavern of Voices is now producing its own content! You can pop...

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Those Who Are About To AGJam, We Salute You

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Audiogame Jam 2020 kicks off tonight. For two weeks, teams will be working together remotely to build games centered around audio. If you’re jamming, I hope you have a blast!

I ran a workshop Monday night talking about using voice acting in games - talking about game design, writing, directing and performing. Sort of skimming across the surface of all of them, trying to give some useful things to consider for the jam. You...

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Stuff You Might Find Helpful

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Hey lovely people! I’ve been busy beavering away on Navy Boards so things have been a little quiet over here. Good things happening, but I’m struggling to find a balance when it comes to sharing things so that it doesn’t feel like shouting into an already thunderous din.

Here’s some recommendations that might help improve your COVID-19 world.

My amazing personal trainer Stuart McDonald is open to taking on more remote clients...

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North Star Rising!

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You can now hear Kevin Powe of Tavern of Voices as part of the incredible cast of Mike Bithell Games’ North Star Rising

To say that I’m honoured to be a part of this is… putting it very mildly. LOOK AT THAT CAST!

The sound design is gorgeous, the music is by Austin Wintory, and the text is a delight. Scroobius Pip just lifts it off the page and gives it so much...

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Beyond The Veil Stream

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In bit of an unusual twist, you can catch me and regular Tavern of Voices collaborator Colin Smith on the LudoNarraCon stream looping on Steam right now.

It was exciting when Brian Holland of Sun’s Shadow Studios reached out about creating some content for the stream. Streaming all that Sunless Skies definitely helped prepare us for the event. Hopefully you enjoy the stream as much as we enjoyed recording it. It’s still early...

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A Few Quick Updates

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It’s been a little quiet here while responding to the new state of the world, but there’s a couple of things I wanted to share quickly, that might be of help to some.

Peter Castle (assistant advisor to Jacqui Lambie) has some projects in the works that should be employing people casually over the next few months. If you’d like to be kept in the loop, email peter.castle@aph.gov.au

For those of you based...

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Modern Storyteller Awarded Upcoming Indie of 2019!

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Huge congratulations to Modern Storyteller for being awarded Upcoming Indie of 2019 by Indie DB! In a strong field, Modern Storyteller surged ahead to win Upcoming Indie of 2019! Great things are happening for the Modern Storyteller team, also having forged a relationship with publisher Dear Villagers. Exciting times!

Here’s what Nick Pearce had to say about working with Kevin Powe of Tavern of Voices:

"Kevin is a delight to work with: in...
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Kevin Powe recipient of Creator’s Fund grant

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We’re extremely proud to announce that Kevin Powe of Tavern of Voices is a recipient of the Creative Victoria Creator’s Fund Grant alongside some incredible peers. This grant is a vital part of the foundation for Tavern of Voices expanding to not just help make its clients projects a reality, but also to create our own content.

There are some exciting times ahead!

More details about the incredible projects enabled by this grant over...

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Gamespot’s PAX Aus 2019 Round-Up

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Gamespot recently posted a round-up of the games that particularly impressed them on the floor at PAX Aus 2019. We’re proud to be a small part of the story with voice acting work in Dead Static Drive. Above and beyond that though, the line up is incredible. Check out the full article.

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Battle Chef Brigade - Still Flavorsome!

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The experience of working on Battle Chef Brigade was a privilege and a joy, and it was such a wonderful follow-up to meet the team in person at GDC 2018. Battle Chef Brigade remains a flavorsome addition to anyone’s gaming library, and we can’t recommend it enough for the Switch! Here’s Kevin talking more about his experience of working on the game:

Meet the Actor -...

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The Last Panel On The Left - Horror Games at PAX 2019

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Tavern of Voices’ Kevin Powe was at PAX this year talking horror games as part of Brian W. Holland’s The Last Panel On The Left, also featuring Lucy Morris of Starcolt, Andy Astruc, & Isaac Lee lending a clinical perspective. This is the third year the panel has run, but for the first time thanks to some last minute technical wizardry (and the assistance of both the wonderful staff at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre...

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Congrats to Kevin for reaching Twitch Affiliate

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Congrats to Tavern of Voices’ Kevin Powe for reaching Twitch affiliate! The experience has proven to be an interesting one in terms of developing community, with a few bits of technical learning along the way.

You can find Kevin streaming regularly over here, splitting his time between horror games and the Fallout series.

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Cannot Wait To Sail With Vikings!

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The Vikings Now Facebook page shared this sneak peek from the trailer currently under development today. It looks bad-ASS!

Watching what regular collaborator Gemma Laurelle is achieving with this series is a constant source of inspiration for us. Can’t wait for the series to be out there for folks to enjoy.

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Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe Edition is Out!

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Trinket Studios’ Battle Chef Brigade is now out on PS4! Tavern of Voices’ Kevin Powe is chuffed to be returning to voice the undead necromancer Ziggy, this time as a playable character! The fan support for Ziggy has been an absolute delight, and it’s great to see so much great new content for a delightful game.



The trailer is...

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YOWIE is out in the wild!

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Tavern of Voices’ Kevin Powe was delighted to be a part of YOWIE’s opening night at The Backlot Studios in Melbourne.

YOWIE has great voice acting, ridiculously high production value, and has been pushed as far forward as it was purely by the determination of Justin P. Bechtold.

You can...

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Kevin Powe headed to GDC 2018

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Tavern of Voices’ Kevin Powe is extremely honoured to be a part of the Film Victoria contingent headed to GDC 2018 this year. The funding provided by Film Victoria (and the GDAA’s GDAA Assist program) have made attending GDC a viable option.

Tavern of Voices is excited to have Kevin representing us and the Tavern’s body of work at the game development sector’s largest convention. We’re proud of the work we’ve done up to...

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Ignorance Is Strength, But Don't Be Ignorant Of Orwell!

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Orwell Season Two – Ignorance is Strength – has now launched on Steam, and the first episode of season two is available for download. You can hear the wonderful performance of regular Tavern of Voices collaborator Kendra Hoffman in the launch trailer below.



We’re honoured to have been a part of the process of making Orwell happen through managing the...