Hearing Voices - The Gamer's Edition Quiz

Answer: Kristen Bell

Bell voiced Lucy Stillman in the 2007 "Assassin's Creed" game and the sequels, "Assassin's Creed II" (2009) and "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" (2010). Not only did she provide the voice though, the character was also modelled on her.
Her film career began taking off around the same time as "Assassin's Creed" when she was cast in the title role in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (2008), with further fame achieved in movies such as "Burlesque" (2010) and "Scream 4" (2011) before her starring role as Anna in "Frozen" (2013).
The song "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is taken from "Frozen" and is used when Anna tries to persuade Elsa to spend time with her.

Answer: Stephen Fry

Even though Fry was only heard during the tutorials for this game, his voice made the experience whole somehow. Fry reprised his role as narrator for "LittleBigPlanet 2" (PS3 2011) and "LittleBigPlanet 3" (PS3 and PS4 2014) in which he was joined by his partner in comedy, Hugh Laurie, voicing Newton.
Fry has presented many TV shows in addition to his sketch show comedy work, and is probably best known for hosting "QI" between 2003 and 2016. He has also appeared in many movies, including "Wilde" in 1997, in which he played the title role of Oscar Wilde and the "Hobbit" franchise in which he played the master of Laketown.
He is also well known for reading the audiobook versions of all of the novels in the "Harry Potter" series.

Answer: The Legend of Spyro

Oldman voiced Ignitus, the leader of the Dragon Guardians and father figure and mentor to Spyro in the games, "A New Beginning" (2006 Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox), "The Eternal Night" (2007 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and Wii) and "Dawn of the Dragon" (2008 PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii).
Incidentally, the Spyro series has had quite the voice cast with both Tom Kenny, better known as the voice of Spongebob Squarepants and Elijah Wood, best remembered as Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, both voicing Spyro in games.

Answer: Samuel L. Jackson

Jackson was another actor who not only voiced the character, but also allowed his likeness to be used in the game. Officer Tenpenny is a member of the C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit in the game, who are supposed to stop illegal gang activity, but actually play a big part in it by "persuading" gang members to hand over a portion of their cash and merchandise.
Apart from Jackson, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" also featured the voices of Chris Penn, Peter Fonda and James Woods among many others.
Jackson is known for many movie roles, but among his best remembered is that of Mace Windu, complete with a purple lightsaber in the "Star Wars" franchise, beginning with "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" in 1999.

Answer: Ben Kingsley

He may be only a knight in real life, but in the world of video games, Sir Ben Kingsley is a king. Sabine is King of the Dwellers, forced to live in coldest parts of the Mistpeak Mountains by the tyrannical King Logan.
Kingsley has starred in some blockbuster films such as "Sexy Beast" (2000). "Schindler's List" (1993), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003) and of course "Gandhi" (1992) in which he played the title role and won the Best Actor Oscar.

Answer: Vice City

Tommy Vercetti, upon his release from prison, is asked by the Forelli family to recover a large amount of cash and drugs which they lost in an ambushed deal. Not only does he manage this, but he executes the drug lord in the process and takes over his empire.
For his role voicing the character, Liotta won a G-Phoria Award for Best Male Voice Performance as well as a Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance.

Answer: Matthew Perry

Of the "Friends" (1994-2006) actors listed, whose character displayed gangster menace? None other than Matthew Perry who played Chandler Bing on the hit show.
In "Fallout: New Vegas", Perry's character stabbed former Chairmen leader Bingo in the throat to take control of the organisation and has plans to take on Mr House, who controls the city. Benny's weapon of choice in the game is "Maria", a semi-automatic 9mm pistol which he uses to great effect.

Answer: Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen played US president Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in TV show "The West Wing" (1999-2006), a role for which he won a Golden Globe award in 2001.
His role as The Illusive Man in "Mass Effect 2" sees him as the leader of the pro-human group, Cerberus who believe that humans deserve a greater role in the galactic community.
He has been described as having the best and worst traits of humanity rolled into one man and Sheen apparently took much enjoyment from the role. His work saw him nominated for a Spike Video Game Award in 2010, but he lost out to Neil Patrick Harris for his work in "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" (2010)
Sheen also reprised the role in 2012s "Mass Effect 3" (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U).

Answer: Granny Rags

Granny Rags may be described as homeless, blind and mentally deranged but as a former wealthy aristocrat, real name Vera Moray, there is more to her than meets the eye. Her practising of black magic hastened her slide into madness, but she remains a powerful witch with supernatural powers.
In the game, Granny Rags gives out quests to the player, who is forced to become an assassin after being framed for murder, which one would think would not sit well with vocal anti war activist Sarandon.
The beauty of "Dishonored" however is that the game becomes increasingly chaotic as the bodies mount up, and as Sarandon herself described it, "'Dishonored' is one of the first games you can choose to be clever instead of violent".

Answer: Mark Hamill

Hamill first voiced The Joker in the 1992 TV show "Batman: The Animated Series", and did such a fine job that he was asked to repeat the role for other animated TV shows. When the video game, "Batman Vengeance" (PS2, GameCube and Xbox) was released in 2001, he was the obvious choice and he has reprised the role for many more video games.
He has also provided the voice when required for amusement park rides and kid's toys and although he has stated on several occasions he has retired as the voice of The Joker, the lure of the part, and the high regard he is held in by both his peers and fans alike are enough to persuade him out of retirement.
Hamill made his name playing Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" movie from 1977 and although he has won several awards for playing Skywalker, the majority of his awards have been for voicing The Joker in video games.