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Sul Sul! Behind the gibberish language of The Sims

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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How to Make Up a Poem in Silly English

We were trying to find the right vocal sound that was not too repetative, but carried a lot of emotion. Then clare remembered an exercise that she had seen actors use. It would allow these characters to be expressive and animated without being locked into any specific language. While they recorded, the actors would watch animations of the characters moving. And as they were watching the animation, they would voice with their own ideas of what it should sound like. E me meo, memea, lot of hell he then we would bounce back as no waid. I think we had some astonian, matah seasta omasinibeva taisteta.

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