Is it because most big console games of the time were made by Japanese studios who only had access to like z-tier Canadian anime dub actors or the first three gaijins that walked past their offices?
Fallout 2 had fucking :warf-wtf: in it, not to mention numerous other examples of sci fi and horror convention regulars you'd see pop up in PC games of the era
I suspect it's this. The dude who did Jame's voice in Silent Hill 2 was a chainsaw salesman who just happened to be living in Japan with his daughter iirc, his kid tried out for a part and he got hired instead.
iirc He is also an anti-mask chud :deeper-sadness:
of all the Guys out there, he sure is a Guy. That's the best I can say about him.
milkshake duck moment