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Guybrush Threepwood Actor Dominic Armato Still Finds Hitchhiker's Guide Tedious
Dominic Armato voices Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island adventure games.
He says an early experience with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy nearly put him off video games.
The text adventure was so difficult that, as a child, he found it an unhappy experience.
Armato went on to become a fan of LucasArts point-and-click adventures and was cast as Guybrush in The Curse of Monkey Island in 1997.
He has voiced the character in every later Monkey Island game, including 2022's Return to Monkey Island.
Armato is working on a new project and says he is trying to return to game voice work.
Dominic Armato says he still finds The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tedious and remembers it as a difficult childhood experience.
Armato became the voice of Guybrush Threepwood in The Curse of Monkey Island.
He reprised the role in every subsequent Monkey Island game, including Return to Monkey Island.
Armato is trying to return to voiceover work for games and is currently working on a new project.
- Who
- Dominic Armato, voice actor for Guybrush Threepwood.
- What
- He recalled finding The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy a difficult and unpleasant text adventure.
- When
- He played it as a child; the exact date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- He described the game as one of the most difficult text adventures ever written.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Armato played The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and remembered the experience as difficult and unhappy.
Armato was cast as Guybrush Threepwood in The Curse of Monkey Island.
Armato reprised the role in Return to Monkey Island.
- Game
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Actor
- Dominic Armato
- Role
- Guybrush Threepwood
- First listed casting
- The Curse of Monkey Island, 1997
- Latest listed return
- Return to Monkey Island, 2022
What people are saying
It was just evil.
I was a kid, and I'm trying to play this game that's one of the most difficult text adventure games ever written … It's not a happy memory. It's a miracle that I stuck with videogames at all.
I'm trying to start doing voiceover for games again, so we'll see if I'm successful in that,