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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 15/08/2025

I'm in the English dub of Shin Godzilla 4K as Shimura! Thank you to the team at @nyavpost.bsky.social, Michael Sinterniklaas, @stephaniesheh.bsky.social for the privilege of voicing acting in a Godzilla title. Out in theaters now! #godzilla #voiceactor

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 08/08/2025

I feel tiny in this industry, but every once in a while, a Vietnamese fan will come out and be so proud to see a Vietnamese English voice actor. Makes you feel like you're leaving a mark, somehow. #voiceactor

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 06/08/2025

Happy 25 years of #DynastyWarriors! Thank you to Koei Tecmo and Producer Tomohiko Sho for letting me be the English voice of Zhou Yu in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Will you ride into hell with me? To Lu Bu and beyond! #DWOrigins #voiceactor #videogame #dynastywarriorsorigins

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 03/07/2025

On my Solo Leveling/Karate Kid arc. Gave myself 1 year to be ready to be a professional martial-arts actor. In my pursuit of being an Asian leading man, I’ve faced hurdles and ceilings enough to kill a dream, but you can’t kill a man that was born to be born again. #actor #martialartist #karatekid

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 Animate! Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Just getting this out of the way so folks can share when people inevitably start asking: No, the SAG-AFTRA strike ending does NOT mean that the #Genshin cast strike is also over. Genshin is Non-Union, and SAG’s contracts have no say on it. The cast strike is an independent Collective Work Refusal.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

LA Area friends, if you've been thinking about learning to play the bagpipes, or just feel like whacking a couple of pans together, here's where to go:

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 15/06/2025

Remarkable. MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful." Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd. Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 14/06/2025

I’m doing a Reddit AMA now on r/riseoftheronin. Ask me your questions! #riseoftheronin

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 13/06/2025

I'm glad the strike is over, but I'll never stop thinking about the nasty tactics certain voice actors engaged in in just to "hurry up and get back to work" for a handful of dying and corrupt companies, and I know I'm not the only one. Many voice actors got a foul look at their heroes this strike.

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john patneaude 🟡 @jpatneaude.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

STRIKES OVER! ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! I voice the protagonist in Dynasty Warriors: Origins! That's pretty cool!

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Jonathan David Bullock - Voice Actor @jonathanbullockvo.com · 12/06/2025

Oh yeah, and I guess I voiced "Liu Bei" in Dynasty Warriors: Origins too~ 🤪 BIG THANKS TO MINA and BRIELLE for having me!! :D Oh, and to @koeitecmo.bsky.social for giving the cast all complimentary game keys! So kind!!!! <3

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 11/06/2025

With the SAG-AFTRA Interactive Strike suspended, it’s my great privilege to officially announce that I’m the English voice of Zhou Yu and Xiahou Yuan in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Let's pursue Lu Bu! #voiceactor #VoiceOver #videogames #dynastywarriors #DWORIGINS #zhouyu #dynastywarriorsorigins

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 11/06/2025

Not to be unkind, but I am so impatient about the “what’s the point of making my little zines/comics/crafts/art when the world is on fire” sentiments. I get it, but saving the world is not a responsibility shouldered by your art! That’s what being a neighbor, a friend, and hell, a citizen is for!!!

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 06/06/2025

Gaysians, a graphic novel by @mikecurato.bsky.social, is out now and I’m honored to play Steven in the audiobook. Going from AAPI Heritage Month into Pride Month, I extend my biggest thanks to Mike for the queer Vietnamese representation in his book. (cont'd) #voiceactor #audiobook #LGBTQ #gaysians

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Dial Liz-Z for Zombie (Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress) @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

It's frustrating cuz I have fans who play Genshin that are so misinformed on the strike cuz the YouTubers they follow are knowingly feeding their audience false information. I do my best to let these fans know the information is false, but it's beyond infuriating.

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kelsey jaffer⚡️they/she @kelatonin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

a Last, Best, Final Offer does not automatically implicate an impasse. a lapse in updates does not mean people are sitting around twiddling their thumbs; negotiations take a long time.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Jonathan Joss' husband Tristan has released another statement saying that donations to their old home GoFundMe are not needed at this time and would ask for everyone to direct their energy towards spreading the message about how he was in fact murdered in a hate crime

While I deeply appreciate the support from everyone I wanted to let you know that I have had a couple offers regarding covering expenses for a celebration of life. I have absolutely no plans yet on that but I will try to keep everyone updated. There’s not a need to donate to the gofundme. But I want everyone to remember the joy and love Jonathan has brought and will continue to bring forever. I have my essentials covered and our family in San Antonio is taking care of me until I get back to South Carolina. Instead of donating Jonathan and I would both rather you spread the word about the consistent injustice done to him, to us, and to our dogs. We had so many beautiful plans for the future.

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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"Games aren't political" grifters in shambles.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

On Sunday, my friend, Jonathan Joss was murdered and it took me a minute to find the words... Like so many of our lives, Jonathan's existed at the powerful intersections of Indigeneity, queerness, visibility, and vulnerability. He was fierce, funny, flawed, and real in every way that mattered.

A blavk amd white portait of Jonathan Joss

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kelsey jaffer⚡️they/she @kelatonin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

historically, companies involved in labor disputes exacerbate stakes & create panic in order to try & get workers to make concessions & fold to their less-than-ideal propositions, ESPECIALLY when they’re starting to feel the pressure. this doesn’t negate the very real stakes. BUT. important context

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NAVA @navavoices.org · 03/06/2025

NAVA celebrates the life and talent of Jonathan Joss and extends our heartfelt condolences to his friends and family for this terrible loss.

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ΘΔ🏳️‍⚧️ the third strongest sylvi @silversoul164.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think

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🎃 Cal Joyal 🎃 @calvinjoyal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I’m still shaking typing right now from the breakdown I had hearing about Jonathon Joss’s murder. I will never understand how some people in this world can hold such rotting hatred in their hearts for something as pure and beautiful as love. But no matter how brutal and hateful and evil they are?

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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

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Alex Weitzman @alexweitzman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

News from the world of companies using AI to cheat, lie, and steal. Share this story. It is despicable, and what’s worse, in due time it’s going to be tragically typical and unremarkable. Unless we fight them. NOW. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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‘Stop using my voice' - ScotRail's new announcer is my AI clone

Voiceover artist Gayanne says an AI used on ScotRail trains was trained using her voice.

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Michael Allan Schneider @quadbonus.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

They're making us a "Last Best Final Offer" we can (and must) refuse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zws...

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How ONE SENTENCE makes the "Final Offer" a Trojan Horse

YouTube video by Michael Allan Schneider

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Ben Diskin @bendiskin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Then stop shoving it in our @sagaftra.org contracts. Actors hate this shit too.

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 23/05/2025

Here it is, what needs to change in the Last Best and Final offer (LBFO) — all in one place. Let’s come together. Let’s get this deal done. #VideoGameStrike #SagAftraStrong

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 Animate! Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

One of the only times I’ll willingly link to a Facebook post, to signal boost a much more through explanation of the current #voiceover #videogame contract up for negotiation, from a far more educated and experienced colleague than myself: www.facebook.com/1221024852/p... We *CANNOT* mess this up.

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Bill Millsap

Hi everyone. This is a LONG POST with regard to the current Video Game Strike, the “Last Best and Final Offer” from the Studios, and the fear and vitriol I’m seeing on social platforms, which,...

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 Animate! Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Issue #2 (among many)? The right to use generated AI voices - including yours - to scab for you during a future strike. Yes, YOU the PERSON retain the right to go on strike. But your Digital Replica is allowed to keep working (or replace you). Unless you wanna *pay the company* to rescind that. :)

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Coalition of Dubbing Actors @codaunite.com · 22/05/2025

There are a lot of images being shared by the community, some of which are, unfortunately, not accurate. It does not help anyone to spread misinformation about the Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) given to membership in regards to the IMA Contract. #voiceover #voiceactors

The Latest “LBFO” IMA offer

We know there are a lot of images and questions circulating regarding the “LBFO”

Let’s discuss some discrepancies we’ve seen & concerns we still have based on what members of Neg Comm have provided

(Please note: This is going to be text heavy)

Regarding DR (Digital Replicas):

There is no such thing as a PCAP DR in the LBFO. Visual DRs are supposed to cover on-camera performances in video games, but the employers still reserve their interpretation of the contract that the only performance capture covered by the IMA is PCAP that has spoken dialogue. They do not consider any “movement-only PCAP” acting and don’t feel that they have to pay motion-only performers under union contracts.

Obviously, the union disagrees with that interpretation of the contract, but the committee has tried to make sure that any proposals in the contract effectively retain each side’s positions on this topic to address it in future negotiations.

Visual DRs only apply to visual performance (face or body) for cinematics, and only for a specific, objectively identifiable performer.

Employers are free to create in-game movement or facial
performance without consent, transparency or compensation.

“Can Suspend Consent During A Strike”

There are five instances in which you would not be able to suspend consent of something that creates new performance, even objectively identifiable as you in-character, during a strike.

i. DR (if prepaid sessions’ worth)
ii. ICDR
iii. Scratch
iv. Multi-game rights
v. Prompting

This could be for one or several of the following reasons:

i. Explicitly carved out (ICDR, scratch)
ii. Because they can prepay you and they get to “use what they’ve paid for” (DR, ICDR, scratch, multi-game rights)
iii. It’s not covered by the contract at all, no consent, transparency, compensation (prompting by ANYTHING other than the actor’s name)

And this could be for sideletter 6 games only (multi-game rights, DR) or even for struck games (ICDR, scratch, prompting).

To be clear, if they pre-pay you for any of your sessions for a DR, then you can’t suspend that pre-paid DR work during a strike for SL6 games. That can greatly reduce the effect of a strike. In TV/Film, even if they pay you ahead of time, you can go on strike and disrupt production. You are then required to go back to work once the strike is over.

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Game Performance Matters @gpm-official.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

💜 EQUITY SOLIDARITY 💜 Thank you @equityuk.bsky.social for this article letting UK members know what our strike entails and how to best support our efforts. We appreciate the international solidarity! Link to full article at the end of the thread 👇 (1/4)

From Equity UK’s website:

“Guidance for members regarding the SAG-AFTRA strike

Update on the SAG-AFTRA games strike
Published May 2025

Equity recently met with representatives from
SAG-AFTRA who provided an update on their strike action, where they currently are in their fight, and how Equity can support them.
Detailed information is outlined below.”

“The essential points covered are as follows:
• SAG-AFTRA union members are still on strike in video games in the US.
• The main fight is around Al, and demanding fair terms and compensation for usage.
• SAG-AFTRA members are turning down work to hold the line on their fight. There is a risk that employers will seek to bring some videogames over to the UK and hire UK based performers on poor pay and terrible terms. Equity is resisting this and warns that terms in the UK will worsen if this is not
resisted”

“The SAG-AFTRA strike checker provides the
'status' of games to show if it is a 'struck' production.
• Working on a struck production undermines the strike action, and puts members at risk of reputational damage and potential issues with joining SAG-AFTRA in future.
• Equity members can safeguard their future by resisting poor terms and conditions here in the UK.
• You can decide as an individual if you want to take on work here. Equity strongly advises you to check the strike status of any games work, and to demand Equity terms at minimum.”

“SAG-AFTRA union members in the US have been on strike in videogames for around nine months. This means nine months of refusing work, sacrificing income and experience to hold their position to resist problematic Al provisions and in-perpetuity all-rights buyouts for multi picture use in their games contracts.
As the strike continues, it is even more important that we establish a position here in the UK to protect our future and the future of work in games. US Games producers will start to look to the UK as a place to come for cheap labour and exploitative conditions, as they meet resistance from performers in the US.”

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 Animate! Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

You’ve probably heard the term SL6 thrown around a lot - a term for projects that were given permission/legal status to continue despite the strike because of last agreements. I thought those permissions were permanent - they’re not. Which means the allowance to work on them is starting to expire.

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 Animate! Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s a *known fact* that outside influences participated in misinformation campaigns on social media during major elections within this country, in order to try & skew the outcome to a specific result. … Anyway, we’re in the middle of a climactic moment of a MAJOR strike in the videogame industry!

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Alex Weitzman @alexweitzman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If anyone is seeing some kind of chart supposedly showing the advantages and/or gains for VAs from management’s “last best and final”, you should know the following: - This did not come from the union. - It is DEEPLY misleading. - The fact that it’s circulating now is extremely suspect.

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Michael Allan Schneider @quadbonus.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Regarding today's latest batch of really lazy strike-busting propaganda. There's a LOT wrong with "the chart", but this bit in particular I truly love because it makes the dishonesty of the author shockingly, inarguably clear. Don't believe the hype.

The reason the other contracts don’t have the SPP is that the SPP is a DISCOUNT TO EMPLOYERS, in lieu of the HIGHER integration payment that our other contracts have. It is a CONCESSION that we made in an effort to get the deal done.
IT IS NOT A GAIN

This chart was created by someone who is either a bald-faced liar, or in the best case, completely uninformed and clueless about this contract.

DONT FALL FOR IT

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 13/05/2025

Morgan Freeman may have the voice of God, but I have the voice of the Devil. I'm thrilled to reprise my role as the titular announcer in season 2 of "The Devil's Plan," streaming now on Netflix. #thedevilsplandeathroom #voiceactor #데블스플랜_데스룸 #netflix

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 29/04/2025

Two years ago, I discovered Boogaloo-style Popping. Learning to freestyle completely changed me as a dancer and artist. Less about doing moves and more about reacting to music. Not a bone in this old school body. Happy International Dance Day! #internationaldanceday #dance #popping

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 05/04/2025

The audiobook version of The Magic Fish by @trungles.com is out now on Audible. I’m proud to be in the company of an all-star Vietnamese American cast of narrators in this graphic novel. I voice Dad and… some birds. 👀 That as fun! Thank you to Penguin Random House!

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a duet with my fellow voice actor friend, @risamei.bsky.social. “Die With a Smile” - Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga #singing #cover #voiceactor

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 01/02/2025

Living in the United States my whole life has taught me to have a complicated relationship with martial arts. “Too stereotypically Asian.” What I’ve learned now that I’m older? Hating your culture is so silly. Decolonize your minds, people of the global majority. I’m white belt… again!

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 30/01/2025

May you be resilient—flowing, waving, coiling—adapting to any obstacle. May you be liquid—too slippery for harm’s grip. May you outwit strength with softness. May you slither unnoticed and strike the same. May you have the wisdom of a snake. Chúc mừng năm mới! 恭喜發財! #yearofthesnake

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Dustin Vuong Nguyen | Dean Panaro Talent @dustinvuongnguyen.com · 24/01/2025

Tired of seeing Christians be the bullies? At Irvine United Congregational Church, compassion for immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and the climate are Gospel issues. We’re not just the most progressive church in Orange County, CA. We’re also the whimsiest. #progressivechristian

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