Neil Patrick Harris Voices (A) Spider-Man In Shattered Dimensions

Fans of arachnid-based super heroics, Internet-based episodic musicals, or the Tony Awards, get excited: Activision revealed today that beloved-child-actor-turned-ironic-self-parody-actor-turned-proper-actor Neil Patrick Harris would don the digital mask and voice of The Amazing Spider-Man, one of four playable versions of the character in the upcoming Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. 
 
This marks Harris' second bite by a radioactive spider, as he played a very computer generated Spider-Man in the short-lived series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series back in 2003. Combined with his already impressive list of video game voice-over roles, I could not think of a better actor to handle the specific nuances and subtleties of a character who will probably spend the whole game making bad spider-based puns.  

 

Or break out in musical. 
  

Shatter Memories?

Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.
 
Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs.

I didn't like that MTV series >_<

" Shatter Memories? "

He's the music meisteeeeeeeeeeeeer

NPH in a game? SOLD.
 
Still curious as to why "Symbiote" is called "Ultimate". Will it be based off teenaged Parker from the Ultimate Spiderman series? The symbiote was present for a very short time in those comics.

Well, he did a Spider-Man before, and he was pretty good in that.

duz this spidey dance and singz the songz that make the worldz goe roundz? i sure hope so!

He's fighting Juggernaut. I like Spiderman and all, but he's no match for Juggernaut.

hey man shattered memories is a good game, 5th spiderman with a flashlight yelling out cheryl.

CHERYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

" hey man shattered memories is a good game, 5th spiderman with a flashlight yelling out cheryl. "

" CHERYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

The title of this article alone sold me on this game.

This is some very good news indeed, NPH is awesome

I think he can pull off the part of Green Lantern Spider-Man. Not sure about the others.

There is no such thing as too much Neil Patrick Harris.

This topic needs more Dr Horrible.

NPH WOULDN'T DO THAT

" NPH in a game? SOLD.  Still curious as to why "Symbiote" is called "Ultimate". Will it be based off teenaged Parker from the Ultimate Spiderman series? The symbiote was present for a very short time in those comics. "

" Well, he did a Spider-Man before, and he was pretty good in that. "

" @Landon said:

" Well, he did a Spider-Man before, and he was pretty good in that. "

I don't remember which Spider-Man movie was it? "

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

" @Landon said:

" Well, he did a Spider-Man before, and he was pretty good in that. "

I don't remember which Spider-Man movie was it? "

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

" There is no such thing as too much Neil Patrick Harris. "

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

Thanks for proving my point! "

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Make Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible unlockable characters in the game and GOTY 2010 is a lock.

" @TadThuggish said:

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

Thanks for proving my point! "

Thanks for proving my point.  (See I can do it too!) "

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

Thanks for proving my point! "

Thanks for proving my point.  (See I can do it too!) "

Thanks for proving my point! (I wanted to get in on the point proving action) Anyway NPH is one of the funniest actors working right now. I'm glad he's getting work. "

" @ISuperGamerI said:

" @Landon said:

" Well, he did a Spider-Man before, and he was pretty good in that. "

I don't remember which Spider-Man movie was it? "

He was Peter Parker in the short lived MTV Spider-Man tv show. Remember? It was all CGI and everyone look really weird, but I thought it was a pretty good show. "

" @JeffGoldblum said:

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" @Manhattan_Project said:

" @TadThuggish said:

" Neil Patrick Harris is done.  He was only "brought back" ironically, and now people have convinced themselves that it wasn't ironically.  Yes, it was.  The guy is decent at what he does but the fervor is so feigned that even the actors don't know they're acting.  Don't arbitrarily put him in things unless he belongs. "

I find your hate for NPH disgusting. "

Thanks for proving my point! "

Thanks for proving my point.  (See I can do it too!) "

Thanks for proving my point! (I wanted to get in on the point proving action) Anyway NPH is one of the funniest actors working right now. I'm glad he's getting work. "

And thank YOU for proving MY point!  Seriously though, had you ever thought that the fact people love NPH is because he is GREAT at what he does? He was 'brought back' and people loved him. Plus I think he is a perfect candidate for the Amazing Spiderman. Spiderman has ALWAYS has a real corny sense of humour in the comics and that's one point I felt that the movies really failed to deliver on. I think NPH could do that kind of homour VERY successfully.  I LOVE to CAPITALIZE my WORDS. It ADDS a little bit of EMPHASIS. "

Cool.

Niel Patrick Harris is the coolest gay on the planet.
Also where the hell is the feature-length Dr Horrible? Where??

" @TadThuggish:  Well let me tell you that I legitimately enjoy NPH's work. I don't say that for 'internet cool points' because I know that the internet is filled with assholes and people who go to 4chan so I could care less about appearing cool on the interweb. I think you have a highly overinflated idea of the power 4chan holds. It is a website filled with assholes and I highly doubt that NPH would have as many people willing to spend money for his talent if it was a simple 4chan craze.   The reason he worked in Harold and Kumar was because of the whole doctor thing. And he has since shown that he is authentically entertaining in many other rolls from Dr.Horrible's Sing-a-long blog and How I Met Your Mother (honestly him and Jason Segal make that show watchable). Rick Astely is a meme. Over 9000 is a meme. NPH is not a meme. Honestly I had not even heard of him on the internet before Harold and Kumar and even then it was only in reference to that movie.  I think it's hilarious though that you seem to think that Family Guy and 4chan have the ability to shape the direction of Hollywood though. "

Every time I see something new on this game is looks better and better. I was just going to rent this, but I might need to just go out and buy it.

Does this mean homophobes wont play this game?

Neil Patrick Harris is consistently good at what he does, but few people legitimately love him.  If you've been paying attention, you'll have recognized that NPH was brought back into the limelight once more because he wa a "random" celebrity that 4chan could make fun of.   It went from Vin Diesel, to Mr. T, to Chuck Norris, to "That Doogie Howser guy lol!"  Except this time around, NPH capitalized on his newly-found being-made-fun-of.  Very few people LOVE Neil Patrick Harris.  Very few people find his acting exceptional or incredible, and very few have personal feelings associated with him and his work.  People in this thread (and all over the internet) just write HELL YEAH NPH!!!1 because it wins them cool points online.  He's not beloved; he's a meme.  He's infinitely better than Rick Astley, but it's the same thing...Astley's album sales have increased thanks to Rick-Rolling being done over and over and over again to the point where some people don't even realize their love was ironic in the first place.  NPH is getting into everything, even things that he's not right for or don't require him, because he's the new meme and big-name companies want to capitalize on 14-year-olds thinking something's funny if they keep saying it over and over and over and over again.  I honestly feel bad for Harris, because he sees the roles and money raking in and thinking "Wow, people must really like me!  What a comeback!"  And while it's there it's not really because of his ability, it's because Family Guy pulled another name out of a hat to reference, to make the joke that "Doogie Howser = gay! lol!"  Hollywood has capitalized, and by now people are stuck in a loop, not realizing that the entire reason he's a noteworthy celebrity in 2010 is because we dug him up to point and laugh.  Remember the first Harold & Kumar?  He fulfilled a role that ANY small-name, outdated celebrity could fill for a silly "comeback" scene.  The guy has talent, but few people care about his talents as much as they do hopping on the ironic bandwagon. "

My interest in this game has suddenly hit interested.

NPH as Spider-man? I'm in!