With Gears of War 2 and the new direct-to-video Futurama movie, Bender's Game, on store shelves this week, things have been busy for voice actor John DiMaggio, whose gravelly voice gets put to good use as both Marcus Fenix and Bender. If you want to know a little more about the voice behind these two fan-favorites, check out this recent phone interview with Chad Dukes at WJFK 106.7-FM, where DiMaggio discussed his place in the hearts/pants of nerds everywhere, as well as his experiences at Comic-Con, his Gears of War 2 information leaks, his role in Pirates of Silicon Valley as Steve Ballmer, and more. It's a pretty fluffy piece, but DiMaggio's a pretty affable dude, and while you shouldn't go in expecting any Gears of War 3 secrets, it's a fun interview.

With Gears of War 2 and the new direct-to-video Futurama movie, Bender's Game, on store shelves this week, things have been busy for voice actor John DiMaggio, whose gravelly voice gets put to good use as both Marcus Fenix and Bender. If you want to know a little more about the voice behind these two fan-favorites, check out this recent phone interview with Chad Dukes at WJFK 106.7-FM, where DiMaggio discussed his place in the hearts/pants of nerds everywhere, as well as his experiences at Comic-Con, his Gears of War 2 information leaks, his role in Pirates of Silicon Valley as Steve Ballmer, and more. It's a pretty fluffy piece, but DiMaggio's a pretty affable dude, and while you shouldn't go in expecting any Gears of War 3 secrets, it's a fun interview.

Mmmm John DiMaggio. -creams-

rofl

"Mmmm John DiMaggio. -creams-"

do you have a double ended nerd boner?

DiMaggio rocks... i never knew he did Bender until the other day though. Talented guy.

That is amazingly hilarious!

I don't remember Marcus ever saying "What are these guys made of shit?"

I just found out he was Bender mmm 3 days ago.  I was pretty floored by that.  I was also sadly dissapointed not to see a bunch of outtakes of Marcus doing Benders voice for the credits >.>  That would have ruled, esp if you didnt know he did the vioce.  He could acutally get away with bite my shiny metal ass!

awww come on

most pre-ordered of all time. damn. 

It was worth it just to hear him say that one line in Marcus' voice.

My favorite radio station being referenced on my favorite website? I can smell Ragnarök on the horizon. Great interview, F. Scott Fukerton.

"Aww man what is this guy made of shit?"

Man that was great! He almost sounded a bit like Duke Nukem right there.

Oh man i had no damn clue he was Schnitzel in chowder. That rocks. Its funny that the man who plays Marcus Fenix and Bender plays a character who only ever says "Radda"

You guys need to somehow get him on the bombcast, it would probably be the best podcast ever recorded. He seems like a really awesome guy.

i cant see you guys talking to him on the bombcast, what more could he say?

John's the MAN

That was a nice interview, even though the football talk was completely meaningless gibberish to me.

@Levi: I think that's what Epic was going for when casting him.

Oh shit! That guy is Bender!

I need to get a hold off Pirates of Silicon Valley :D

I really want to see that again

football stuff didn't mean anything to me either :) Then again, here, soccer is football and football is American fotball :)

And just the fact that he interviewed one of my favorite voice actors of all time makes it a looot more interesting

This was pretty cool, funny as well! DiMaggio is hillarious!

cool guy

Damn...He sounds like the coolest guy

John DiMaggio is easily one of the best voice actors out there.

John DiMaggio is pretty awesome.  Is he drunk here or just crazy?  I like to think he's just crazy.

The DVD commentarys on the futurama boxes is killing me, all the voice actors from that series is hillarious! It's a great series to.

RADDA! RADDA! :|

this wasnt the most pre orded game ever was it?

Holy crap double nerd boner ROFL. Thanks for posting this up, Ryan.  Great find! :)

Meh. The dude who voices Baird is much more talented.

Cool, that was awesome.

Sweet! This is a great post.

between this guy and the dude who voices vamp from metal gear (he does hermes from futurama 0_o) Futurama has a strange mix of vocal artists xD

yup

Quality entertainment!

I love this guy.  He's great on all of the Futurama commentaries.

Gotta love the no pants rule.

I found out quite a bit ago that John DiMaggio did the voice of Bender, I was quite surprised when I found it. Great voice actor. This was an awesome interview! It's great to know he plays the games too. :D

I'm glad they brought up the Niko Belliac voice actor situation. Nice to know that other voice actors don't complain about the contracts that they sign.

Most pre-ordered game of all time? Nice, definitely deserves to be.