"Games progressing to the point where they can be fully voiced has opened a whole new sphere of awareness and fandom, and ever since the animated feature films got the idea to fill their casts with celebrities (for better or for worse), they've never looked back."

But he certainly agrees with Cullen and Welker that online fandom for voice actors has been a game changer.

"It's amazing how completely some of the fans have sussed out our vocal fingerprint, so to speak. I've had folks identify me based on nothing more than a roar."