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LittleBigPlanet 3 gets a bit of 'House' actor Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie, English renaissance man and star of the long-running Fox drama House, is the voice of Newton, the antagonist in LittleBigPlanet 3, Media Molecule revealed today. This news is extra-special because it puts Laurie opposite Stephen Fry, who voices the game's narrator and happens to be Laurie's comedic partner in the classic BBC sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie. "The strange thing is I did not know, until I got here, that he was the narrator," Laurie says in his reveal video. "But it was actually completely delightful to think that he's on the other end of this – well, beginning and end of the game – as the all-wise, all-seeing, all-knowing narrator. Oh my god, how he would love to be described as those things: all-wise, all-knowing and all-seeing. Which he is, of course." LittleBigPlanet 3 also features the voices of Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead), Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge), Nolan North (Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor) and Tara Strong (The Fairly OddParents). A few returning actors and characters are still to be revealed, Media Molecule teases. Prepare yourself for LittleBigPlanet 3 with a clip from A Bit of Fry and Laurie after the break. [Image: Sony]
myFry: Stephen Fry's second autobiography becomes an interactive app
I've been following actor, all around wit, and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry's career since I saw him play the wonderfully droll and brilliant butler, Jeeves in the English TV series Jeeves and Wooster back in the early 90's. Hugh Laurie, probably better known as Dr. House, played Bertie Wooster over the four seasons of tales from the P.G. Wodehouse's books. Since (and before) then he's done an amazing amount of work, from appearing in V for Vendetta to narrating the English versions of the Harry Potter Audiobooks books. The second volume of his autobiography entitled: The Fry Chronicles has been released in England as a hardcover book (UK£20.00), AudioBook, iBook (£12.99) and an iPhone app titled myFry (£7.99) in the British iTunes store. It's not yet available in the US store. The digital versions are enhanced with seven videos. The myFry app looks quite intriguing. Instead of linearity, (which is so passé) these days Fry opted for a color wheel that can take you to any themed section of the book where you can read sections of that theme. So the book isn't meant to be read in any particular order, at least on the iPhone. Without seeing it, (being a bloody Yank), I can see this working, since Fry's writing is quite anecdotal and randomly breaking it up might be just the thing. I can't wait to get my hands on it. [via 9to5 Mac]
