The
voice talent on Grim Fandango is exceptional, and the mood they set in year 2 with the art deco graphics, and music score - different for each location - is something to savor. I kept the game on one scene in the bar at the
Calavera Cafe for about thirty minutes. Maybe I should get out more, but doing some reading while a
massive orange...um, thing played some lightly introspective
piano jazz and a
skeleton nattily dressed in a white
dinner jacket smoked a cigarette was very soothing. Just tell me where I can get that kind of experience in the real world.
I also encourage you to get Manny on stage in the beatnik bar Blue Casket, to do a poem. You appreciate actor Tony Plana's hamming it up - even more after Olivia delivers her poem/s (though she's good at being sultry). Eating only spiders and leaves...Don't pet the cat that way!...a single, calcified tear... Also, have Manny try to pick up some kitty litter in the big litter room.
Voices
Jack Angel (as Bruno Martinez, Chepito, Large Hitman, and Seaman Naranja)
Alan Blumenfeld (as Glottis)
Maria Canals (as Mercedes Colomar)
Bill Capizzi (as Maximino)
Barry Dennen (as Chief Bogen, Beat Waiter, and First Thunder Boy)
Patrick Dollaghan (as Domino Hurley)
Barbara Goodson (as Lola)
Morgan Hunter (as Toto Santos)
Terri Ivens (as Lupe)
Milton James (as Membrillo and Skinny Hitman)
David Jeremiah (as Aitor, Alexi, and Second Thunder Boy)
Tom Kane (as Raoul, Second Mayan Mechanic, Gatekeeper, and Cat Track Announcer)
Paula Killen (as Olivia Ofrenda)
Kay Kuter (as Dockmaster Velasco and Croupier)
Katie Leigh (as Bibi and Makeup Woman)
Sal Lopez (as Salvador Limones)
Peter Lurie (as Celso Flores and Slisko)
Joe Nipote (as Clown and Chowchilla Charlie)
Daragh O'Malley (as Nick Virago)
Tony Plana (as Manuel Calavera)
Rachel Reenstra (as Eva)
Raphael Sbarge (as Terry Malloy, First Mayan Mechanic, and Ensign Arnold)
Pamela Segall (as Carla and Pugsy)
Michael Sorich (as Don Copal and Tube-Switcher Repairman)
Keith Szarabajka (as Bowlsley and Unicycle Man)
Jim Ward (as Hector LeMans, Gunnar, and Doug)
Voice credit list from Moby Games