Don't Panic! Stephen Fry provides LittleBigPlanet narration

by Ross Miller { Jul 16th 2008 at 7:15PM }

Don't panic, but famed British comedian and noted Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy voice (he's done the audio books and narrated the movie) Stephen Fry will provide narration for LittleBigPlanet. Media Molecule's Alex Evans made the announcement during a press briefing for the game, although he had the TV muted at the time. Seems fitting for when we make our whole sort of general mishmash.

Tags: e3, e3-2008, h2g2, hitchhikers-guide-to-galaxy, lbp, little-big-planet, littlebigplanet, stephen-fry

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

eldee @ Jul 16th 2008 7:20PM

he also read the UK harry potter audio book series. one of the best readings I've ever heard in an audio book

stephen fry is the man!

bigsofty @ Jul 16th 2008 8:37PM

Another annoying toffee nosed prat that talks via his sinuses rather than his vocal cords... I will be avoiding this title specifically because Mr. Fry is in it...!

Nicholas Sulikowski @ Jul 16th 2008 11:10PM

Please vanish.

eldee @ Jul 17th 2008 2:48PM

'toffee nosed prat'? Wow. That has got to be the gayest insult I've ever read on the internets.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Jul 16th 2008 7:26PM

This game just got 42% cooler.

KarlW @ Jul 17th 2008 2:54AM

Stephen Fry is fantastic. They could not have chosen a better narrator.

Tango Charlie @ Jul 16th 2008 7:26PM

Could this game get any more awesomer?

Sora @ Jul 16th 2008 7:28PM

Not even tits could make it better.

Wait, what am I saying?! Tits make EVERYTHING better. Including this.

Tango Charlie @ Jul 16th 2008 7:30PM

But see, that's the thing about LittleBigPlanet: you could MAKE your OWN tits!

Joystick Hero @ Jul 16th 2008 7:44PM

Do tits make my text better?

(.)(.)

ButtonMashers @ Jul 16th 2008 7:29PM

I can't wait to play with my very own Sack Boy!

Bucfann @ Jul 16th 2008 7:34PM

Yea, this pointless game looks so great....

I cant wait to play with my own Sack-a-shit boy either....

Geez, sometimes people get excited about the dumbest things. Its one thing if maybe you're 11 or younger but for teenagers to get excited about this is amazing.

Xoviet chiK @ Jul 16th 2008 7:40PM

To think, I'm a full grown adult... and I couldn't be more excited about Little Big Planet.

If we've learned one thing from this E3, it's that gamers are very insecure about themselves... First Avatars, now Little Big Planet? What terribly innovative and inexplicably cute idea will you find to hate on next?

ButtonMashers @ Jul 16th 2008 7:52PM

BTW I was not being sarcastic in my first post, it looks like a sweet game, but c'mon... Sack Boy...

spyker @ Jul 16th 2008 8:06PM

I've played it I'm 16 it's amazing. Ok. Also, as I played it for about an hour+ there were people around the ages of 6-30 playing too. All loving it.

fred @ Jul 17th 2008 1:16AM

@bucfann:
What are you, 12? Trying to be all "mature" so people will like you? Grow up.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Jul 16th 2008 7:31PM

Also, I feel like the only person in the universe who loved the books AND the movie. Am I alone?

Bucfann @ Jul 16th 2008 7:37PM

Yes

Xoviet chiK @ Jul 16th 2008 7:41PM

No. The books are amongst my favorite pieces of wester literature, and I laugh out loud every time I see the film. Alan Rickman was perfectly cast as Marvin!

ComradeTrotskii @ Jul 16th 2008 7:43PM

No. I love it in all of its incarnations. If you haven't already seen it try and find the TV series.

AwesomeTown @ Jul 16th 2008 7:53PM

Nope, I really enjoyed the movie. Maybe not as much as the books. I can re-read those forever, and I don't read much at all.

Eleniel @ Jul 16th 2008 7:59PM

Nope! The opening of the movie was brilliant. And Mos Def really did Ford justice, which is a pretty impressive feat.

Zippy5150 @ Jul 16th 2008 8:00PM

My favorite version is the radio series. I just loved the original Ford Prefect over the guy they had in the TV series.

Nicholas Sulikowski @ Jul 16th 2008 11:14PM

I saw the movie first, and enjoyed it, so it's hard for me to reject it for taking so many liberties plot and dialogue wise. Now I feel I don't like it as much having listening to the radio series, watched the tv series, read all the books, even played the text adventure, since they're much more expansive, deeper, and funnier. Even still, it was my intro in the Hitchhiker's universe. It was like "if you liked the movie, then you'll love what it was based on."