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"Troy Baker wishes people didn't know he was the Joker.\nThe gaming voice actor is playing the next iteration of one of the most iconic supervillains ever in the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins. The Joker has been played by a swath of actors yet mastered by only a handful. Baker, whose vocal talents have graced two of the biggest games of the year, doesn't want people's impressions of him to affect how they view his Joker.\n\"I don't ever want it to be about me. A friend of mine told me, 'The difference between fame and notoriety is fame is when people know you, and notoriety is when people know your work,'\" Baker said during an interview at New York Comic Con. \"The first one is not respectable, but the second one is, because that leaves a legacy.\"\nBaker's pipes could be notorious. This year, gamers heard his voice as Joel of The Last of Us, the striking post-apocalyptic survival game that tells the story between a grizzled man and a 14-year-old girl. He was also leading man Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite, which took players on a perilous trip to the floating city of Columbia. He also provided one of the player voice options for open-world Saints Row IV.  He gave Mashable a live demo of each, in the video below.\n\nBut playing a storied villain like the Joker is quite a different challenge, Baker said, especially when he has idolized the Batman series for so long.\n\"There's a 12-year-old kid and a 37-year-old man who walk into that booth, and everything in between,\" he said. \"My interest started the first time I picked up a Batman graphic novel or turned on the TV at 4:30 in the afternoon to watch Batman: The Animated Series.\"\nThat Joker is previously voiced by Mark Hamill, who game the \"Clown Prince\" his signature laugh in cartoons and video games for about 20 years. Hamill's last appearance was the previous Arkham game: Arkham City, after which he retired from being the Joker.\n\"Mark Hamill is my Joker, and that's going to come through [in Arkham Origins]. That is definitely the star on the horizon that we're steering the ship toward, but that doesn't mean I'm doing impressions of him,\" Baker said. \"Within that framework we have the freedom to show you a different side of these characters, to show the rawness to Batman and the rawness to Joker and that relationship and how that came together.\"\nArkham Origins is a very early story in Batman's career. It chronicles the meeting between these two forces. The game features a much younger Batman, who is more quick to action and anger, and a rawer Joker. It's something fans don't always get to see, Baker noted.\n\"What we're showing is this raw, unfiltered, unchanneled, unbridled passion and power and maliciousness that's like a firehose,\" he said. \"All I can do there is hope I am honoring a character that has been portrayed so well by so many, and hopefully at the end of the day, be counted as someone who did service to the character.\"\nFans got a taste of Baker's Joker later at NYCC, during a late-evening panel. In a crowded room, he gave his version of a famous Joker monologue from The Killing Joke, a one-off Batman graphic novel written by Alan Moore. You can watch that below.\n\nBatman: Arkham Origins will arrive Oct. 25 for Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 3 and PC.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nBONUS: 70 Weird, Wacky and WTF Costumes at Comic Con\n\n\n\nWeird and Wacky Comic Con Costumes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Wonder WoMAN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Sailor Moon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Brook\nFrom One Piece\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Rowena Ravenclaw\nFrom Harry Potter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Deadpool\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. A citizen of the New California Republic from Fallout\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Steampunk\nNote: Her entire arm is a gun. That's commitment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The Living Dead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. X-Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Frank the Rabbit\nFrom Donnie Darko.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Wicked Witch and Flying Monkey from Wizard of Oz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. A Unique Joker\nFrom Batman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Gene Simmons from KISS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. Joker and Harley Quinn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Red Demoman\nFrom Team Fortress 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. Walter White/Heisenberg\nFrom Breaking Bad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17. The Ultimate Halloween Witch \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n18. Iron Man\nIn boxy form.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19. A Clown\nFrom Terror Klowns\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20. Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi \nFrom Naruto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n21. White Witch from Ni No Kuni\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n22. Video game characters as Deadpool characters \nMario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Sonic the Hedgehog, all re-imagined as Marvel hero Deadpool.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n23. Colossal Titan\nFrom Shingeki no Kyojin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n24. More Deadpool\nAlong with a Harley Quinn variation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n25. She-Hulk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n26. Scarecrow, Harley Quinn and Black Canary\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n27. A Fanciful Unicorn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n28. Black Cat and Two Face\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n29. Mortal Kombat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30. Midna\nFrom The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n31. Flame Princess, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline\nFrom Adventure Time\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n32. Red Pyro\nFrom Team Fortress 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n33. We just don't even know ...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n34. Canti\nFrom Fooly Cooly\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n35. Bloody Chickens \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n36. Jedi\nFrom Star Wars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n37. Bleach\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n38. Spartans\nFrom the Halo series.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n39. Pier Nivans and Chris Redfield\nFrom Resident Evil 6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n40. A Clicker\nThis monster, infected by a brainwashing fungus, is survival horror game The Last of Us.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n41. Boba Fett\nFrom Star Wards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n42. Inspector Gadget\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n43. Storm Trooper\nFrom Star Wars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n44. A Boy of Silence\nA monster from Bioshock Infinite\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n45. Cloud\nFrom Final Fantasy VII\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n46. Maya\nFrom Borderlands 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n47. A Furry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n48. Franken Stein\nFrom Soul Eater\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n49. Sonic and Tails\nFrom Sonic the Hedgehog\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n50. A Giant Pink Fuzzball of Terror\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n51. Harley Quinn, Batman and Nurse Joker\nFrom Batman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n52. Catwoman and Aquaman\nFrom the DC Universe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n53. Spiderman, Nightwing, and Nightcrawler\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n54. Mr. T\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n55. Bird Guy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n56. Deadpool and Dr. Doom\n...healing an age-old divide.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n57. Two versions of Deathstroke/Slade\nFrom the DC Universe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n58. Ganondorf\nFrom The Legend of Zelda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n59. Sally and the Boogeyman\nFrom The Nightmare Before Christmas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n60. A Scary Dali Painting \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n61. Batman Meets Steampunk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n62. A Splicer and Little Sister\nFrom the game BioShock.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n63. Sully\nFrom Monsters Inc.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n64. Hawkman and Hawkwoman \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n65. Rita Repulsa\nOne of the biggest villains from Power Rangers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n66. Daft Punk\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n67. Xena the Warrior Princess\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n68. Mysterio\nFrom Spider-Man\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n69. General Zod\nSuperman's archenemy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n70. Female Riddler and Vampire Bat \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Warner Bros. Interactive\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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