Neil Newbon can't help sounding like Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3, given that he has the same voice, so when he approached the role of a personified clothes dryer in Date Everything, he channeled late actor Rik Mayall's performance of Lord Flashheart from the acclaimed '80s British sitcom Blackadder. What a lede, amirite?
Newbon recently said his approach to method acting sometimes makes it hard to shake off mannerisms from various characters he's portrayed, and in particular said his performance as Astarion still affects the way he laughs today. It makes sense then that he and the developers of Date Everything, a game that turns household items into hot people you can then date, would want to take measures to make Drysdale the dryer sound distinct from Astarion.
