TheChadgod

I think Bruce Campbell would be amazing. :) He does that "endearing sarcastic asshole" thing to a tee.  And like you said, he's a B movie actor -- in other words, a workaholic and doesn't shy away from productions that aren't done through huge studios, so getting him on board might actually be somewhat feasible.

I think its important not to find someone who sounds like Gary, but who has a similar effect on the player. We all know Gary Owens was one of a kind. I find it wrong to search for a similar voice and try to talk exactly like him. It won't be the same anyway and probably would leave a bad taste while playing the game.
 
I've been playing quite a lot of games in my career, and there was one time a narrator had a similar funny effect on me. I'm talking about Bruce Campbell, who was the narrator of the Spider-Man 2 videogame back in the days. As many of you may know, Bruce was an actor in every Spider-Man movie and had a guest role in each one of them, always playing a different guy who was making fun of Peter Parker. Well, in the video game, he was the narrator, and he was picking at the player all the time. 
 
I found a clip on youtube, in which he's guiding the player through the tutorial, take a look, it's hilarious:
 
https://youtu.be/ae9rwSKxAxY?t=138
 
What do you think guys? I think he'd be perfect for either the narrator OR even Ace Hardway. I don't know if he'd be up for it or in the payment range; since he's a B-movie actor it could be a possibility. Broken Age could effort Elijah Wood, too. But first and foremost, it'd be a question of "Would it feel right?". I just want to put this out there (or in here). Maybe its a possibilty! :)  

That's true, really. Can't copy Owens. it just comes out sounding like he's being copied. Maybe something in a new direction and original take.

Here is a variation of a phrase I've seen on size XXL shirts, so it's not necessarily original, but it's cute: "Our food is worth the weight."
 
The saying I've seen on XXL shirts is: "Fast food is worth the weight."
 
Also, I could maybe come up with satires of famous American fast food slogans (eg, "finger lickin' good" "yo quiero Taco Bell" "I'm lovin' it"), but people outside of the U.S. wouldn't get them, right? So that's kind of tricky.

I heard about this shortly after it happened as well, and like everyone else here, I was completely crushed.

Gary's voice held such a deep, palpable sense of nostalgia for me, as it did for all the other SQ fans who cared nerdishly deeply about the Wilco universe.  I can't help but ponder, though, if it wasn't something more than just his voice being connected to the game that was the magical thing about it for me personally.  Honestly, and this sounds cheesy as hell, but I think it is true:  the man's voice seems almost to invoke nostalgia in general.  It has such a cult classical cultural resonance that the feeling of nostalgia is conjured abstractly and with no underlying memory necessary.  In fact, I distinctly remember hearing his voice for the first time in SQ when I was a teenager and feeling nostalgia even then... about the game I was playing for the first time.  

What I'm trying to say is... well...  the man was a paradoxical space-time-wizard-scion-messiah from the future-parallela-past, and the number of those type of folk is limited to 1.  So no, replacing him isn't really possibly.  Honestly, my personal opinion is that, in light of his passing, the best way to go about it would be not to try to recapture the magic.  Rather, to cast the relaunch with the semi-sorta-alternate-wilcoverse-but-not-really-but-sorta with an iconic voice that is of a completely different variety.  Let Gary be the omniscient Overvoice of the old timey temporal "feels" sorcery, and get someone with a completely different flavor to which we can make new nostalgic memories instead of trying to recapture the old.  Just one humble nerd's opinion.  

If you open up that door, the possibilities for hilarity are still pretty endless.  Heck, I could see enjoying the whole thing being narrated in a more "The Big Lebowski" style, even.

For your ally is The Sauce?
 
Late Night Menu
El Chupacabra Especial - It's goat suckin' good!
Munchitos Bowl - What's in it? Whatever we have left over. It's 2:00am, you've lost your right to be picky.
Re-heat-a Burrito (or fajita, or whateva)
 
I was trying to think of something loosely tied to the Half Dome, but I got nothin'. Instead:
El Capitan - Be the Captain's No. 2! A veritable mountain of nachos.
 
And if it makes sense for Taco Nova to have a product tie-in with Cluck Y'Egger:
Cluck Y'Egger Meal: El Pollo Loco con Huevos Grande! - Comes with collectible cup and Egg-flinger (chucker?) toy

Taco Nova -- skimping not on the grease.
 
Taco Nova -- A refreshing take on health code violation!
 
Taco Nova -- restroom seating now available!
 
Happy Hiney's Hot Sauce -- side effects may include digestive discomfort, dizziness, PTSD, and mild existential crisis
 
The Crapvalanche - 20 extra spicy chalupas in one loveable bucket.
 
Burrito Bangbang - 8 pounds of beef and cheese served on your choice of festive napkin!
 
Carne El Sombrero- are you down with the meat hat?
 
Rancho De Roulette -- 1 in 6 chance of flavor

Eeexactly. Haha.
 
Not exactly to topic, but allow me to express how freaking excited I am about there being a restaurant area. The restaurant/cafe/bar scenes have always been my favorite Guys game content. Though only a slight lead over "Roger's Ship" interiors and cockpits.

Judge me by my spice, do you? lol

Taco Nova -- skimping not on the grease.
 
Taco Nova -- A refreshing take on health code violation!
 
Taco Nova -- restroom seating now available!
 
Happy Hiney's Hot Sauce -- side effects may include digestive discomfort, dizziness, PTSD, and mild existential crisis
 
The Crapvalanche - 20 extra spicy chalupas in one loveable bucket.
 
Burrito Bangbang - 8 pounds of beef and cheese served on your choice of festive napkin!
 
Carne El Sombrero- are you down with the meat hat?
 
Rancho De Roulette -- 1 in 6 chance of flavor

Eeexactly. Haha.
 
Not exactly to topic, but allow me to express how freaking excited I am about there being a restaurant area. The restaurant/cafe/bar scenes have always been my favorite Guys game content. Though only a slight lead over "Roger's Ship" interiors and cockpits.

Taco Nova -- skimping not on the grease.
 
Taco Nova -- A refreshing take on health code violation!
 
Taco Nova -- restroom seating now available!
 
Happy Hiney's Hot Sauce -- side effects may include digestive discomfort, dizziness, PTSD, and mild existential crisis
 
The Crapvalanche - 20 extra spicy chalupas in one loveable bucket.
 
Burrito Bangbang - 8 pounds of beef and cheese served on your choice of festive napkin!
 
Carne El Sombrero- are you down with the meat hat?
 
Rancho De Roulette -- 1 in 6 chance of flavor

I can just see the logo ... Kind of like the Pink Floyd judge, but with a huge happy smile instead of a frown.
 

This name just made me chuckle until bits of my throat came loose.

Taco Nova -- skimping not on the grease.
 
Taco Nova -- A refreshing take on health code violation!
 
Taco Nova -- restroom seating now available!
 
Happy Hiney's Hot Sauce -- side effects may include digestive discomfort, dizziness, PTSD, and mild existential crisis
 
The Crapvalanche - 20 extra spicy chalupas in one loveable bucket.
 
Burrito Bangbang - 8 pounds of beef and cheese served on your choice of festive napkin!
 
Carne El Sombrero- are you down with the meat hat?
 
Rancho De Roulette -- 1 in 6 chance of flavor

I'm venturing off into bad pun territory here:
 
Tacobayashi Maru - The no-win situation never tasted so good!