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That infamous laugh that Tidus does in Final Fantasy X - you know what it is, right? If not, we suggest that you watch this video, or this article won't make much sense. Consistently referred to as one of the worst voice acting performances in video games, it's about time that we learned the truth about this now legendary cutscene.

Fortunately, Tidus' English voice actor, the incredibly friendly James Arnold Taylor, recently uploaded a video to his personal YouTube channel that explains the whole story. According to Taylor, the laugh was absolutely meant to be "awkward, goofy, and dumb". He continues: "The laugh was on purpose, okay? It was written that way, it was supposed to be like that." Case closed.

Okay, so maybe the laugh does still sound awful - especially by today's standards - but you've got to take into account how far video game voice acting and writing has come since. In any case, we're just glad that Taylor's taken the time to clear it up once and for all.

Oh, and by the way, Taylor also confirms that it's pronounced "Tee-dus", not "Tie-dus". We've been saying this for years but people still like to argue.