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Jul 7, 08:24 AM

Here is a video clip where Laura tells us she had no idea how Genshin Impact would grow to be so popular! ▶️ Clip is from Gotta Spotlight with Liaserenityrose EP 64: Q&A with Laura Faye Smith.

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"Oh, yes. To add to that question about the Genshin Impact from Giselle, I think it's like, when you first took on the role, did you have any idea how massive the game's footprint would become? Because Genshin Impact really, really did explode. You know, it's extra interesting about that game. That was during COVID. It was the job I did during COVID. And I remember going to the studio and it was like literally getting spy directions where they were like, go into the door and ring the buzzer. You know, be wearing a mask. So and so will come out and they will take your temperature. If you pass the temperature test, you proceed to the blue couch in this space. From there, you will get a text. You will walk up the doorway to the thing at the top of the stairs. And like, you know, like the only human contact I had was the person who came out masked up and took my masked up temperature. And then from other than that, it was like me in a booth, the director was on Zoom, and the engineer was in his booth. And you know, everyone was trying to be really safe. So I remember recording that. And then, you know, again, a lot of time goes by before a game comes out. Like you kind of forget about it. Like sometimes it's close to a year. But no, I had no idea it was going to be like such a big thing or that it would be such a vast game in terms of so many characters added, like especially like kind of being in that first group of characters that launched and that they just continued to add and add and add. Yeah, no clue. Like that was such a prize in that it's such a world. Like I did this con called the Windblume Convention that was down in Texas, Frisco, Texas. And it was like just all Genshin all the time, everything like all the artist alley was Genshin. It was just Genshin guests. Really fun though, to be in that world. I've never seen so much cosplay, people just showing up in a meeting that the look of that game is so beautiful. Like, you know, all the characters are so interesting looking. And yeah, no clue that that was going to be what it was, but really happy that I got to be a part of it."

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🌙☁️Liaserenityrose☁️🌙 🔜 11 DAYS till SDCC 2026 @liaserenityrose.bsky.social · Jul 5, 06:09 PM

Here is a video clip where Laura tells us she had no idea how Genshin Impact would grow to be so popular! ▶️ Clip is from Gotta Spotlight with Liaserenityrose EP 64: Q&A with Laura Faye Smith.