B_Spooky13
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Favorite "Celebrities" that are Gamers
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BlanketFort
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Janina Gavankar
@Janina
Shiva Kamini!
@Janina
Shiva Kamini!
What, literally not a single nomination for Chris Kluwe? He's a former NFL punter and a wonderful, outspoken ally for LGBT rights. His rant aimed at an anti-gay politician is the stuff of legends. He's also an avid video game player whose Twitter identity is @ChrisWarcraft.
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
<3 Dara
down 2 orth
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Del the Funky Homosapien would be my favorite, followed by Ronda Rousey of the UFC (because her 'bitch' persona is just an act, in reality she's a super smart Olympic medalist)
SolidSnakex
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He has an account here and probably came to most peoples attention when he decided to write a Game Informer article complaining about Xenoblade's graphics.
He popped into that thread to discuss his points.I didn't know Elijah Wood was a Gaffer. Thats dope.
SarcasticD
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NBA Player Andrei Kirilenko
Iliana Glazer, aka one of the girls from Broad City (best new show of 2014)
She has a YouTube channel where she gets high, eats a lot and plays old games (pretty badly to be honest, but it's not what matters the most)
Also, Lupita Nyong'o states several times that she used to play too much Final Fantasy 8 when she was younger. No idea if she still plays games though.
She has a YouTube channel where she gets high, eats a lot and plays old games (pretty badly to be honest, but it's not what matters the most)
Also, Lupita Nyong'o states several times that she used to play too much Final Fantasy 8 when she was younger. No idea if she still plays games though.
Liquid-San
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The one and only, Frank Ocean. His love for games invades his albums, (which are amazing as well). He's long overdue for a sophomore album too.
Side Note: I think all of Odd Future plays video games.
Side Note: I think all of Odd Future plays video games.
HarryKS
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Oh, ooooooh, OOOOOOOOOh, pray tell son.
WowJanina Gavankar
@Janina
Shiva Kamini!
Zeyphersan
Banned
say whaaaaaaaaat
PaperFlame
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They were infront of me waiting in line to get brawl.Dylan Sprouse, interested in Super Smash Bros commentary and game design? Cool dude hands down.His brother on the right is pretty cool too
noonespecial
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Well, I can't find the article online (as it was posted in the late 90's on a probably now defunct gaming website) but I remember reading an interview with Emilio Estevez where he talked about playing Quake multiplayer on various Los Angeles servers in the mid 90's. He said he went by various names including "MightyDuckMan".
So... when I read that article I recalled that when I lived in Southern California in the mid 90's that I too played Quake multiplayer on LA servers and I remember seeing another player by the name of "MightyDuckMan" on the same servers I frequented. At this time there was no in-game voice chat as people were typically on 128k, 56k modems or T1 if you were damn lucky. The latency was a huge reason why most people played on servers physically local to them so they could get a lower ping. So to "talk" with people in games you would type your message - similar to how most multiplayer commenting and talking is still done today.
Anyway, for the heck of it (and probably to be a smart ass) I asked this "MightyDuckMan" if he thought he was Emilio Estevez or something. His response was "Maybe." I had no idea until years later that it really was most likely him. If I had never read that interview with him I would have never thought much about it.
To be fair I remember him being a decent player - usually towards the top in end-game statistics but almost never ending up being the best player overall (he was good but not the best), but he was never a jerk. He just played, didn't say much and was comparatively "soft spoken" online on the servers I remember playing with him on. I remember him being one of the other cool "regulars" that my brother and I saw on the Quake LA servers often enough to recognize.
Guess that's the closest I ever came to playing a game with a celebrity.
So... when I read that article I recalled that when I lived in Southern California in the mid 90's that I too played Quake multiplayer on LA servers and I remember seeing another player by the name of "MightyDuckMan" on the same servers I frequented. At this time there was no in-game voice chat as people were typically on 128k, 56k modems or T1 if you were damn lucky. The latency was a huge reason why most people played on servers physically local to them so they could get a lower ping. So to "talk" with people in games you would type your message - similar to how most multiplayer commenting and talking is still done today.
Anyway, for the heck of it (and probably to be a smart ass) I asked this "MightyDuckMan" if he thought he was Emilio Estevez or something. His response was "Maybe." I had no idea until years later that it really was most likely him. If I had never read that interview with him I would have never thought much about it.
To be fair I remember him being a decent player - usually towards the top in end-game statistics but almost never ending up being the best player overall (he was good but not the best), but he was never a jerk. He just played, didn't say much and was comparatively "soft spoken" online on the servers I remember playing with him on. I remember him being one of the other cool "regulars" that my brother and I saw on the Quake LA servers often enough to recognize.
Guess that's the closest I ever came to playing a game with a celebrity.
xxTHIN_WHITE_DUKExx
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That is hilarious if true. Good thing, he got to role though.
BabyFaceKillah
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read that he plays/played a lot of WoW.
seen em playing on videos and his tour bus.
too many references in their music to be a coincidence.
I know for a fact that he plays vidya games.
others have been mentioned like Danny Brown, Ice T, Vin Diesel (Didnt he have a video game company???), and Odd Future. i cant think of anybody else.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Man, WoW hit fucking everybody
Northeastmonk
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That was a great video. I remember watching all his movies when I was a teen and thinking he'd turn out to be such a dbag. I was completely wrong about him. I thought he was going to take his million dollars and his A list celebrity wife and just wing it forever. If anyone is planning to get DA:I they should watch this video.
Watching him as a very young kid in the basement of my old house and seeing him make videos about video games is very cool.
Sseklebeast
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Jerry O'Connell is a pretty big gamer from what I heard on Howard Stern interviews. Not sure what games he plays though!
I don't think i've ever watched a Disney live action show in my life.
But I still find this hilarious.
Da direct convo: https://twitter.com/dylansprouse/status/410566984007315456
But I still find this hilarious.
Da direct convo: https://twitter.com/dylansprouse/status/410566984007315456
EdReedFan20
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Yup. Came here to post that. And others have said, Elijah Wood (Dom's LOTR co-star) is a huge gamer, but one thing I have not seen mentioned is that Elijah's older Zach Wood is a Senior Producer for at Sony's Santa Monica Studio. Some game's he's credited working on (per his Twitter account) are Sound Shapes and Hohokum.
LOL I remember when he said he was the best at Halo 3 and put out his gamertag challenging anyone to face him. I ended up doing it and destroyed him he left so quick too it was hilarious. You can probably still find videos of some of those matches he did with people too.
Also he had his own gaming clan "SODMG" also had a gaming blog as well back in 08' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHXBqo6RgN4)
The one and only, Frank Ocean. His love for games invades his albums, (which are amazing as well). He's long overdue for a sophomore album too.
Side Note: I think all of Odd Future plays video games.
Man I'm feeling like bumping Channel Orange again right about now.
As soon as I heard that PS1 startup intro in the first track I knew this album would be good.
To each his own I guess, she's one of the few women who I actually find funny rather than annoying.
She also posts on gaf.
Dark Ninja
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Wrassling nerd CM Punk
His wife counts too I guess
His wife counts too I guess
Alex_Mexico
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Adam Baldwin. Do has-beens count?
I'm kidding. I can't stand his guts.
My favorite celebrity who plays videogames has to be Nathan Fillion and Jimmy Fallon. Fallon's doing more for gaming that we give him credit for by giving them space and importance on his mainstream network tv late show. That alone deserves props!
I'm kidding. I can't stand his guts.
My favorite celebrity who plays videogames has to be Nathan Fillion and Jimmy Fallon. Fallon's doing more for gaming that we give him credit for by giving them space and importance on his mainstream network tv late show. That alone deserves props!
VibratingDonkey
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Swedish film director Josef Fares is a fan of games to the degree that he started making them.
PsihoPerihelion
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Well, he owns Tigon Studios, the studio responsable of the awesome Chronicles of Riddick videogames (along with Starbreeze) I'm not sure if the studio is a development arm or just a producing one tho.
Janina Gavankar
@Janina
Shiva Kamini!
She's a huge nerd. I have heard a couple of interviews and she gets hype when talking about games and fantasy novels.
Thanks, I thought so too! More people(read: gamers and non-gamers alike) need to watch that video, IMO.
Plus he's The Guy.
deltacanuckian
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He showed up at PAX Prime last week, he got interviewed in between games at the LoL championships. I walked over to that side of the building just in time to spot him on the big screen! haha