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[dragonbane]

Ellen Page in her childhood:

"When I was younger I was a huge videogame player, original NES, Genesis, [original] PlayStation. Then when I was about 16, I moved out and decided not to take my videogames with me. It's unbelievable when the last thing you remember so intently was Crash Bandicoot… which is a great game."

She played some games recently though.

 

[Dictator93]

Bobbi Starr is way more old-school than you

I found this very erotic. Just thowing that out there.

 

[Ranger X]

Trent Reznor is a gamer since forever and he even pitched at game and wanted to finance it with some big publishers but it didn't work.

 

[kairu]

Freddie Prinze Jr. is into gaming.

He seems to know what the fuck he's talking about in this video. I've heard other stuff about him gaming too, but I couldn't find it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hYDSUBCr-U

 

[Lys Skygge]

Trent Reznor is a gamer since forever and he even pitched at game and wanted to finance it with some big publishers but it didn't work.

Came here to post this. I'm interested to know what his idea was and why it was never funded.

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

99% of the WWE roster are in WWE games.

FFTY?

 

[Spectral Entity]

Vin Diesel

Yep, Vin Diesel

 

[Ramstein]

I think Aubrey Plaza said somewhere that she plays games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw8QeyxErI8
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyffQDcA5GU

Spoiler

hehehe ...Orc chasm

This is hilarious.

You wouldn't believe how hard to find that Man of Steel/Warcraft video clip is(guess they took it down): Skip to ~1m55s

 

[RP912]

Just blaze.

He always been a gamer and done some production for games like TMNT Out of the Shadows. I think on the Jay Z Fade to Black documentary, they said he was such a gamer he would do beats just to get more games.

One of my favorite producers btw

 

[zenosparadox]

Paul Rudd has been in a few gaming-related commercials:

SNES

Madden NFL 13

So... maybe?

 

[vagabondarts]

First that come to mind are Vin Diesel, who plays D&D as well,
and Trent Reznor.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Michelle Rodriguez is the first major feature film actress i can remember who really seemed hardcore into gaming. Remember reading an interview for OPM back in the day while she was promiting driver 3, her gamer references seemed legit.

https://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&...ZNtmBAsYJILQBePSQ&sig2=8L-yxdiKOr4r562cZFnFPA

Back in the day she used to come into the Funcoland I worked in once in awhile. There was a dude who was on the Knicks, or the Nets at the time who would come in and just buy whatever had been released on the PS2 since the last time he was in.

 

[DOWN]

I once played with Megan Fox, during a 'Game With Fame' promotion for the second Transformers movie tie-in. She rejected my friend request, even though i literally saved her from Megatron.

I was initially a little disappointed, but it did help me to better relate with Sam in Dark of the Moon.

Dara O'Briain and Charlie Brooker are pretty legit, and have had some entertaining exchanges on Twitter.

Haha I tried to get in on that Game with Fame and had no luck. She does legit follow some comics and comic artists though. She practiced comic art and is pretty good at it.

 

[Ienzo]

Lupe fiasco plays old school video games and anything metal gear and devil may cry

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Spielberg.

 

[jon bones]

Lupe fiasco plays old school video games and anything metal gear and devil may cry

lupe fiasco isn't a celebrity

 

[kd-z]

Bobbi Starr is way more old-school than you

I felt a sudden urge to check out her work.

 

[Koriandrr]

Felicia Day. The Guild was amazing. Story of my life.

Summer Glau. She just kicks ass.


EDIT:

I forgot someone very important:

Superman himself has been known for his little WoW addiction.

 

[deltatheta]

I had no idea that Miyamoto was a gamer!

He actually isn't. He watches people play games but doesn't play a lot himself these days.

 

[BakedYams]

Dylan Sprouse, interested in Super Smash Bros commentary and game design? Cool dude hands down.

Spoiler

His brother on the right is pretty cool too

I don't know if he's interested in Smash commentary but since I play with him on the regular, he is a HUGE smash fan. Also Nintendo fan in general.

 

[Neff]

Simon Pegg certainly did at one point, because he did an interview with CVG UK about computer games.http://www.computerandvideogames.com/136646/interviews/simon-pegg/

Pegg's played enough to still be able to do a surprisingly on-point impersonation of 1996 Jill Valentine, so he's legit I think.

 

[enoki]

I don't know if he's interested in Smash commentary but since I play with him on the regular, he is a HUGE smash fan. Also Nintendo fan in general.

He made a pretty popular post on /r/smashbros about commentating.

 

[SOME-MIST]

Elijah Wood. Dude has adventure game cred.

came here to post this. kinda off topic, but I absolutely loved his interview on marc maron's WTF too.

 

[Nokterian]

Felicia Day. The Guild was amazing. Story of my life.

Felicia is so cute but nerdy at the same time i love that about here.

 

[RP912]

lupe fiasco isn't a celebrity

Ouch that burn :/

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Zachary Levi

Nathan Fillion

Vin Diesel

Robin Williams

Joshua Gomez

Henry Cavill

 

[MKP64]

Ice T is the realiest

 

[Ingueferroque]

Honorable mention. Whoopi Goldberg made me a fan of hers for this video, which I think everyone should see:

RICK FOX says Pro Gamers Are Athletes on 'The View'

Thread-worthy stuff.

Edit: Whoopi is so cool, holy shit. She plays Diablo.

 

[anastazius]

I know that here in the UK the actor Noel Clarke plays various games, as well as James Buckley (the inbetweeners) and Peter Serafinowicz too.

Here's an awesome video of Peter Serafinowicz gushing madly about Dark Souls 1. Its awesome.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/05/25/peter-serafinowicz-on-dark-souls

 

[Ganondorfo]

Is it me or does most of the celebrities dont care about Final Fantasy and Silent Hill. I never see these mentionned when celebrities talk about games. Yet these games always have threads on neogaf.

 

[Soma]

I know Flying Lotus is into gaming.

Dude even samples a Final Fantasy track into his live set about five minutes into this video.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Is it me or does most of the celebrities dont care about Final Fantasy and Silent Hill. I never see these mentionned when celebrities talk about games. Yet these games always have threads on neogaf.

It is extremely hard to play games like Final Fantasy as a professional due to lack of time. There hasn't been a good Silent Hill game in a long time so maybe that's why.. I'd still love to see Conan do a bit on PT though.

 

[RazielCuts]

It is extremely hard to play games like Final Fantasy as a professional due to lack of time. There hasn't been a good Silent Hill game in a long time so maybe that's why.. I'd still love to see Conan do a bit on PT though.

Yes, this should definitely happen, I know he can't work the sticks too well but even with Andy walking him through it should make for some good video.

 

[sappyday]

I would like to know celebrities who are against video games.

Edit: Also someone mentioned the GoT cast, well here is one of those react videos that has Maise Williams talking about the NES.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOZbvE01Fk&list=UU0v-tlzsn0QZwJnkiaUSJVQ

 

[Zeyphersan]

every time some celebrity claims they play games, i just roll my eyes. the second they try to answer a question even remotely related to game its clear they have no idea what they are talking about

That didn't take long! Wondered when this was going to pop up

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Josh Robert Thompson (dude who voices Geoff Peterson on Craig Ferguson's show) has a Wii U, and I'm pretty sure I've raced him in Mario Kart 7.

 

[oti]

Haha say what?

Anyone know which actress?

 

[StoopKid]

Cerny and the king

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Cerny and the king

5 pages til somebody finally mentioned him lol. I'm sure MJ played the fuck out of his genesis and NES back in the day. Didn't he own a bunch of cabinets on his ranch too?

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Our very own Gary Whitta is a gamer.

I think RDJ is a CoD player isn't he?

 

[Jigolo]

Abella Anderson

 

[Neffarias_Bredd]

Ronda Rousey, UFC champion and movie star, used to be a moderator on a Pokemon forum back in the day.

https://twitter.com/RondaRousey/status/156500382481252352

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/9/3/6102133/ronda-rousey-pokemon-forum-moderator

 

[MisterArrogant]

I would like to know celebrities who are against video games.

Dustin Hoffman HATES them. Won't let his grandkids play them and won't do any VO for them because he thinks they rot your brain or something.

 

[SegaShack]

Michael had a whole huge building in Neverland full of arcade cabinets and store kiosks for consoles. A few months before he died a place was going to auction them all and scanned them to create a virtual tour. He had so many great games. He ended up cancelling the auctions once he signed on to tour.

Some staff would recall him bringing a few of his arcade machines with him on tour everywhere he went.

He also had roles in Space Channel 5 1 and 2, Sega ASM1 Space Scrambler Training (arcade game), and Ready To Rumble Boxing. He even worked on the Sonic 3 soundtrack, though how much of his work made it in is unknown.

 

[jon bones]

damn, i miss MJ

G.O.A.T.

 

[SegaShack]

damn, i miss MJ

G.O.A.T.

Agreed. I have all his albums on vinyl, all original pressings, pure magic. He had many demons. Glad he is at peace now though.

 

[Lime]

Aisha Tyler is amazing. I have so much respect for what she's doing.

Joel McHale is also nice and funny (except for transphobic jokes). He's really versatile and can adjust to whatever situation he's in. See Ubisoft conference and the VGX show.

 

[cafemomo]

our lord and savior

 

[inm8num2]

I was going to say Michael Fassbender but I forgot he doesn't own a "video game player".

 

[op_ivy]

elijah wood. hes a gaffer too iirc