Elizabeth II’s golden years
The person who should really stay away from video games is Elizabeth II, who died this year. But according to media reports, the Queen of Great Britain was fond of at least one Nintendo game.
In 2008, he appeared in a number of English tabloid newspapers. appeared Articles on how the Queen of England became addicted to the Wii Sports simulator for Nintendo Wii where you have to shake the controller to simulate kicks with a golf club, tennis racket, baseball bat and more. Elizabeth allegedly became interested in the game after she caught 25-year-old Prince William in the new entertainment.
According to sources at Sandringham Palace, despite the queen’s advanced age (Elizabeth was 81 at the time), she had the responsiveness and coordination that people half her age could envy.
A funny story about the golden Nintendo Wii console is connected with the same hobby of the queen. Learning about Her Majesty’s new hobby, game publisher THQ decided to put on a cunning promotional stunt. The publisher gifted Elizabeth II a copy of its new game, a Wii Sports clone, along with a gold-encased console. The company had hoped to see the royal family’s rave reviews in the media, but after World War II. Elizabeth’s security service did not miss this gift and sent it to the museum. Finally, in 2022, a unique copy of the Wii sold at auction for $36,000.
Friends’ Chandler’s childhood trauma
Matthew Perry stars in the cult sitcom Friends, in which the actor plays Chandler Bing. Like his colleagues on the set for the past two seasons, he has been charged $1 million for each episode. What did Perry do when he was young, famous, and incredibly rich? Played Fallout 3 for days until he started carpal tunnel syndrome (nerve compression in the wrist – ed.). Perry about his injury said In 2009, on the talk show The Ellen Show by famous TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres.
“I play a lot of video games. My favorite console is the Xbox 360. There was a time in my life where I played Fallout 3 for so long that I got carpal tunnel and had to inject steroids into my arm,” Perry said.
Curiously, this story mirrors that of his character in Friends. In one of the episodes, Chandler also injured his hand while trying to set a new record in the arcade game Ms. Pacman.
On the same show, Matthew Perry said that his girlfriend had to be an actress, otherwise they probably wouldn’t get along. After that, the player gave DeGeneres a copy of the unfortunate Fallout 3.
The TV star’s passion for Fallout was not in vain. Shortly after Perry announced his love for the game, the developers of the Fallout series from Bethesda contacted the actor and offered to voice a minor character in the Fallout: New add-on. Perry agreed.
Goalkeeper “going out” game to England
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford makes around £5.2m a year and spends that money on expensive computers to play the online shooter game Fortnite. The public realized this during the World Cup held in Qatar in 2022.
Journalists noticed that during the tournament in Qatar, the football player often appeared before television cameras with a strange suitcase, which was clearly not intended for clothing. In one of the interviews he repliedbrings with it a mobile desktop setup to play Fortnite. Fits suitcase, system unit, monitor, keyboard and other devices.
Pickford admitted that he was “tired” of laptops and allowed the computer to get more performance out of the game. At the same time, Fortnite is one of the main pastimes that, according to him, helped him survive the match.
Sasha Gray virtual love
Porn actresses often imitate their love of video games in order to attract a younger audience in their videos. But there are actresses who do not have to act in such scenes from adult films. The brightest representative of these “unicorns” is Sasha Gray, widely known in Russia.
After her career as a porn actress ended, bent down in various fields of activity, including streaming. Thanks to the broadcasts on Twitch, he turned out to be an experienced player. A special place in the list of his favorite projects is occupied by such retro games as two-dimensional episodes of Tetris and Mortal Kombat, which he loved as a child.
Gray also respects modern games. For example, at the end of 2020, he posted a photo on Twitter with a monitor in the frame, showing the end credits of the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
“I’ve finally finished The Witcher 3! It was unreal beautiful. Ready to replay this game anytime!” Wrote.
Sasha’s game track record also includes Among Us, Fall Guys, Overcooked, Elden Ring, and other popular online and offline hits.
Superman also plays
Many people know that actor Henry Cavill is a fan of the Witcher game series – he often talked about it when he was approved for the role of Geralt. However, outside of this franchise, the actor also likes Half-Life, Overwatch, Red Dead Redemption 2, Total War and more.
Almost every hobby, as well as new parts for his computer, the Hollywood star speaks enthusiastically on social networks.
Henry Cavill’s greatest love is Warhammer 40k. The player not only plays games in this universe, but also collects and paints character figures, which is a hard nerdy frenzy even by gamers’ standards. The actor once said that his Warhammer 40k passion was a mockery of his friends.
Cavill has been interested in video games since childhood. In an interview, the actor told how long ago he, his brothers and father used five computers to turn the kitchen into a real gaming club where they played, often over the local network. According to his memoirs, Cavill’s mother was not very happy with such an initiative of the children.
For Vin Diesel, nothing is more important than family and… World of Warcraft
In the same context, speaking of the icons of brutality and video games, it is impossible not to mention Vin Diesel, who almost permanently performed the main character role in the Fast and the Furious movie series. Yes, Diesel is far from being the only fan of World of Warcraft (WoW) among the owners of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but hardly any can have the same experience as Diesel.
Vin Diesel has been playing the iconic Blizzard online game since the mid-2000s. Moreover, judging by the news and posts on the fan forums, it is still periodically met in the virtual expanses of Azeroth (the fictional world of the WoW game – ed.). Diesel is a true WoW master.
Throughout his gaming career, Diesel has managed to connect several of his colleagues to WoW. For example, the actor has repeatedly described how he often played with his friend in “Fast and the Furious” Paul Walker until he died in a car accident. In contrast, the star of “Furious 7” Ronda Rousey on the Conan O’Brien show in 2016 ConfessedDiesel often helped him complete his duties in WoW between filming.
“We came to his house every evening, we put computers in different corners of the room, and he said, ‘Okay, now we’re going to go to so-and-so dungeon and clean it up.
The actress also revealed that Diesel prefers to play as a druid.
Meanwhile, Diesel became interested in video games long before World of Warcraft came into existence. In 2002, the actor founded Tigon Studios, which publishes games based on films with his participation, such as The Fast and the Furious and The Chronicles of Riddick.
Source: Gazeta
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