Celebrity Gamers

67 Responses to Celebrity Gamers

1. SB says:

   July 13, 2006 at 1:46 am

   I just saw a Conan O’Brien interview with Stephen Colbert in which he clearly states that he played a lot of D&D in his youth. That asterisk is confirmed.
2. Flora says:

   July 31, 2006 at 12:42 am

   Nathan Fillion is supposed to be a Halo addict.
   Agree with Patrish that a joint interview with
   Whedon would be — interesting, though you might
   need a whip and a chair.
   Christina Hendricks? Hadn’t heard that one.
   Also check out Alan Tudyk (since this comment seems to be turning into one about things Firefly-ish).
3. quantumcat says:

   September 10, 2006 at 9:27 pm

   Do we know what well known gamers live in or visit the South ?
   (Especially the Nashville area)

   It’d be nice for the more considerate fen to see their favorites at a con or other gaming hang-out.

   But it’d be nice if these respected celebrities just made it a little more obvious to the Mundanes that bright,appealing people indulge in this ‘fringe’ activity.

   Let’s see a 4×8 game table and terrain storage in a shelter mag.

   Let’s see the GOOD guys at CSI playing D&D.

   Let’s have Billy Graham describe all five colors of the mana God sent Moses.

   (O.k. That might be pushing it a bit too far.)

   Until the public associates gamers with sane,savvy and scintillating folks as much as they do misfits,our hobby will
   be at a disadvantage.

   If famous people can proselytize for bland or harmful things,
   why not endorse some positive things they actually do enjoy?
4. Dale C T says:

   June 28, 2007 at 11:03 pm

   I understand that Samual L Jackson is quite a geek and is more than likely a gamer.
5. Adam Edwards says:

   August 14, 2007 at 10:37 am

   Chris Bonnington, British Everest climber and explorer is an avid wargamer – cited in a Radio times Interview about ten years ago.
6. Matt Forbeck says:

   August 14, 2007 at 10:48 am

   Thanks, Adam!
7. ChuckJustice says:

   September 4, 2007 at 10:35 pm

   I saw Trent Reznor at Gen Con, walking around with a players badge, doing regular con stuff. It was a few years back, I think it was the first Gen Con in Indy.

   He wasn’t a “Media Guest of Honor” so I can only assume he was there as a gamer.

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9. Dave Vasquez says:

   May 30, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   Slipknot’s first album has a ton of references to Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
10. Matt Forbeck says:

    May 30, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Very cool, Dave. Thanks!
11. Sylahmoon says:

    October 25, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    I’d like to see Vin Diesel and Quentin Tarantino interviewed. This way we get the best of both types of gamers at the same time.
12. WJWalton says:

    February 24, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I just found this in USAToday – from a piece on tattoos of NBA players:

    “The Spurs’ Tim Duncan can hurt you on the court — and in the Forbidden Forest. He likes playing Dungeons & Dragons so much, he got a tattoo of the wizard Merlin on his chest.” – http://www.usaweekend.com/09_issues/090208/090208sports-tattoos.html

    Not sure if the D&D part is true, though. Sports writers still take potshots at gamers whenever they can. But I’m looking into it.
13. WJWalton says:

    February 26, 2009 at 8:21 am

    Tim Duncan’s Wikipedia entry seems to confirm it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Duncan
14. Matt Forbeck says:

    February 26, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Thanks!
15. WJWalton says:

    August 16, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    New one for you – Georgian Supreme Court Justice David Nahimas – http://www.ajc.com/news/new-georgia-supreme-court-116310.html

    He seems to be in a stage of geek denial, however – “Nahmias was also a great fan of that classic late ’70s/early ’80s pastime of geeky young men everywhere — Dungeons and Dragons. (When asked about it, Nahmias’ replied, “Yeah, but I did also play on the varsity soccer team.”)”
16. WJWalton says:

    August 19, 2009 at 9:59 am

    And another – filmmaker Paul Weitz (American Pie, and the upcoming Cirque du Freak movie).

    “You know, I’ve worked on movies in the past that are based on books and I usually say…we’re shooting the script. We’re not shooting the book. But I felt like, well, I was a big Tolkein fan as a kid, and I played Dungeons and Dragons, and I know how important the screen adaptations of those were to me when I was a kid…”

    http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/on-the-set-of-cirque-du-freak-the-vampires-assistant
    http://movies.ign.com/articles/101/1014634p1.html
17. Dog Breeders says:

    May 19, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    I like that I think it must help every man