Have you ever watched a film or television series and noticed actors playing video games, only to witness them having no idea what the fuck they’re doing?
Then you’re not alone. In fact, I swear I saw Russell Crowe playing Pikmin during Gladiator at some point whilst killing tigers and doing Joaquin a wrong one. No matter how experienced or talented an actor is, give them a controller to play with and direction from someone that doesn’t play games and you will end up with some of the weirdest hands movements ever.
Cultured Vultures inspects some of the worst culprits for faming (fake gaming).
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Excuse me, Mr. Soze. What the fuck are you doing.
House of Cards is a fantastic, truly groundbreaking show which should win all of the awards. But Spacey looks about as efficient as a eunuch in a penis contest when it comes to picking up the controller.
First off, he is wearing headphones, presumably to hide how rubbish he is at Killzone from his horrible wife. As soon as the coast is clear, he instantly starts trying to fingerbang the game into nothingness in one of his most charismatic performances to date.
Michael Cera – Superbad
Ah, Mikey.
Not sure what’s worse here. Either the fact that the young Cera is playing The Getaway: Black Monday or that he is touching the controller like he probably touches a lady’s bosom. It’s so, so weird, Cera looks like he would play his fair share of video games and even starred in the retro gaming inspired Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
Instead of shooting yardies as it looks like on-screen, Cera is in fact running around upside down, according to his hand antics. He also proceeds to squeeze the controller for whatever reason and it is quintessential faming.
Seth Rogen & Paul Rudd – The 40 Year Old Virgin
You know how I know you don’t play?
The absolute anorak qualities of my personality shone through when watching this hilarious scene after I noticed that both these comedy heroes do not have a clue.
For starters, Rudd’s controller is almost in his armpit and Rogen’s is being played like a piano vagina. There’s literally no sense to any of it but then again, it can’t help that they’re using N64 controllers for a Mortal Kombat game from the Playstation 2 era. Don’t smoke weed as it will make you do weird things with games and enhance your faming prowess, for sure.
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