{"id":4485,"date":"2015-07-13T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2021-09-17T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:14:37","slug":"8-celebrities-in-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/13\/8-celebrities-in-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"8 of the Best Celebrity Appearances in Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how much we deny it, people can\u2019t get enough of celebrities. There\u2019s something about a famous face that just gets people excited \u201d\u201c which probably explains some of these completely random celebrities in video games!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gp0vqhP9OG8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bruce Willis \u201d\u201c Apocalypse<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On the face of it, Bruce Willis\u2019 involvement in <em>Apocalypse <\/em>is fairly straightforward. He plays a scientist who has to shoot his way through the legions of Hell to stop his ex-colleague, a chap called the Reverend, from destroying the world with the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bruce wasn\u2019t always supposed to be the main character. He recorded his lines as a sidekick to the main character, and it was only long after Bruce had clocked off and taken all his lovely voiceover money to the bank that Neversoft decided to recast him as the hero.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Willis spends most of the game wisecracking to no-one and only has about 4 lines of dialogue. It makes poor Bruce seem slightly mad to be honest.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Neversoft later used the <em>Apocalypse<\/em> game engine to make <em>Tony Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater<\/em>, with Bruce Willis\u2019 character acting as a stand-in skater during early demos. Technically, Bruce Willis is responsible for the entire <em>Tony Hawk\u2019s <\/em>franchise!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Burt Reynolds \u201d\u201c Saints Row: The Third<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Saints Row: The Third <\/em>is crazy, but no-one could have foreseen that none other than Burt Reynolds would crop up as the fictional town of Steelport\u2019s mayor. But there he is, a vision in a white Stetson and a strong moustache (and with plenty of women, too).<\/p>\n<p>To make things even weirder, Reynolds enlists you to help him defeat a horde of zombies, which is hardly an offer you\u2019re going to turn down. Once you\u2019ve helped Burt beat his undead nemeses, he becomes your \u201d\u02dchomie\u2019 and sends a SWAT team to help you kill rival gangsters. Cheers, Burt!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUmfP6TIAKo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Michael Jackson \u201d\u201c Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The King of Pop appeared in quite a few games (including his own, the legendary <em>Moonwalker<\/em>) but none quite as inappropriate as the comedy boxing game <em>Ready to Rumble<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Decked out in various costumes from his career, it turns out that Jacko packs quite a mean left hook. Who\u2019d have guessed it?<\/p>\n<p>If boxing as Jacko wasn\u2019t weird enough, you can also play as Bill and Hillary Clinton. Yep&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HprVBFYP70M\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Phil Collins \u201d\u201c GTA: Vice City Stories<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> series is packed with big names, but only one of them has actually appeared as themselves in a major plot line: Phil Flippin\u2019 Collins.<\/p>\n<p>Phil is on the run from assassins, who are after him due to money issues caused by his manager. Your mission is to protect Phil and get him to a concert in one piece. After surviving a hail of bullets and the company of Mr. Collins, you\u2019re \u201d\u02dcrewarded\u2019 with&#8230;an in-game performance of <em>In the Air Tonight. <\/em>Great!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oBSx5TAtCmA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Snoop Dogg \u201d\u201c True Crime: Streets of LA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>True Crime <\/em>is essentially <em>Grand Theft Auto<\/em> from the other side of the law. You roam the streets preventing crime rather than committing it.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also another key difference: Snoop Dogg. Snoop appears as a hidden character who helps you rid LA of crime, which is quite ironic given Snoop\u2019s *ahem* past and his suspiciously pimped out vehicle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As well as starring in the game, Snoop also contributed a song to the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UMYci2YT4tc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>JFK, Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro and Robert McNamara \u201d\u201c Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do ex-presidents count as celebrities? We\u2019re going to say yes, because this scenario from <em>Black Ops<\/em> is just too amazing to leave out.<\/p>\n<p>Picture the scene: 4 of the world\u2019s most powerful men are having an important meeting when a horde of zombies breaks in. Luckily, they\u2019re all pretty handy with a gun&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Fred Durst \u201d\u201c Fight Club<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>First things first: yes, there is a <em>Fight Club <\/em>game &#8211; and it\u2019s terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Howwever, there is one feature we&#8217;re sure a lot of people will enjoy: you can punch Fred Durst in the face repeatedly for as long as you like. He probably didn\u2019t think this one through&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yqshf1pkeM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Justin Bieber \u201d\u201c NBA 2K13<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You might wonder how Justin Bieber, who is quite short, would fare in a professional basketball game. The answer: he wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the makers of NBA 2K13 decided to make Bieber 7 inches taller and ramped his stats up so he\u2019s pretty much the best player in the game.<\/p>\n<p>While there have been other celebrities in NBA games, Biebs is undboutedly the most controversial; imagine EA Sports putting Joey Essex in <em>FIFA <\/em>and making him better than Lionel Messi and you\u2019ve pretty much got the levels of outrage Super Bieber caused.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Would you like to <a title=\"sell games\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/entertainment\/trade-in-games\/\">sell games<\/a>? Then click the button below and get an instant price!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how much we deny it, people can\u2019t get enough of celebrities. There\u2019s something about a famous face that just gets people excited \u201d\u201c which probably explains some of these completely random celebrities in video games! Bruce Willis \u201d\u201c Apocalypse On the face of it, Bruce Willis\u2019 involvement in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[1561,1585,1648],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13069,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions\/13069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}