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The First Virtual Bond Girl?

Posted by simoniker on from the pixels-galore dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out this press release from Yahoo via Businesswire, stating that actress Shannon Elizabeth will star as "the first original interactive Bond girl to be cast, Serena St. Germaine", in EA's forthcoming James Bond 007:Everything or Nothing game. Now actors are being signed specifically for games (Jean Reno for Onimusha 3, even Bruce Willis for Apocalypse a couple of years back), where will it all end? And what actor/game combination are you secretly yearning for?

65 comments

  1. It's A Me... (For Mario) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Gilbert Godfreed!

    (Let the tomato throwing begin)

    *ducks*

  2. Gang-Star by Evanrude · · Score: 1

    I'm anxious to see a gang fight simulator with all the big names - 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, and Notorious B.I.G.

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    ~.Evanrude
    1. Re:Gang-Star by Babbster · · Score: 1

      Better yet, how about an RTS where you can control the east coast, west coast or Detroit rappers? The primary activity would be attempting to gain control of key radio stations in order to spread your particular sound. One group could specialize in street fighting, another could have litigation units and a third could have wicked PR flacks. The latter two could handle actual fighting by hiring bodyguards or having solid police relations. I'd buy that for the dollar.

    2. Re:Gang-Star by evilquaker · · Score: 2, Funny
      I hope The Hawkman is in there somewhere (even as an easter egg...).

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    3. Re:Gang-Star by NeuroKoan · · Score: 1

      Well, it doesn't have 2Pac, Snoop or Biggie, but Def Jam Vendetta has other big names from the Def Jam lineup.

      Or what about Wu-Tang Shaolin Style. Not specific to gang wars, but it does have Wu-Tang members fighting each other. Also, Method Man wields a big fucking hammer in this game. Crappy fighting game, but loads of fun on drunken nights.

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  3. Rappers get shot, holmes! by GoRK · · Score: 0

    Aren't those guys all dead now?

  4. How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Marlon Brando and Starcraft II?

    1. Re:How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Marlon Brando and Starcraft II?

      He could be his own planet!

    2. Re:how about... by red5 · · Score: 1

      ...Angelina Jolie in a Tomb Raider game? On second thought, that probably wouldn't work out.

      Yeah it would. It's not like she'd have to get married to the game or anything.

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  5. Darn by PaddyM · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought this meant that in the next Bond movie, the girl would be CG. That would definitely be worth mentioning, as opposed to the actual subject, of which, I don't really care.

    1. Re:Darn by bobm17ch · · Score: 1

      In order to keep up with the times, they'd have to employ the technology used in the new matrix flick, and creat a scene where JB saves the world by shagging a whole load of cloned evil hotties piled 10 deep on top of him.

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  6. South Park? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What about having good ol' Bill Gates as Satan in the next South Park game?

    Hang on, he should be Saddam - f@cking Satan in the ass

  7. Who needs to pay for advertising! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is a PRESS RELEASE people, it came straight from the EA marketing drones.

    And here you are, promoting it on your site. It's free advertising for EA, a vicious game company who buys companies, lays off huge numbers of staff people, forces their workers to work insane 60-70 hour workweeks (A friend of mine there was pregnant a while ago, they made her work 60 hours the week she went into labor!).

    And free advertising for Shannon Elizabeth, a cute but otherwise unremarkable actor.

  8. I know what I'm waiting for by HunterZero · · Score: 4, Funny

    Arnold Schwarzenegger in the video game remake of... Kindergarden Cop!
    "STOP WHINING!"
    Watch as you control the hulking man run through tiny classrooms and shout various random statements at little children! Marvel as they react to your actions by the patented "cry-meter"!

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    1. Re:I know what I'm waiting for by Terminal+Saint · · Score: 1

      IT'S NADDA TOOMAH!

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      It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
    2. Re:I know what I'm waiting for by Ochobee · · Score: 1

      I picture it as a Duke Nuke'em type FPS.Maybe after a bad guy is taken out we can get a "WHO IS YOUR DADDY, AND WHAT DOES HE DO?"

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    3. Re:I know what I'm waiting for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Duke Nuke'em was a great. It would be cool if they made a sequel to it.

  9. Great mentally shot for 30 minutes... by ComputerSlicer23 · · Score: 1
    Uhhh, please don't use Shannon Elizabeth's name in the same sentence you use the word Bond. It creates a mental image that incapacitates me from any productive mental thoughts. Sorry, for the next half hour all I'm going to be able to ponder is Shannon Elizabeth and Bondage... :-)

    They are nice thoughts, but I've really got work I need to get done.... (So why the heck am I reading slashdot...).

    Kirby

  10. ... fighting game coming out by Synic · · Score: 1

    ... starring none other than Jet Li, mo-capped moves from a real martial arts choreographer and his face and everything...

    1. Re:... fighting game coming out by dsyu · · Score: 1

      Already done. Actually, there's probably more recent info on this via E3 as well. Granted this is more of an "action" game than a fighter...

  11. van damne, aaaaahnold, segal, stallone by eamonman · · Score: 1

    URBAN GAUNTLET

    This time, you aren't fighting to escape a dungeon, you're trying to get to the boss who killed your friend, kidnapped your daughter, polluted your lands (and killed another one of your friends), and finally, kept you in a POW cell for a long long time.

    Featuring over 10 seconds of voiceovers!

    Fight your way thorough endless enemies, while you never actually die.

    Featuring red, green, yellow and blue colors (and the one warrior class)

    Unlockable characters include: Dolph, Mr. T, Bolo, Apollo Creed, and of course Richard Dawson. ... Or not ;)

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  12. Actors and games don't seem to mix by MalachiConstant · · Score: 1

    I've been rather unimpressed with any kind of acting in games. Remember James Earl Jones in Command & Conquer? It was embarassing to watch. Then again, the C&C cut-scenes are in need of competent writers. Go pick up an old copy of Dune 2000 and you can see just how lame the Dune story can be.

    But there's a difference between selling your likeness and maybe a little voice work as opposed to actually acting in a video game. I don't think any actors take that medium very seriously. And the ones that do aren't any good. Would the story in Starcraft have seemed as cool if it was Kerrigan was played by a big-breasted, no talent babe with rubber tentacles on her head?

    I personally don't see the appeal of a game with a 3D likeness of a famous actor. The Matrix game sounds neat, but getting to play as Keanu "Whoa" Reeves wouldn't entice me to buy the game. Neither would looking at a lo-poly model of a beautiful actress.

    1. Re:Actors and games don't seem to mix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OT: but great username. I just have to commend you on it. I used to go by the name "Constant" for years until everyone kept asking me why I used such a lame CS term for an online nick. Sigh, people don't read enough Vonnegut these days.

    2. Re:Actors and games don't seem to mix by Babbster · · Score: 1
      Neither would looking at a lo-poly model of a beautiful actress.

      So a hi-poly model of a beautiful actress WOULD get you to buy a game? Please don't spread that around too much - graphical capability already has too much power in the gaming market.

    3. Re:Actors and games don't seem to mix by actor_au · · Score: 1

      As a point of information, you don't play as Neo or Trinity of Morpheus in the Matrix Game.

      You play Niobe or Ghost, two minor charecters with a decent backstory(at least according to some reviews).

      You are right about the movie/tv industry not respecting gaming as a medium.

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  13. well by toddhunter · · Score: 1

    DOA Beach Volleyball 2 has ALL sorts or possiblities for me.

  14. Playboy for the articles by dsb · · Score: 1

    but I'm waiting for Jenna Jameson for action!

  15. Talk Show Sim by otter77 · · Score: 1

    I want a talk show simulator starring Conan O'Brien.

    Seriously tho, the only time I thought a celeb would help a game is in the case of iconic characters. I always wished the old Indiana Jones adventure games had Harrison Ford doing the voice-over.

    1. Re:Talk Show Sim by tchapin · · Score: 1

      While I was disapointed about that as well, the actor who they've used for the past few games is pretty darn good. While his voice isn't the same as Harrison Ford's, they put a lot of the wryness and vocal inflections that Mr Ford had.

      Todd

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  16. Who was the first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I've been waiting a long time for the return of Mark Hamill & the Wing Commander series

  17. GTA: Vice City by Reverend+Raven · · Score: 3, Informative

    Vice City had a number of known actors doing voice work. Ray Liotta, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Burt Reynolds, Gary Busey, Lee Majors, Fairuza Balk and others. I was really suprised when they didn't promote any of the celebrity voice actors.

    And as far as voice actors go, David Hayter smokes everyone away. Let's just hope that his success at being a writer (X-Men, X2, Hulk) doesn't mean he won't voice everyone's favorite neck-snapping badass.

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    1. Re:GTA: Vice City by Ochobee · · Score: 1

      Actually I think it's a good thing that the actors weren't more heavily promoted/featured in GTA:VC. Rather than think, "That's Tom Sizemore", you just get great character. Maybe by not making the stars a big part of the package, it loosened them up enough to just do a quality job on the voices...

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      Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -Plato
  18. how about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...Angelina Jolie in a Tomb Raider game? On second thought, that probably wouldn't work out.

  19. Industry breeding superficiality... by neostorm · · Score: 1

    I personally don't agree with the direction that developers are taking by incorporating real life personalities with interactive media. It creates another reason for design to be lacking with the typical EA/Marketing "don't worry, the name will sell" excuse. This trend will surely catch on, and in two-to-five years leave us with a majority of titles that have no real content, but scantily clad star personalities infesting all the potentially good titles.

    Even virtual personalities detract from the experience when they're pushed over the top. (Lara Croft)

  20. Serena St. Germaine?? by Ochobee · · Score: 1

    What kind of name is Serena St. Germaine for a Bond girl? Whatever happened to the classic, not-quite-dirty-but-almost names of yesteryear like: Plenty O'TooleHoney RiderHolly GoodheadAnd my favorite: Pussy GaloreAh, the memories...

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    Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -Plato
    1. Re:Serena St. Germaine?? by torpor · · Score: 1

      Ummm... "Serena St. Germaine" is a porno name if ever there was one.

      Surely you should know that, being a /.'er and all...

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    2. Re:Serena St. Germaine?? by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 1

      Serena Singe yer mane?

    3. Re:Serena St. Germaine?? by Smellz · · Score: 0

      what about good ol' Chu Mi?

  21. How come... by Kopretinka · · Score: 1

    Has nobody really thought of Natalie Portman in Strip Poker? 8-)

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  22. You sick puppy... by Goonie · · Score: 1
    Shannon Elizabeth...she of the worst faux-generic-Eastern-European accent of all time.

    If you're going to fantasise about American Pie girls, could you at least have the decency to choose one could can sorta kinda act?

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    1. Re:You sick puppy... by lowmagnet · · Score: 1

      Mmmmm Alyson Hannigan.....

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    2. Re:You sick puppy... by maxume · · Score: 1

      Which one?

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    3. Re:You sick puppy... by ComputerSlicer23 · · Score: 1
      I'm not contemplating her because I think her accent was cool... :-)

      Kirby

  23. How did She beat out Aki Ross???? by infonography · · Score: 1

    Has good as it gets for Digital Dream Girls

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  24. Duck Hunt Post Episode One by aztektum · · Score: 1

    Now "starring" Jar Jar Binks...

    I'm sure there will be a few of these.

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  25. Or... by cantino · · Score: 0

    Bruce Willis, what we need is Wesley Willis...

  26. Bruce Campbell.... by bobm17ch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Has to be Bruce Campbell in Duke Nukem Forever. (They`ll have to hurry up and mocap his ass, coz we`ll all be dead by the time the game sees daylight...)

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  27. nethack-dept. by Scarblac · · Score: 1

    I want Sean Connery as the Wizard of Yendor!

    A real Scottish, Real Man @. A @ with character. I mean, that's exactly what the game needs, right?

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    1. Re:nethack-dept. by NonSequor · · Score: 1

      Some day I want to make a movie about Nethack. It'll follow the pursuits of all of the different characters through the dungeon, and ultimately we'll get to see a bunch of them fight over the amulet.

      I want to have a scene where the monk is getting beaten up pretty bad by one of the other adventurers, but then he pulls a ring and a potion out of his robe. He then uses them to polymorph into an iron golem. Combining his martial arts mastery and his fists of iron, he pummels his opponent.

      The mindflayers will have to be utterly terrifying. Somewhere I'll have someone scream "It's eating my fucking brain!"

      In the end, the bumbling tourist will get the amulet, but he'll just take it home as a souvenir.

      Now I just need to get the funding for this epic.

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  28. Err... ancient history? by swmccracken · · Score: 1

    That guy from Star Wars playing a slightly renegade coenel with an anti-authority streak in the Terran Confediation..

    And yeah.. Malcom Macdowell... and that guy from Back to The Future... and perhaps even that company that did the Muppets to do some puppeteering..

    Perhaps.. even... Part of the famous Wing Commander Series?

    Oh ...

    wait...

    ummm...

  29. Star as myself by jjshoe · · Score: 1

    I wish to star as myself with Angelia Jolie fighting to get out of a hottub full of warm jello!

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  30. Liz Hurley by frenchgates · · Score: 1

    MacPlaymate 2
    or
    Virtual Valerie 2003

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  31. Evil Dead by lechuck80 · · Score: 1
    Bruce Campbell in the evil dead game, was another example... while everything about the game was horribly designed, it was worth buying cuz of the sound bites... ok, maybe it wasn't.

    I personally think that inserting actors into game's is a bad idea. I perfer voice-overs.

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  32. Duke Nukem by d4Rk$gR33n · · Score: 1

    I've always felt that if a feature film based on the very popular 3D FPS Duke Nukem were to ever be produced, none other than Bruce Campbell should play the role as Duke. http://www.bruce-campbell.com/

  33. Allison Hannigan by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 1

    ...in:My Pants...*ahem* ignore that... I sometimes fantasise about a game of Doom where all the monsters have the face of John Leguizamo...

    1. Re:Allison Hannigan by NonSequor · · Score: 1

      When was the last time John Leguizamo did anything? You should focus your loathing on a more visible target, such as Adam Sandler.

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  34. What actor/game combo do I want? by tuxedobob · · Score: 1

    Pretty much any 5 (or more) sexy actresses in a live-action Sailor Moon game. Not sure how it would play.

    Don't let the Sailor Moon purists know I said that, though!

  35. Let's not forget... by BLiP2 · · Score: 1

    the famous Bruce Campbell in Tachyon: The Fringe.

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  36. Cary Colman in Postal 2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    He was a little standoffish at first, but a couple of rounds later and that autograph was mine. That little fucker can really take a shotgun blast.

  37. Christopher Walken by astro128 · · Score: 1

    I'm telling his voice as a main character in a game, perticularly as a bad guy... it would be classic

  38. And what actor/game combination by nick_davison · · Score: 1

    "And what actor/game combination are you secretly yearning for?"

    Anthony Hopkins, reprising his role as Hannibal, in any Mary Kate And Ashley title.

  39. My picks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How about Jason Statham in a game based on 'Transporter'.
    kind of like GTA, except you would actually OWN a car. The setting would be France.

    Ok, how about anything with Lucy Liu? This one does not need to be based on a movie. Just have lucy in it.

  40. Okayokayokayokayokay.... by bobm17ch · · Score: 1

    Joe Pesci gets my vote for Postal 3. Do I AMUSE you? Take DAT you MODDAFOGGA! (I might even forgive him for that Leo Getz shit in the Lethal Weapon films... ;) )

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  41. Splinter Cell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    George Clooney was born for it.

  42. Serena St. Germaine pffft! by decipher_saint · · Score: 1

    What the heck kind of name for a "Bond" girl is Serena St. Germaine?

    It should be something like "Helen Back", "Connie Troller" or even "Jaqulene Auff" you know something with a high probability for humerous double-entendre!

    "Darling, you look like you just went through Hell... and back"

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