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Goodfellas Inspiration Rates Gangster Games

Posted by simoniker on from the only-in-wacky-videogame-publishing-world dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an EGM/Gamers.com article interviewing old-time real-life gangster, Henry Hill, the inspiration for Goodfellas, and letting him playtest the current crop of 'bad guy' videogames. Although not too well-versed on games, he makes some good points with regard to The Getaway ("There's too much traffic. This is like the freeway - why would I wanna do that at home?") and then gets addicted to Animal Crossing, a surprise bonus playtest choice ("I'm not renting this! I'd be too ashamed... I gotta take this home.")

18 comments

  1. Family by Iammadmak · · Score: 2, Funny

    "HH: This animal thing here, this is the longest I've ever been attached to a game. Julian, I could play this with your mother. Give us something in common. Besides sex."

    Nintendo yet again brings the family together...

    1. Re:Family by Picass0 · · Score: 1


      Hey Henry!

      Have you played "Atari" today?

      Wink wink nudge nudge say no more!

  2. I am Worried by Mike+Mentalist · · Score: 1

    Right, so a gangster bloke doesnt like the more violent game but likes Animal Crossing.

    Me, your average IT spod, hates Animal Crossing but prefers the more 'wholesome' games.

    So what does that say about me? That I am going to end up working in a flower shop?

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    1. Re:I am Worried by amuro98 · · Score: 1

      I wouldn't be worried.

      Video games are about escapism.

      Think about it, if you've spent a large chunk of your life being a mobster, why would you want to play a video game about that?

      You think war vets like to play wargames?

    2. Re:I am Worried by ameoba · · Score: 1

      You must admit that this is an excellent annecdote to pull up next time some overly-concerned citizens' group starts spouting off about violent video games making kids violent. It doesn't prove a damned thing, but it'd hold as much water as most of their arguments.

      Maybe if we're lucky, we could get them to have lame games outlawed...

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    3. Re:I am Worried by davidhan · · Score: 1

      You think war vets like to play wargames?

      My war vet father in law likes to watch war movies. I don't think he ever tried Counter Strike, but he did get addicted to the light-gun game Time Crisis on the Playstation.

  3. He's a fake!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Henry Hill was an errand boy at best. Many of events told in Goodfella's were actually "lifted" from the life events of gangsters he hung around with. He was debunked on Howard Stern a few years ago, when a real member of the mob called in.

    That said I'm posting AC

    1. Re:He's a fake!!! by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "debunked on Howard Stern"

      Excuse me for not being particulary swayed...

    2. Re:He's a fake!!! by Babbster · · Score: 1
      Not only "debunked on Howard Stern," but debunked on Howard Stern by a caller...a caller to Howard Stern...a caller who presumably listens to Howard Stern...Ouch.



      Imus rules! ;)

  4. So.. by dr+ttol · · Score: 1

    The big mob man likes to play little girly games..

  5. Hilarious! by Calmiche · · Score: 1

    LMAO! That is the most hilarious article I have read in year! I'm sitting here at work, trying to control my laughter, unsuccessfully. All my coworkers are looking at me like I'm crazy.

    Of course, most of them already assume that I am crazy.

    But man! That's good comedy.

    Calmiche,

    Calmiche,

  6. what the by randomdef · · Score: 1

    They invite a ganster on and then * his swears? what the ****, why did we get the TBS version of this article and not the real thing?

  7. Holy crap. by TakeMyName · · Score: 0

    I just close the windows media player window after finishing watching Goodfellas for the first time, open up my browser, and BAM, an article on Goodfellas! weird...

  8. next... by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 2, Insightful

    we should have a few sex offenders rate some hentai games.

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  9. Witness protection? by kurosawdust · · Score: 1
    I don't know anything that happened to this guy that wasn't covered in the Goodfellas movie, but if I recall correctly didn't he enter the witness protection program at the end? If so, wouldn't this be a tad dangerous? I'm not particularly astute at intelligence-gathering (nor particularly intelligent, for that matter), but I would bet that it would be relatively easy to poke around the staff of the magazine to find out information, find the guy, take care of him, and then drop by your mother's house to eat some food and talk about her painting where "you got one dog looking this way, the other dog's looking the other way, and you got this guy here sayin' 'whaddaya want from me?' "

    Oh, sorry. Got carried away. But seriously though, isn't he supposed to be in hiding?

    1. Re:Witness protection? by Hedonist123 · · Score: 3, Informative

      He entered the witness protection program, as per the movie, but came out not too long ago (a few years?). He said since pretty much everyone out for him is dead, he doesn't feel much of a threat towards him. I think he's even written a book. Cashing in on crime, God bless America. Hedonist123

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    2. Re:Witness protection? by incompetent_bitch · · Score: 1

      Still though, you think if you ratted out a bunch of mob bosses, SOMEBODY would remember and, you know, clip him, or something. Just to make a point of it. For some reason, I don't think the Italian mob is much for forgive and forget, just my thoughts though.

  10. Agreed... by nobodyman · · Score: 1


    It's nice to see that a murderous thug can market himself so successfully. I'm sure the families of his victims are happy.