Goodfellas Inspiration Rates Gangster Games

Posted by simoniker on Thursday June 12, 2003 @11:57AM 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.")

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He's a fake!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-12 12:19 · 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