New James Bond is a gamer

by Justin McElroy { Nov 5th 2007 at 5:55PM }

If you wondered why Casino Royale's James Bond looked so incredibly ~~sexy~~ natural with a gun in his hand, there's a simple explanation: He'd already honed his shooting skills against the Covenant. In a recent interview, new 007 Daniel Craig admitted that he liked the occasional video game between his shaken martinis and seductions. "I play games. Hands up," he said. "I'm quite into ones that have a big fat story line."

Even though he may know his right trigger from his left bumper, he's not exactly plastered to his couch. "It's just as well I don't have much spare time or I would probably fritter it away playing computer games," he said. No hard feelings, Dan. If we could take game breaks to be strikingly handsome and British, we totally would.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Nov 5th 2007 6:01PM

big fat stoory lines.. does that include Half life =D ?

ukickmydog (NDF - Earth) @ Nov 5th 2007 7:31PM

probably bioshock too

Joe @ Nov 6th 2007 2:15AM

I'm pretty sure he means 'phat'. An understandable mistake on the reporter's behalf.

t_m @ Nov 6th 2007 11:21PM

it certainly doesn't mean halo or the covenant!

Crosswayboy @ Nov 5th 2007 6:04PM

It's official: Daniel Craig loves himself some Oblivion!

Sean @ Nov 5th 2007 6:04PM

Sean Connery materialized the first video games with his mind.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 5th 2007 6:23PM

No, it was Chuck Norris' left leg, his right leg created consoles.

vidGuy @ Nov 5th 2007 6:06PM

Are you sure that's the end of the quote? By the level of Sony product placement that was in that movie, I'd expect something more along the lines of "Every James Bond needs his mighty PLAYSTATION3".

James @ Nov 5th 2007 6:26PM

I'm surprised Sony wasn't plastered on the guns too.
It made me not like the film.

Doesn't help that the film itself was broke.

NATO_Duke @ Nov 5th 2007 6:12PM

Best Bond since Sean Connery!

gonk @ Nov 5th 2007 6:23PM

too bad the new movie's script wasn't very good. the book was better (yes i know i'm captain obvious)

LaughingTarget @ Nov 5th 2007 6:36PM

No, you're gonk. ;)

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 6th 2007 2:00AM

Connery>Brosnan>Moore>Dalton>Craig>Lazenby.

But that's not an insult. I actually like all of them except for Lazenby.

Korova @ Nov 6th 2007 7:19AM

I thought this was a great bond film. I am so releaved they got away from a dead formula.

Sean Connery is still the mackingest individual bond. Who can top "Well, hello Pusshy!?"

NATO_Duke @ Nov 6th 2007 10:21AM

Though I agree the movie's script was lacking, I thought he was a more interesting Bond than we have been given in the last few incarnations.

XanthouS @ Nov 5th 2007 6:30PM

If he's into a "big fat story line", surely he hasn't "honed his shooting skills against the Covenant".

Big Ed @ Nov 5th 2007 6:36PM

Actually, the Halo universe has a quite expansive backstory to it and offers an abundance of information for those who look into it. Post your hate elsewhere troll.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 5th 2007 6:37PM

Lots of games have extensive backstories but little to no in-game development.

Psaakyrn @ Nov 5th 2007 7:20PM

Sort of like Star Wars: Pod Racer?

(Frankly though, Halo's problem was never the storyline, it's more about the level design. Copy-pasting to make levels larger is marginally worse than random battles every 5 steps in my list of worst methods to artificially lengthen game time)

gonk @ Nov 5th 2007 9:06PM

yeah, but the multiplayer in halo3 is pretty darn good. I like the items, and the controls are as good as a console shooter could probably ever get

A @ Nov 5th 2007 9:17PM

Agreed- I don't care how 'complicated' the Halo backstory is- it's silly drivel. The first time an alien ran away screaming in high pitched english, I literally nearly fell off my chair laughing AT the game. I never expected anything that stupid. Since then, the games have provided plenty of other 'just how dumb are writers?' moments.

Halo's story is a joke and you're not a troll for thinking so. At least the multiplayer is fun.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 5th 2007 10:15PM

ummm what do the grunts have anything to do with the actual plot? And I completely disagree with you, Halo story line is pretty damn good. And you defiantly appreciate it more if you read the books and comics. Sure it doesn't have the best plot in the world, but it's still highly enjoyable.

XanthouS @ Nov 5th 2007 10:43PM

The story states that Craig is "quite into ones that have a big fat story line".

Why would the article's author assume he plays a game whose biggest negative is it's sub-par story and lack of character development? Wouldn't a Half-Life or Bioshock reference be more appropriate?

The "He'd already honed his shooting skills against the Covenant" comment seemed a bit out of place to me.

Lekko @ Nov 6th 2007 1:31AM

In order to get any real story or plot out of Halo, you kinda have to read the books and such, since they forgot to put any real plot into the games themselves.

t_m @ Nov 6th 2007 11:26PM

Its weird how halo fans always defend the games by pointing out that the books have a great plot.

Why they decided not to explain any of this great plot in the actually games is beyond me.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 7th 2007 12:23AM

maybe it's because no matter how hard we try to explain it, you're not really going to care and you're going to continue hating on Halo 3.

carg0 @ Nov 5th 2007 7:05PM

(laughing)

someone's got a hard on for Craig. i thought this author's name was Justin, not Justine.

BlackTye @ Nov 5th 2007 7:12PM

I thought Craig was a great Bond. In my opinion, Casino Royale was one of the better Bonds.

[Especially compared to Die Another Day]

James @ Nov 5th 2007 7:39PM

Bond died during Goldeneye.

gonk @ Nov 5th 2007 8:20PM

twine was decent

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 5th 2007 10:16PM

agreed. I liked the more realistic bond than the campy science fiction bond.

ogvor @ Nov 5th 2007 11:34PM

Die Another Day was possibly the worse Bond ever(and I've seen all of them but Live and Let Die) I heard that Pierce Brosnan wanted to make another big exlosion spectacular, but moving to Daniel Craig gave them the reason to "refresh" the series so I'm glad they did.

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 6th 2007 2:14AM

Oh heavens no ogvor! Brosnan's contract was up, and he said he didn't care if they brought him back or not, because he was sick of just having sex, delivering one-liners, and dodging explosions. He wanted a big fat plot, like the old classics, and even said his favorite was From Russia With Love!

The producers were actually trying to get a younger American actor to play Bond, (they seriously considered Heath Ledger) and they wanted the next movie to take place in America, and there were some big arguments about whether they should make the series more American or keep it "international." I was ready to give up on the series entirely after the clusterfuck that was Die Another Day's plot and "editing." I have no idea how they pulled their heads out of their asses and actually made a decent relaunching of the series. Now I'm finally looking forward to a sequel again.

Neebs @ Nov 5th 2007 8:28PM

Based on the title, I was expecting it to be that the new Bond films would feature Bond on a PS3 playing Heavenly Sword.

fester @ Nov 5th 2007 9:24PM

Betcha Dan couldn't even see over the dashboard when Goldeneye came out....just kidding, Dan! lol lol

ogvor @ Nov 5th 2007 11:26PM

If Casino Royale didn't already proove it, Daniel Craig is the best Bond, it's now official.

WiNG @ Nov 6th 2007 12:05AM

Casino Royale was good until it was 20 minutes of romantic music and panning of gorgeous euro vistas.

Seriously, wtf.

Goldeneye is still IMO the best Bond, and I have seen all but maybe 2 of them.

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 6th 2007 2:19AM

Although I really like GoldenEye, to me it was a fairly weak relaunching of the series, which died when they ran out of ideas from Ian Fleming's unfinished stories and had to start writing on their own. I think they got more back on track with Tomorrow Never Dies, but then went batshit crazy with the mess of Die Another Day.

gonk @ Nov 6th 2007 3:16AM

tomorrow never dies was just a rehash of the spy who loved me, which, while good, was a rehash of you only live twice

read the book for you only live twice, blofeld was psycho in it, walking around in a suit of armor and shit. I loved those books

Zorink @ Nov 6th 2007 1:55PM

GoldenEye is also the best FPS, coincidence?

BlackTye @ Nov 6th 2007 1:15AM

I still stand by this. Best Bond: From Russia With Love.

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 6th 2007 2:16AM

For me that's a close second. I still gotta give it to You Only Live Twice!

Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 6th 2007 2:20AM

Bond fans, list your top fives!

1) You Only Live Twice
2) From Russia With Love
3) The Spy Who Loved Me
4) Moonraker
5) Dr. No

BlackTye @ Nov 6th 2007 2:24AM

1. From Russia With Love
2. Dr. No ["Looking for shells?" "No. I'm just looking"]
3. Casino Royale
4. You Only Live Twice
5. Live and Let Die

divi @ Nov 6th 2007 1:17PM

You guys really didnt have a problem with Casino Royale? The man was a terrible Bond. First off, this guy is supposed to be the youngest James Bond in any of the movies, he looks like he's 40. And hes Blonde. Then the movie is set in our time so everyone is walking around with cell phones and seem more technologically advanced then Bond. And to top it off the man passes up some puss once he gets some info on her and she was begging for it. None of the other Bonds would of passed up some ho. I thought the movie was terrible I couldn't even finish it, thank god I got for free and didn't waste any money on it.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 7th 2007 12:25AM

That's possibly one of the dumbest reasons to not like Daniel Craig.

Because he doesn't think with his dick, he's the worst bond ever.

Seriously do all of us a favor and go outside and shoot yourself.

Jess Q. @ Nov 6th 2007 3:18PM

Whatever, I think that Daniel Craig was the best Bond. I liked that he wasn't a chauvinist. If you miss that about Bond, there are like 300 previous Bond movies for you to cry your shoulder on.

Also, whoever made it sound like you think Heath Ledger is American - He's Australian. But whoever thought of Americanizing James Bond is a dumbass. What would be the point? Us Americans cannot be suave. It isn't possible. At best we can be "cool." SOMETIMES.