Eliza Dushku: Games 'acceptable and cool for grown ups'

by David Hinkle on Aug 4th 2009 7:00AM

BBC News caught up with Eliza Dushku recently, noted actress (uh, you've seen Bring it On, right?!) and voice of protagonist Rubi in the upcoming A2M-developed Wet. When it comes to games, she's apparently a fan and says they're a pretty acceptable form of entertainment (thanks!).

She says that games have "almost become acceptable and cool for grown ups -- not for people who are just in their teens." In fact, some of her own friends and colleagues used to be ashamed of their gaming, but now do so "loud and proud." In all fairness, though, most of her friends are Blinx: The Time Sweeper fans, so they probably should be ashamed.

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Tags: a2m, artificial-mind-and-movement, bethesda, Bethesda-Softworks, eliza-dushku, wet

Reader Comments (60)

Blinx!

Blinx?!?!

The should be ashamed. I'm embarrassed for them.

and it has nothing to do with the fact that for a big star a voice over job in a video game is easy money. No really, they do it because they love video games.

Dushku is probably mad crazy for Tetris.

Who isn't?

I wouldn't really call Dushku a "big star" though.

Almost!?

teehee a2m

All I care about is who's a 'core gamer in Hollywood..?

Robin Williams?

Shia. Duh.

Robin Williams? Whattt??

And I have a feeling Shia only plays Halo or COD:WaW and that's it.

When you look at celebs who say they play video games and those that are actually interested enough to go to E3 on their own dime ... you've got more chance of seeing Robin Williams lining up for a COD demo than anyone else.

Regarding Robin Williams, anyone who names his daughter after Princess Zelda qualifies as a core gamer in my book.

Yeah maybe you guys are right.. He was in Toys afterall. Haha

Steven Spielberg is a well known hardcore gamer.

but I bet even Spielberg still didn't buy ET the Game.

I don't need Eliza Dushku to validate the hobby I love.

i don't need van redd to validate the Eliza Dushku i love

Thats good because I am invalidating her as stated above, invalidating her and her parking!

funny, someone says something bad about games, people bitch about it. someone says something good about games, people bitch about it. interwebz gamerz are assholes.

I think it's because when someone say something like that just as they are doing a voice over role in a game it really comes off as pandering.

No, he's right. We're assholes.

this is how most video game related interviews go with actors who are being paid to be in them ...

So, how would you describe your involvement?
"I think video games are awesome. They are a new level in storytelling. An extension of the film genre. The people who work on them are amazingly talented."

What's you favorite video game?
"Pong."

I hope you're not talking shit about Bring It On, Joystiq.

that movie is a classic. Sparky Pilastri...haha...."PREPARE FOR WORLD DOMINATION!"

Like-totally-freak-me-out-I-mean-right-on!

I don't think the Stiq is making fun. They love Bring It On as much as we all do.

for shame dushku. Have you not seen the penn and teller episode reguarding violent video games?!

You couldn't use this as an excuse to put up a picture of Eliza Dushku? WTH?

Picture of Dushku cosplaying as Rubi?

I was thinking the same thing! I clicked the link hoping there was a sexy picture.

I guess that's a fail for me... the more I think about it the more pathetic I feel.

no, not a fail on your part. joystiq dropped the ball on this one.

I will add my voice to the cacophony of outrage over no hot pictures of Eliza Dushku. Never again!

Don't depend on just Joystiq. Feel free to, uhm, bing, Eliza anytime you want.

(bing makes a much better double entendre than google)

Well dur. Of course adults are playing Video games. Cos like they played them as teens when gaming started up. and there was that report about "once a gamer always a gamer"

But it's a cute time-traveling cat? What could go wrong?
*minutes later*
WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?
...
Oh look, a sequel!
*minutes later*
*gunshot*

Shame on you gamers who are criticising Eliza Dushku for simply speaking her mind. This is a beautiful, smart, talented girl whose work is pure geek fodder, and she's nice enough to say "Hey, games aren't for losers, they're for everyone!" and you guys can't just take it at face value.

Thank goodness. With Eliza's blessing, I can sleep soundly at night without the worry that every time I pick up a controller, I'm committing some sort of sin against humanity.....or Joss Whedon.

No one should ever sin against Joss Whedon, especially not after the 13th episode of Dollhouse.

@ jrmtz: Amen!

As far as writers go I think there’s very few that manage to become household names.... Tina Fey became a cultural icon during the election, Damon Lindelof happens to be the voice of Lost. So as far as writers go, Joss Whedon isn’t necessarily a household name but is, as far as writers go, very well known.

As far as Elisha Dushku goes I don’t think she’s all that big of an actress but I don’t think she’s obscure enough to make a crack about her being not famous.

As far as her comments go, I think it’s become well established that adults play video games.

Why are we making cracks about her being a "noted actress" when she's portrayed major characters on three of Joss Whedon's, arguably the most popular modern television writer, series?

no, he's not arguably the most popular writer. If he were, everything he made wouldnt get canceled, he's just the most popular writer for nerds

Do non-nerds even know the names of any tv writers though? I can't see there being a popular among non-nerds tv writer period.

Well, i'm sure it's pretty easy to identify the writers of plenty of shows, 30 Rock for example, it's been pretty heavily addressed that Tina Fey is also the writer.

Ah, I forgot about Tina Fey. I stand corrected.

yeah I never heard of joss whedon. but I can definitely name a few TV writers. And I'm def not a nerd.

Morgan and Wong, Chris Carter, Rob Thomas, Bryan Fuller, JJ Abrams, Tim Minear ... and that's just for the geek crowd.

David Simon, Tom Fontana, Steven Bochco, Stephen J Cannell, Donald P. Bellisario all created or wrote for more popular series than Whedon.

So Whedon can write a good show, but he's not more prolific than the usual crop of geek-aimed writers and nowhere near as successful as Bocho or any of the other prime time drama creators. Whedon has only made two shows that could even be considered ratings hits.

I wasn't saying his *series* were the most popular, just that personally as a writer he was, as most prime-time drama creators aren't actually personally well known.

But yeah. A few of those names still help to disprove my original claim.

it is surprising how well he is known considering how little he has actually done. If you look at his back catalog of major contributions, it's actually pretty small.

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