Mila Kunis quits WoW, breaks nerd hearts everywhere
Mila Kunis, who got her breakthrough role playing air-headed Jackie on That 70's Show, was always one of the more famous people playing our favorite game. Ukraine-born Kunis was interviewed by Complex magazine a while back and she revealed a surprisingly pleasant grasp of the game, which she plays with her long-time boyfriend Macaulay Culkin (yeah, that kid from Home Alone. He's all grown up now, sorry, guys.). This won the approval of nerds everywhere -- that includes me -- because a hot babe playing a video game always gets a thumbs up.
In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kunis promotes her new movie, the video-game inspired Max Payne, and talks about having had to quit the game "for good, going on a year now." Confusingly, however, the actress continues to talk about "the game" in the present tense, talking about being in two guilds, getting recognized through in-game voice chat, and how she plays a kickass Alliance Mage. It's an interesting and funny interview where she also hints at keeping tabs on the expansion's new 10-man raids as well as confesses to sucking at shoot-em ups. For someone who hasn't played the game for about a year, she sure does give it a lot of love, saying that "it's such a good game" and that she "loves it so much." Maybe when Wrath comes out she'll rethink that hiatus from the game, eh?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Siona Oct 19th 2008 1:42PM
NOOOOOO, MILA.
The way she talks in present tense, though, makes me wonder if she's just saying she's not in it so the Hollywood social scene won't go "HOMG, EW, NERDZ" at her.
Ametrine Oct 19th 2008 2:03PM
Probably, yeah.
Then again, when you have guys like Vin Diesel being longtime D&D players (he even wrote the intro for the 30th Anniversary retrospective book), it seems the stereotype of gaming nerds being lonely, fat, basement-dwelling losers is being swiftly demolished.
Tygrion Oct 21st 2008 9:47AM
no no, she really did *quit* - she only raids 3 nights a week now ^^
wooot Oct 19th 2008 1:49PM
skeet skeet
Anewkeitaro Oct 19th 2008 1:50PM
Oh my god... this is exactly what I pictured it as.
There has GOT to be a way to explain WoW to people. Maybe with a short story.
Shuffle Oct 19th 2008 1:51PM
She will come back..
They always do :x
Azurii Oct 19th 2008 5:59PM
That was amazing and I know exactly what you mean! lol
Core Oct 19th 2008 1:53PM
Makes me laugh when he's talking about guilds in Max pain and she just laughs in a way like she's thinking "you're such a noob, jimmy, such a noob."
monkeystick Oct 19th 2008 2:04PM
She'll be back.. they always come back.
icer Oct 19th 2008 2:12PM
what other celebrities play wow?
Dightkuz Oct 19th 2008 2:25PM
Google told me that it wants to help you with that question.
Steve Oct 19th 2008 2:21PM
And suddenly I dislike Jimmy Kimmel a little.
Ilnara Oct 19th 2008 2:34PM
She's in a movie based on a video game made by another company, she's probably contractually obligated to distance herself from WoW while she's promoting Max. The comment about "Sucking at shoot'em ups" and the present tense descriptions of WoW belie this IMHO. They of course were hoping that she'd like their Game, and that they could garner that 'nerd love' factor for their marketing. Looks like Mila is still towing the WoW line though. :) Good girl!
Angel Oct 19th 2008 2:54PM
lol thats going a bit to far into analysing it ;))!
But i never knew she played in the first place :))!
Good for her!
Kinsey Oct 20th 2008 10:42AM
I highly doubt that since Mark Wahlberg himself admitted hes never played Max Payne and never will in an interview.
Yeng Oct 20th 2008 12:03PM
The ones making the movie probably have absolutely nothing to do with the game. They likely just bought the rights to it just like all these other game-to-movie deals (most of which suck btw). Max Payne looks like it might have some potential, but thats just from the trailers which can be misleading.
Vinicius O. E. Oct 19th 2008 2:46PM
Another hottie that plays World of Warcraft, Kate from Kate's Playground: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENcSBiZKGls
Oh Kate, marry me!!!! =D
Kassu Oct 19th 2008 2:49PM
Wtf are "First shoot em ups" ?
Keyra Oct 19th 2008 3:04PM
Games in the first person (meaning you are looking through the character's eyes) where your object is to blow away the bad guys with Lots-O-Firepower™ - think "Doom" or "Duke Nukem".
Conversely, WoW is a third-person game but can be zoomed in to first-person viewpoint.
Discograndpa Oct 19th 2008 3:04PM
Halo.