Thursday, September 27, 2018

8-Bit History - Episode 5 - Robin Williams The Gamer!!!


Robin Williams The Gamer!!!

By: Jose R Cordero Ladner (Joey 6'1'')

Robin Williams was a great man and a very good actor. But despite the fact that he is known for all the movies and charitable events he was a part of, Robin Williams is also quite famous for the fact that he was one of the few actors which actually had a passion for video games.
In fact, Robin Williams considered himself to be a great gamer. He actually spent a lot of time playing video games. He was so esthetic about that to the point where he actually played a lot of Zelda and he even named his daughter Zelda. He admits that he ended up playing Legend of Zelda for hours upon hours, and that on its own offered him plenty of fun and allowed him to fight depression!
According to Robin Williams, he also liked Mario a lot. In fact, he did want to call his son Mario or Luigi, yet another thing that people just don’t know about the fabled actor. It’s safe to say that Robin Williams was and still is a very important person in the acting world.

Ever since he passed away, a lot of people wanted to remove the fact that he was indeed a great man and his work has constantly showed us that. But the fact that he continually played video games to have fun and fight depression is nothing short of amazing. It clearly shows that everyone, including people that don’t really like video games in general will end up having plenty of fun with them!

But Robin Williams wasn’t like that at all. He adored video games and he liked the idea of playing them a lot. In fact, video games were his life when he was a bit younger and as he got better and better at acting, he worked extremely hard to figure out a way to balance gaming and acting as well.

He was particularly a fan of Zelda at first. But he did realize that there are lots of great games that he should try. And this is why Robin Williams wanted to focus on some other types of games.

This is how he got into World of Warcraft. According to many interviews, Robin Williams considered the game to be very addicting and just a ton of fun. It’s easy to see why he would think something like that. The game was and still is very fun and it did receive numerous upgrades all the time. However, Robin liked the interaction between people and the fact that the gameplay was always unique and diverse.

This is pretty hard to find in the gaming world, especially for an MMO. But Robin Williams also enjoyed playing puzzle games like Portal. He particularly found them revolutionary and very good to keep a true focus on your mind’s capabilities. He liked playing these with other people, and that’s what made Portal one of his favorites. As we all know, Portal was and still is a revolutionary game in this perspective and one that did end up with quite the interesting gameplay and unique ideas to say the least.

Moreover, Robin Williams also liked Half Life. He was a fan of the story and setting, which is exactly what he wanted in his games. But that wasn’t the only shooter he enjoyed. During an interview, Robin Williams shows that he actually believes Call of Duty is Cyber Cocaine. Why is that? Because the game is too addicting and it makes you play again and again all the time. That’s exactly what happened here and in the end that was quite impressive to be honest.

Knowing Robin Williams, you will most likely see him as a family guy. Yes, he really was one and he focused a lot on spending a lot of time with his kids. This is how he actually managed to shared his passion for gaming with his daughter and son as well. He was very competitive and he always wanted to find some new, creative ideas and projects to focus on. That’s what really shined and it brought that sense of perspective into the mix for him.

It seems that Robin Williams was particularly into military games. He liked Battlefield a lot and he always tried to play some of the newest shooters. He liked that sense of action, the intense gameplay and the unique arsenal that gamers had in the game. He also focused on finding a new set of tools that would allow him to play better and faster. It’s clear to see here that Robin Williams was not only a great person, but also an avid gamer.

He was a very avid gamer and he inspired a lot of people to start playing games. His time with Zelda and World of Warcraft was amazing and he always talked about games with a lot of love. They did help him go through plenty of dark times and they really showed him the way towards a better and more enticing life as a whole.

It’s safe to say that Robin Williams was very important for the WoW community as well. They actually created a funeral in the game after he died, a testament to what he meant for the community and how important the community was for him to begin with.

Being dedicated to games as a celebrity can be quite interesting. More and more celebrities like Robert Kazinsky for example talk about their addiction to games like World of Warcraft, but there are still many of them that do play games despite not admitting that. One thing is certain here, Robin Williams was and still is an icon for the movie industry and he still is one of the best gamer celebrities out there. It’s definitely an amazing thing to have such a major actor in the gaming world. At the end of the day, he was and he will always be an icon, so we are definitely glad to welcome people like him in the gaming industry.

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