Could you imagine such a guy like Vin Diesel begging? You would think he would just flex his muscles and take a step forward and the Dev's would listen to him. Well it turned out that he begged for the team to incorporate multiplayer into the game late into production.

Speaking in a video interview with X-Play, Vin Diesel revealed how desperate he was for the inclusion of multiplayer. “We were well into production on the game and I begged for an online component for this,” said the muscle-bound interferer, “and everyone rose to the occasion and created something really compelling.”

As you may already know, Vin Diesel’s a proper gamer and his Tigon Studios are used to taking an active role in the production of titles. In the X-Play interview he reveals his early gaming memories and his thoughts on the future of the medium. “When I first played videogames, we’d have to go into a Radio Shack in New York City to play Pong,” said the gravelly-voiced groveller, adding, “With the new popularity of massively multiplayer online games, we are going to see a shift, a change in our society if you will.”
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    HisServant77 Mar 19, 09
    Wow, never really figured Vin Diesel to be a gamer! Don't know why but that kinda shocks me haha

    Kinda glad to hear it though
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      BlackLabel Mar 19, 09
      If thats a shock then you'll be even more shocked to learn that Vin Diesel is a huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons and even has plans to make a game based around the character Melkor which he created in Dungeons & Dragons. The guy is a HUGE game geek, hell a huge geek full stop the muscles just hide it well.

      Edit: He's been playing Dungeons & Dragons for over 20 years.
      • 0
        Raijin1999 Mar 19, 09
        Noiiiice.
        Amazing what a lil' star power can do.

        Though I agree with Seeker X, he sounded bored as *bleep* in the demo.
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        chautemoc Mar 19, 09
        The nerdiness makes him sexy I think.
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        Killosity Mar 19, 09
        quote BlackLabel
        If thats a shock then you'll be even more shocked to learn that Vin Diesel is a huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons and even has plans to make a game based around the character Melkor which he created in Dungeons & Dragons. The guy is a HUGE game geek, hell a huge geek full stop the muscles just hide it well.

        Wow really? Hes one fantastic looking nerd.
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      Seproth Mar 19, 09
      You didn't notice he had his own gaming company?

      Vavindi studios was damn near named after him.
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        HisServant77 Mar 19, 09
        Nope, never noticed or paid attention honestly!
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          Seproth Mar 20, 09
          It's pretty sweet though...
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    Seeker X Mar 19, 09
    Just hope he had the same enthusiasm for voice acting as he did for online gaming. He sounded bored as hell in the demo.
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    Bale Fire* Mar 19, 09
    I think begged is just another word for pressured or pushed, I don't think he actually pleaded with them, not Vin Diesel, not even with Dungeons and Dragons
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    Dine_Agoti Mar 19, 09
    Vin Diesel is pretty awesome for being a nerd with muscles. Take that, stereotypes!

    Are any of his games any good, though? I've never played one, and haven't heard much about them.
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      BlackLabel Mar 20, 09
      Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay was single handedly one of the best shooters of last gen, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has the same gameplay just better graphics and a newer story, so that will be an amazing game, his other game Wheelman is just pure unrealistic fun in cars and on bikes, very interesting game. He certainly knows what the majority of gamers want.
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        Sayyed Mar 20, 09
        That is why i was expecting a lot more when AoDA.
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    iLLmatic Mar 20, 09
    Of course I could imagine Vin Diesel begging. How do you think he gets acting jobs?

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