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Steven Spielberg is apparently such a big PC gamer that he refuses to use a controller: “Only keyboard and mouse”
NME ^ | 3rd October 2024 | Issy van der Velde

Posted on 10/06/2024 7:48:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway

No mouse and keyboard, no deal

Steven Spielberg attends the Los Angeles Premiere of LucasFilms' "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" at Dolby Theatre on June 14, 2023 in Hollywood, California (CREDIT: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Everyone has their preferences when it comes to gaming, and for Steven Spielberg, that means refusing to pick up a controller even if it means missing out on some excellent stories.

In an interview with MinnMax, Max Spielberg, son of the E.T. director Steven Spielberg, revealed that his dad has a real disdain for video game controllers, and out-right refuses to play any game that requires him to use one.

“He loves story games and I’m always trying to get him to play Uncharted because it’s Indiana Jones and I’m like, ‘Hey, you’d appreciate this.’ But he’s like, ‘I can’t do controllers. I can only do keyboard and mouse,” explained Max.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, are both available on PC, but maybe Steven wants to play through the stories in order. The first three games are exclusive to PlayStation.

“He loves gaming,” said Max. “He’s the one who got me into it. He plays games. He’s a big PC gamer. So that’s kind of our bonding point as well. He’s like, ‘Hey, what’s good? What Call of Duty should I be playing? Send me a list of the top five shooters and I’ll get them downloaded, then we can play them together when you come over to the house.”

His father well and truly passed on the passion because Max is a video game developer and has been for some time, working at EA on the Battlefield series and now the creative director and co-founder of a studio called FuzzyBot.

It seems Steven is more of a Call of Duty fan, though. “It’s always a Call of Duty,” added Max. “He loves Call of Duty. He plays the story campaign.”


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Hobbies; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: pcgamer; spielberg
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I think they already made a movie (about the Russian guy that ‘invented’ the game).


21 posted on 10/07/2024 2:50:20 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: nickcarraway

I play some PC gaming with my PC keyboard and mouse.


22 posted on 10/07/2024 2:55:34 AM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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To: nickcarraway
Wonder if he'd meet me on NA servers for Escape from Tarkov?
23 posted on 10/07/2024 4:36:15 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: SaveFerris

Might be a region thing. Try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03oC6-zPZHQ


24 posted on 10/07/2024 5:19:39 AM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

>>I only play Tetris. I am a big Tetris fan and I can’t wait till they make a 2 hour feature movie based on it.

You mean, like ‘Pixels’? Granted. it wasn’t ALL Tetris, there was also Arkanoid and Pac-Man thrown in.


25 posted on 10/07/2024 5:43:18 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: RandallFlagg

yep my mouse is a thumb trackball


26 posted on 10/07/2024 6:07:28 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: nickcarraway

I hate controllers too


27 posted on 10/07/2024 6:22:12 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dfwgator

No way, seriously? Oh wow I gotta look that up!


28 posted on 10/07/2024 8:11:41 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Bikkuri

I think they already made a movie (about the Russian guy that ‘invented’ the game).


Yep, and I liked it a lot. Gives good insight as to how messed up The Soviet Union was in its final days.


29 posted on 10/07/2024 8:27:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Reminds me of Flight Sim, before the joystick.


30 posted on 10/07/2024 8:33:42 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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