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The Worst Celebrity Renders of All Time

Watch as videogames transform your favorite stars into unrecognizable monsters

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

Please explain how Patrick Stewart looks older in a 1993 NES game than he does now... fifteen years later. We wouldn't trust this doddering old grandmother to chew applesauce, let alone command an entire starship.

Going back a generation doesn't help. Did Spock recently finish tying the sheriff's daughter onto the railroad tracks? Or is he now part of some forgotten, but totally racist, 1940s wartime propaganda poster? Either way, we're offended. And a little creeped out.

Hey Captain Kirk, turn that glory-hole frown upside down! At least they got the top half of your face right. Sorta.


Here's another example, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in which nothing is technically wrong with the actor's render. The hair, the eyes, the glasses, the scar... nothing is out of place.

Except any semblance of a soul, pulse or personality, of course. This thing's not human; it's a robot, a mannequin, a wax statue. It belongs in a museum, or possibly a haunted house.

To be honest, we did catch (and capture) young Harry at one particularly hideous frame of a cut scene. Who knows if he or any other character in the game ever looks that bad again? Oh, that's right - we do.



Create your own James Bond character in three easy steps!

1) Construct vaguely humanoid shape out of cardboard tubes and boxes.

2) Print color photograph of your favorite 007 personality.
(Select lowest resolution to save ink and money.)

3) Apply paper onto model using tape, glue, gum or spit.

4) Congratulations - you're done! Now burn your monstrous creation before you scare the neighbor's children. Or, fill character with candy for a fun-filled siesta!

Is this character - from 007: Everything or Nothing - ugly? No, not at all.
Does this character resemble model Heidi Klum? No, not at all.

Does it matter? Considering her photo is printed smack dab on the front of the game box, yeah, we think so.




Next time you hear someone bitch about the gaming industry's slobbering and juvenile obsession with women, point them to a copy of CSI: Hard Evidence. Clearly, no effort was spent on the ladies in this game whatsoever. The renders of corpses and used condoms, on the other hand, are top-notch.


 
23 Comments
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MultiGamer  - 1 year 1 month ago 
First! That Bill Murray one was hilarious, also the jackie chan one.
TheGreatHobbe  - 1 year 1 month ago 
everyone from spiderman 3 scares me
midknight8  - 1 year 1 month ago 
Bill murray killed my parents in a clown suit too...
Flopsy  - 1 year 1 month ago 
It's "fiesta" and not "siesta" under the Goldeneye entry. Fiesta is a party and siesta is a nap.
Rasy2kG  - 1 year 1 month ago 
I think Val Kilmer's render in will Willow is pretty bad ass
statuslegendary  - 11 months 14 days ago 
Spot on, I laughed so hard at the bit about Sly. Whoever crafted that gem of a likeness over at Nintendo is a genius!

Great article as usual.
kaoticfish  - 11 months 2 days ago 
lol great article.
crazyhand  - 9 months 20 days ago 
macaulay culkin looks like a bloody salizar from re4
Oxfordcomma4  - 8 months 13 days ago 
Chuck Norris = burger head on karate robes? FTW
Julia roberts = fairy butterfly thing? FT... wait... OK
Mavarious  - 7 months 22 days ago 
hehehe, that was hilarious
BuckyKat  - 7 months 21 days ago 
The developer of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves only had the rights to make a game based on the movie. They didn't get the rights to use any of the actor's likenesses which is why Robin Hood doesn't look anything like Kevin Costner nor do any of the other characters look like the actual actors that portrayed them.
Darkdraak21  - 7 months 21 days ago 
This one made me laugh very hard mostly at the bill murray one. This is absolutely one of your funniest articles.....EVER!
DUImonkey  - 7 months 15 days ago 
man, i thought for sure the characters from the jackass game would make it in...
Forsakenday  - 6 months 25 days ago 
Hilarious. I love the create your own Goldeneye character. Awesome article.
youtouchedme2xtdar  - 5 months 27 days ago 
lovin it
LycanFox1  - 5 months 14 days ago 
omg Harry Potter looks like a retard!
AtoMixxer  - 4 months 9 days ago 
Macaulay Culkin's rendering is positivally frighting.
Thelonius  - 3 months 11 days ago 
Fantastic artilce. Funniest thing i've seen all week!
Gsindahouse  - 3 months 10 days ago 
pretty funny, man
No, seriously...funny...real funny
WHAT THE HECK! on the spock thing, though
otherwise that joke about the propaganda poster was mercilessly hilarious
I'm in the middle of a library, okay go easy on me
SandroTheMaster  - 3 months 10 days ago 
"Fun Fact#2: The japanese believe David Bowie is the Devil"

For all the freaking Gods and Devils, the David Bowie one me laugh so hard I thought I'd die (again).

Also, the Macaulay Culkin's gave me a frightening flashback that I don't even know where it came from (and I really, really don't want to remember).
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