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If game characters used Twitter

The secret lives of gaming's greats, in 140 characters or less

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK

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You can tell a lot about a person from their Twitter feed. The briefness of the updates means that only the most important points and thoughts are distilled onto the page. And given the frequency of tweets, it's often possible to decipher the internal ebb and flow of a person's entire day with a bit of between-line reading.

Game characters? They're no different to anyone else. They might have a reputation for being two-dimensional, but the following Twitter feeds open the minutiae of their lives right up.

Max Payne

Nico Bellic

Next: Plumbers, chainsaw fetishists and eternally-delayed meatheads.

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DarkMatter032 - 4 months 5 days ago

Lolz.... I like this... this is so funny.

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MailMan - 4 months 5 days ago

haha, nico's truly sounds psycotic, "i had to stab him, i hate violence" "ran him over, i hate violence"

the thing is, i know people whos twitter makes less sense than pac-mans :S

recaptcha: clouted alien
sounds like my daily routine XD

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afroninjakatana - 4 months 5 days ago

Mario is a idiot, He should wake up and smell the mushrooms that Peach is a HO!!!!!!! Anyway great article made me laugh this morning. :D (First since nobody said it)

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lucashintz - 4 months 5 days ago

Haha this was hilarious. Mr. Houghton you are a genius!

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killerwhalen - 4 months 5 days ago

Lol, this is great, can' believe nobody's thought of this yet. Or atleast I haven't. Now that I have my mind is boggled with possibilities.

Good work guys! Great article.

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Xplosive59 - 4 months 5 days ago

will pacman ever shut up!!!

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killerwhalen - 4 months 5 days ago

Lol,

"Almost like everything is moving in slow motion. Almooost."

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WouldYouKindly - 4 months 5 days ago

funny idea

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AndyGiff93 - 4 months 5 days ago

Ha funny stuff, especially Duke Nukem xD

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gatornation1254 - 4 months 5 days ago

Pacman is so deep. Great article Mr. Houghton.

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skyline19 - 4 months 5 days ago

I NEED JACK!

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Hurricrane - 4 months 5 days ago

I'm very happy you gave Mario an accent even in text ^^

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The_Lurcher - 4 months 5 days ago

Damn Pacman realy got to me that poor, poor yellow blob...
I think Niko's was probably most accurate, as he is a complete nutcase who will go against his morals at the flash of a ten dollar note... well I guess money makes the world go round, thats why my world has grinded to a complete stop 'sad face' *sigh* No ODST for me im afraid.

@afroninjakatana: Although your comment is valid, please note that being first is not clever and as you are not first it's makes you look even dumber. Just because DarkMatter032 had the courtesy not to shout first does not give you the right to do so. please somebody direct him to the article about being first so he can learn his lesson and hang his head in shame.

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angel_of_ioren - 4 months 5 days ago

Poor Mario. His girlfriend is cheating on him and he sounds like Jar Jar.

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Ensoul - 4 months 5 days ago

So Pacman feel asleep after so much wakka-ing off?

*rim shot*

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lava_lamp - 4 months 5 days ago

ha the duke one was the best

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Jacob816 - 4 months 5 days ago

I'm not trying to stir shit up or anything, but this type of article was written by a friend of mine for a game site a few months back, where he used both Niko and Mario.

http://is.gd/1Gzwy and http://is.gd/1Gzxt

Again, I'm not saying you plagiarized it, but I'm just curious if you had read that prior.

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GamesRadarBrettElston - 4 months 5 days ago

@Jacob
This has actually been done plenty of times across the net. Twitter is so insanely popular that many people will naturally come to the same idea. What matters is we hadn't done this yet, and now we've done it with our own spin.

In fact, I pitched this several months ago and we didn't act on it because someone else had already done it. But in the end "someone else already did it" is no reason to avoid a topic, so now we have David's take on the concept. I like!

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