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You've read this sort of feature before. Website X points out that Character Y looks a whole lot like Celebrity Z. Readers agree or disagree. Publish and repeat. The articles are always fun, but eventually, the same obvious choices show up again and again.
So what makes mine any different? I didn't decide these matches – an all-knowing, face-recognizing, database-searching, algorithm-crunching computer did! In other words, I simply went to one of those online celebrity lookalike generators (in this case, MyHeritage.com) and started uploading popular game characters.
The results were… unexpected.
LIGHTNING (Final Fantasy XIII)
Surprisingly accurate match:
Grossly inaccurate match:
JOHN MARSTON (Red Dead Redemption)
Surprisingly accurate match:
Grossly inaccurate match:
COMMANDER SHEPARD (Mass Effect)
Surprisingly accurate match:
Grossly inaccurate match:
ALYX VANCE (Half-Life)
Surprisingly accurate match:
Grossly inaccurate match:
