•Actor Ben Affleck reflected on his gaming past during the October 12 episode of a podcast, recalling that he spent roughly three years playing Starcraft shortly after becoming famous.
“There was a game called Starcraft that probably took the most life out of me for a period of time. I had just gotten famous, and all I did was stay home for three years and play Starcraft,” Affleck said.
Affleck also shared his views on Valorant, praising it while expressing frustration at losing against younger opponents.
“Valorant’s a great game. It’s a great game,” he said. “The problem with that game is that—the kids that have been raised playing, I just get fuckin’ rocked. I’m like, ‘Are you mother fuckers cheating?’ And I get mad. And they’re like 11, they’re like, ‘Fuck you loser!’ It’s very humiliating, but that’s a great game.”
The actor also named several other titles he enjoys, including the 2K series and Madden.
“The early Doom—which then gave rise to Quake and gave rise to all that—we played that endlessly,” he recalled. “We were doing Good Will Hunting, we were playing Doom… I remember writing and taking these long breaks to play Doom. I can’t believe it’s been out that long.”
Doom released in 1993.
Affleck also listed Myst, Donkey Kong, Tetris, and Miss Pac-Man among his games of note.
He noted that RTS games have “sort of gone out of style,” a genre he clearly held dear. Starcraft remasters were released in 2017.
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