History CelebrityParadox / VideoGames

* An AMA for ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' revealed that Boyfriend's favorite game on Website/{{Newgrounds}} is ''VideoGame/NewgroundsRumble'', a game that starred an iteration of his ex VideoGame/{{Pico}} and his later opponent WebAnimation/{{Tankm|en}}an, among other characters, let alone being hosted on the same site as the game he's in.

--->'''Julius:''' Keith David, huh? Y'know, people tell me that I remind them of you.\\
'''Keith:''' People tell me the same thing about you.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Julius:''' ...I don't see it.\\

** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' also has Creator/KeithDavid, who previously voiced Julius in the first two games, appear as himself, and a RunningGag is that he constantly gets compared to Julius which extremely annoys him. You can also unlock an AI recreation of Julius as a companion and have him in your party alongside Keith, prompting this conversation between the two:
--->'''Julius:''' So, Keith David. I'm a fan.\\
'''Keith:''' Thank you. That's very kind.\\
'''Julius:''' You know... some folks say I remind 'em of you.\\
'''Keith:''' Yeah, I get the same with you.\\
'''Julius:''' I don't see it, though.\\

* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' (made by Creator/{{Blizzard|Entertainment}}), playable character [[GamerGirl D.Va]] was selected to be a mech suit pilot because she was one of the best ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' (also made by Blizzard) players in South Korea. ''Videogame/{{Hearthstone}}'' is also shown being played by other characters.

* The [[VideoGame/TheRoomTheGame fan-made game adaptation]] of ''Film/TheRoom'' reveals that Johnny's bank's new client is "the acclaimed film writer, director, producer and star, Creator/TommyWiseau". He also made the movie that Johnny and Denny see.

* A bonus cutscene in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', from TheVerse's [[ShowWithinAShow bizarre television]], shows the actress Lee Meriwether (rather creepily) interviewing the screenwriter David Hayter -- Meriwether and Hayter being the voice actors for Big Mama and Solid Snake respectively. In case we didn't get it, Hayter is dressed in a snakeskin jacket and digital eyepatch, and Meriwether talks to him in the somewhat stilted, poetic, dramatic tones of a ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' character giving an important speech, only addressing him by his full name. Did we mention the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series has NoFourthWall?

** Creator/HideoKojima exists within the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' universe, as a 'legendary game developer', and Otacon is shown to be a fan of his other games ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'', and ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}''. But Otacon, despite knowing Meryl and implicitly being friends with her, doesn't recognise Meryl Silverburgh as being an {{Expy}} of a character in ''Policenauts''. He also doesn't notice anything strange about the Solar Gun, or the HIDE-CHAN noodles. The weirdness of this is massively dwarfed by the fact that Emma has a ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' poster in her lab in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', with Snake on it. ''Ghost Babel'' also had Raiden in it, as well as the ShowWithinAShow ''[=IdeaSpy=] 2.5'', which Snake and Otacon are fans of in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' and which ''was turned into a RadioDrama voice acted by Hideo Kojima and Yumi Kikuchi'' in the real world. If Snake recognises the resemblance between Yumi Kikuchi and Raging Beauty, he doesn't comment on it.
*** It's possible Emma's poster isn't an example; after ''Metal Gear Solid'', an account of the Shadow Moses incident is made public and denied by the government. The denial is rather flimsy, because Metal Gear REX's blueprints are sold all over the world, so everyone knows the "walking tank" part of the story is true, at least. As a result, Solid Snake becomes a figure in popular culture with many different ideas of what he's really like, or if maybe the government is telling the truth and "Solid Snake" is just a myth playing up on the exploits of real, but normal, military special forces. ''Ghost Babel'' could exist in-universe as a movie or videogame depicting one particular idea of what a Solid Snake adventure would be like if he is, indeed, real.

* Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano played Mario in both the live-action and animated segments of ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. In a particularly memorable live-action segment, Luigi mentions that Mario idolizes Captain Lou, who goes missing. Albano appears at the end of the episode, shortly after Mario leaves...
** In the ''Comicbook/SuperMarioAdventures'' comic serial that ran in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', the first thing we see Princess Peach doing is playing a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' game.
* In the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' universe, California (and possibly part of Nevada) and New York City don't exist, having been replaced by San Andreas and Liberty City respectively, but some of the songs on the radio still reference California and New York City. For example, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' takes place in Liberty City, but the song list still includes "New York Groove" by Hello, and Bob Seger's "Hollywood Nights" is featured in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', while the in-universe equivalent of Hollywood is known as Vinewood.

** The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' features Creator/AkioOhtsuka, Creator/TomokazuSugita and Yumi Kikuchi (the Japanese voice actors for Snake, Miller and Strangelove respectively) as potential MSF soldiers.[[note]]These recruits are in the English version as well, but they're just treated as generic characters.[[/note]]

--->'''Julius:''' Keith David, huh? You know, people tell me that I remind them of you.\\
'''Keith:''' People tell me the same thing about you.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Julius:''' ...I don't see it.\\

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' includes several references to memes originating from Website/FourChan like "[[RulesOfTheInternet Rule 34]]" and "[[EpicFail]]", without an in-universe equivalent to 4chan to make them.

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' includes several references to the term "Epic Fail". In real life, the term is considered to be based off of ''VideoGame/BlazingStar''[='=]s "You Fail It!" screen, but in the ''GTA'' world, the game wouldn't exist, leaving "Epic Fail" with no potential origin.

** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' also has Creator/KeithDavid, who previously voiced Julius in the first two games, appear as himself, and a RunningGag is that he constantly gets compared to Julius [[BerserkButton which extremely annoys him]]. You can also unlock an AI recreation of Julius as a companion and have him in your party alongside Keith, prompting this conversation between the two:

--> '''Officer Bradford:''' ''"Are you really using our tracking terminal to play ''Civilization''?! I at least hope you're going for a Military victory."''

* In ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', one of the random banters of Bradford in the situation room of the headquarters is him complaining that some members of the staff are playing VideoGame/CivilizationV (which is made by the same software house, Firaxis, which thus exists in the world of XCOM):
--> '''Officer Bradford:''' ''"Are you really using our tracking terminal to play Civilization?! I at least hope you're going for a Military victory."''
** Similarly, one of the EXALT base location hints says that "It is/isn't in a country you can play in Civilization V".

* ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu'' has a fictional video game named ''Magical Alisa'', which is inspired by the VideoGame/{{Trails|Series}}'' games. It was confirmed by Falcom to contain the character Towa Herschel from said series... Except that ''Tokyo Xanadu'' also has a character named Towa Kokonoe who looks exactly like Towa Herschel, and nowhere in the game is Kokonoe said to look like the ''Magical Alisa'' character.