Zachary Levi Has Spent Months Of His Life Playing Video Games

March 10, 2017

Zachary Levi

Zachary loves playing video games but hates calculating the hours of his life he’s spent rescuing Princess Zelda.

TranscriptCONAN: YOU'RE A MAN THAT LIKES TO ENJOY YOURSELF. YOU PLAY -- IN THE PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VIDEO GAMES. YOU PLAY A LOT OF VIDEO GAMES. MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH. IS THAT RIGHT? ZACHARY: I -- I HAVE. I'VE PLAYED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VIDEO GAMES AND I'VE PLAYED VERY GAMES WITH YOU, BY THE WAY. WE'VE DONE THAT AT COMIC-CON BEFORE. I THINK I BEAT YOUR ASS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. I'M NOT THROWING -- CONAN: BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. I'M ON RECORD AS SAYING I'M THE WORST PLAYER OF VIDEO GAMES IN THE WORLD. ZACHARY: ALL RIGHT. CONAN: I'M BEFUDDLED BY PONG. I DON'T GET ANY -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY VIDEO GAME. AND SO I'M EASILY BEAT. BUT -- ZACHARY: I'LL TAKE THE FEATHER OUT OF MY CAP. CONAN: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BIG VICTORY. ZACHARY: I DO -- I HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF VIDEO GAMES. AND I DO LOVE THEM. I JUST -- I KIND OF GOT TO PLACE IN MY LIFE WORK WAS BUSY. AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND I -- I THINK I WAS PLAYING LIKE THE LAST ZELDA. IS ANYBODY GOING TO GET THE SWITCH? I WANT TO -- THAT LOOKS REALLY AWESOME. AND YEAH, OK, GREAT. CONAN: WHAT'S THAT? ZACHARY: THAT'S ME TRYING TO GET A FREE NINTENDO. [LAUGHTER] ANYWAY, APPLE HAS ALREADY CUT ME OFF. CONAN: YOU'RE DONE WITH APPLE. YOU'RE DONE WITH DISNEY. ZACHARY: I'M JUST -- CONAN: YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A NINTENDO SWITCHED? THAT FUNNY BACK STAGE YOU SAID NINTENDO BLOWS. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. [LAUGHTER] ZACHARY: SO ANYWAY -- SO -- CONAN: BUT YOU PLAY A LOT. ZACHARY: I PLAY A LOT OF VIDEO GAMES. BUT I WAS PLAYING THE LAST ZELDA WHICH IS SUCH A GREAT FRANCHISE. I PLAYED ALL OF THEM SINCE I WAS A KID. AND IT HAD LIKE A TALLY LIKE A LOT OF GAMES NOW, IT WILL TELL YOU HOW LONG YOU PLAY THE GAME. AND I GOT TO THE END OF THE GAME AND I'M LIKE A COMPLETIONIST AND WANT TO FIND ALL THE LOOT AND TREASURE AND SIDE QUEST AND I BEAT IT AND I WAS SO THRILLED AS -- LIKE YEAH. AND I LOOKED AT THE SCREEN. AND IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING THIS FOR EIGHT MONTHS. OR SOMETHING. IT WAS SO LONG. AND THEN I LOOKED AROUND AND I REALIZED I HAVE NOBODY TO EVEN CELEBRATE WITH. IT'S JUST ME AND A BUNCH OF FICTITIOUS CHARACTERS ON A SCREEN. AND YOU DON'T EVEN GET LIKE A REAL TROPHY. YOU JUSTIFY GET A DIGITAL THING THAT SAID CONGRATULATIONS YOU WASTED YOUR TIME. CONAN: IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY COULD SHOW A MONTAGE OF THE LIFE YOU WOULD HAVE -- YOU A MONTAGE OF THE LIFE YOU WOULD HAVE LIVED IF YOU WENT OUTSIDE. HERE'S THE GIRL YOU WOULD HAVE MET. HERE'S THE ADVENTURES YOU WOULD HAVE HAD. ZACHARY: YES. CONAN: HERE'S THE PLACES YOU WOULD HAVE GONE. THE MEMORIES YOU WOULD HAVE SHARED. ZACHARY: LIKE GWYNETH PALTROW IN SLIDING DOORS. DID I MAKE THAT SUBWAY CARD? ANYBODY KNOW GWYNETH PALTROW? CONAN: NO. I THINK I SAW IT -- I SAW IT WHEN IT CAME OUT. YEAH, SURE.

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