Look, if there was a game about videogame editors, all of us here at GameCulture would no doubt be playing as ourselves. Still, stories of sports stars taking on the role of their own interactive avatars in virtual matches never ceases to amuse.

Participants in this year’s World Cup are killing time just as you might imagine; by playing FIFA 2010 World Cup from Electronic Arts. The U.S. team, [URL=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-soc-wcup-video-games,0,3750797.story]according to the Chicago Tribune[/URL], holes up in the Irene Country Lodge for videogame matches when they aren’t playing, training, eating or having meetings.

Forward Jozy Altidore, after admitting that he plays as himself a lot, stated, “It's fun to see yourself in the game. It's pretty cool."
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