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Child actors either get unlimited screentime, or none at all. Gaten Matarazzo grew up in a household where everything from Call of Duty to Cartoon Network was forbidden, so he snuck video games where he could.That all started to change when he landed the role of Dustin Henderson on Netflix's megahit, Stranger Things. Gaten broadend his horizons with The Legend of Zelda, Spider-Man, and Uncharted. He reveals his underrated first Zelda game, as well as what he considers "the best video game experience that I've ever had."Now that Stranger Things wrapped, Gaten has been teeing up the next big thi

The first two episodes of the For All Mankind spin-off wind back the clock on the space race to watch it unfold from the Soviet perspective.

K-pop idol and actor Matthew Kim (or Big Matthew, as fans of the group KARD know him) moved to Korea to pursue a career in entertainment — but games keep him in touch with his family. His love of video games started with his father, who was "nasty" on Super Mario, and continues today when he plays Call of Duty: Warzone with his little brother.

Samara Weaving is an agent of chaos who loves to cause mayhem in video games. After toying with The Sims and Mario Kart as a kid, she really knuckled down and got into Red Dead Redemption after watching her husband play — and she never looked back. The star of Carolina Caroline and Ready or Not enjoys using films and games to let out her wild side. She loves action and just a liiiiiittle bit of violence. And yet she had a soft spot for her Sims.Join Sam on this episode of Shelf Quest as she browses the shelves of videogamesnewyork and reminisces on how she got into gaming, and her dreams for h