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Arrowhead's ode to friendly fire Helldivers 2<\/a> has led to a bit of a Starship Troopers renaissance<\/a>, with players discovering or rediscovering Paul Verhoeven's 1997 movie based on Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi novel. Casper Van Dien, who played football star turned space marine Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers, responded by suggesting a crossover movie on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While that's unlikely, the Helldivers 2 trailers\u2014which have certainly hit on a, shall we say, rather similar tone\u2014have seen players suggest that Arrowhead should make a commercial for the game featuring either Van Dien or one of his co-stars, like Neil Patrick Harris. Van Dien liked the idea enough to reply with a vibrating gif of himself as Johnny Rico that said, “DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES.”<\/p>\n

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Van Dien has since deleted the tweet, although whether that suggests he has been sworn to secrecy about a collaboration with Arrowhead that is actually in the works, or just felt a bit embarrassed about tweeting a reaction gif like a boomer, is impossible to say. The actor has certainly been very pro-Helldivers in other tweets, reposting news about the game and declaring, “The only good bug is a dead bug!”<\/a><\/p>\n

That latest tweet came in response to rumors about the new flying terminids players have been sharing videos of<\/a>, which Arrowhead's CEO officially responded to by refuting the claims while declaring that the Ministry of Truth agreed this was all definitely pro-bug propaganda. Which, as far as satires of fascism go, is unsubtle enough to feel right at home in a Paul Verhoeven movie.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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Arrowhead's ode to friendly fire Helldivers 2 has led to a bit of a Starship Troopers renaissance, with players discovering or rediscovering Paul Verhoeven's 1997 movie based on Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi novel. Casper Van Dien, who played football star turned space marine Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers, responded by suggesting a crossover movie on Twitter. While that's unlikely, the Helldivers 2 trailers\u2014which have certainly hit on a, shall we say, rather similar tone\u2014have seen players suggest that Arrowhead should make a commercial for the game featuring either Van Dien or one of his co-stars, like Neil Patrick Harris. Van Dien liked the idea enough to reply with a vibrating gif of himself as Johnny Rico that said, “DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES.” (Image credit:…<\/p>\n

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