Efron's 360 addiction shame revealed

By Ellie Gibson Published 5 January, 2010

"It's either me or the Xbox" - Hudgens

Zac Efron, star of High School Musical and the stunning tour de force 17 Again, is said to be suffering from a serious addiction to games.

In fact it's so serious, reports Contact Music, his relationship with HSM co-star Vanessa Hudgens is on the brink of collapse.

"Vanessa has hardly seen him," said a source. "He talks more to his friends online, while blasting away at aliens or whatever, than to her."

You would think Hudgens wouldn't be so ungrateful considering she's lucky to have Efron even looking twice at her especially when he could do so much better e.g. perhaps a woman who not only likes playing games but has made an entire career out of knowing things about them and writing them down on the internet. But no.

"Vanessa has even tried joining in but her boredom threshold is a lot shorter than Zac's," the source said. "She's on the verge of saying, 'It's either me or the Xbox.'" [Or me AND the Xbox - dep ed.]

Hudgens has recently been on location filming Sucker Punch, the new action thriller from renowned director Zack Snyder. Sucker Punch is of course also the name of the studio behind the Sly Raccoon series and PS3 exclusive InFamous, an irony which is likely to be lost on Hudgens.

May your bright, bright star shine on, Efron.

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Comments (36) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Liam64 #1 2 years ago

    Y'know what winds me up about stories like this? (Not Eurogamer ones, but the same articles you see in gossip rags every week).

    "Said a source."

    A source? Who is close enough to these two people that they know their inner most feelings, and the wording of intimate conversations, yet also have OK Magazine on speed-dial?

  • ZuluHero #2 2 years ago

    I think Vanessa Hudgens could do a lot better as well. Perhaps a man who not only likes women but has made an entire career out of knowing things about them and writing them down on the internet...

    No wait, that came out wrong...
    Edited by ZuluHero at 05/01/10 @ 08:52

  • Thalanos #3 2 years ago

    Late fate decide. If his console RROD's in the next month then call it a sign.

  • ukgamer #4 2 years ago

    lil horny are ya? :p

    He takes her to Laker games all the time. What more could she want? obvious high maintenance bitch is obvious

  • Toothball #5 2 years ago

    Sounds like Efron has his priorities in order.

  • TonyCocaCola #6 2 years ago

    Xbox only gets a rrod every now and then

    Women rrod every month
    Edited by TonyCocaCola at 05/01/10 @ 09:12

  • siro #7 2 years ago

    Really funny edit, Ellie. I didn't get it first, but then thought "Oh wait, did Ellie write this?"

  • spidermanalf #8 2 years ago

    I would play the 360 more, she has weird boobs -

    (just google her name, and check her images, there's a naught shot!)
    Edited by spidermanalf at 05/01/10 @ 09:18

  • des #9 2 years ago

    A little hint for you Vanessa..."He talks more to his friends online".
    Maybe you are boooring.

  • dr_zoidthrob #10 2 years ago

    He should get Rez off the Marketplace and hand the second controller to her... everybody would be happy.

  • RumpyStumpy #11 2 years ago

    Arrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh who cares?

  • BillyBrush #12 2 years ago

    ''Ohh Vanessa'',

    ''Ohh Zack'',

    ''ICE PICK, ICE PICK, ICE PICK!''

    ''Effron's payload is Oscar Mike''

    Or something....I'll get my coat

  • HermitArcader #13 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • brokenkey #14 2 years ago

    Firstly - Bravo Ellie, great piece.
    Secondly - Hudgens, get him back with more nude photos.

  • mingster #15 2 years ago

    Hmm... tricky choice i'd go for the bird personally.

  • Ninja_Tino #16 2 years ago

    Considering Zac could get a model girlfriend with the click of a finger, he's best to stick with the games.

  • DanWhitehead #17 2 years ago

    Whit-woo.

  • alithebull #18 2 years ago

    i still love you ellie...

  • cianchristopher #19 2 years ago

    It's Method Acting™.

    He's probably just preparing for the herculean task of heading up the inevitable remake of The Wizard, starring Zac Efron as Fred Savage - with Reggie Fils-Aime as his arch nemesis.

    Watch Out!!!

  • schnide #20 2 years ago

    From what I've read that's implied of Efron, it's not the 360 she needs to be worried about, but her own lack of a penis.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #21 2 years ago

    Games or girls? Tough one. Fortunately my wife is almost as big a gaming nerd as me. Well, not quite, but she still loves my Xbox.

    Mind you, if Efron's gonna grow up to be Matthew Perry, maybe he should show Hudgens some lovin' while he can...

  • BillyBrush #22 2 years ago

    I think she's just been living the Disney life too long.

    We're like pigs, and games are our truffles. It's not like he's smoking weed all day and making her empty his bottles of wee...she's lucky.

    Vanessa - Cordon Bleu is an unrealistic role model, so is Mickey Mouse, get used to it luv.

  • Cherub007 #23 2 years ago

    Ellie won at least four pies and a Blankety Blank DVD for the funniest thing I'd seen on the internet since 9.52am today. And then along came TonyCocaCola. Bravo, sir. Bravo. /bows

  • Eraysor #24 2 years ago

    What a legend

  • irve77 #25 2 years ago

    I love the way that Ellie can turn a pointless fluff peice into readable copy.

    Humour is what eurogamer has above and beyond all the other gamesites.

  • TheGoose126 #26 2 years ago

    Go the moejackson web site and check out the nude pics of her, the 360 would be binned pretty quick if it were me!

  • Syrette #27 2 years ago

    Hmm, celeb gossip-tastic. I've never seen a single film involving these supposed stars.

    Slow news day?

    ;)

  • SUNDANSS #28 2 years ago

    Sounds like every relationship ever to me since Adam & Eve, you could just replace video games with other mate activities like:
    Hunting, Pillaging, Drinking, Crusading or more recently The Pub, Football, Sport in general, Gym, TV, Pub again, lap dancing...
    What would happen to the world if we had to talk to our partners all day every day and watch Eastenders?

  • bratmandu #29 2 years ago

    Why is valuable page space taken up with ""news"" (double quotes intended) about these vacuous jerks, I have no idea who this Efron guy is, but he sounds like a massive twat - crap pointless article, not why I visit Eurogamer.

  • mkreku #30 2 years ago

    Damnit! I can't find any nude pics of Vanessa Hudgens! My google-fu is weak :(

  • Dave #31 2 years ago

    The article was funny, but I really laughed when I read ZuluHero's comment :) I want more dry humour!

  • metalangel #32 2 years ago

    I found the uncensored pic on vox.com if anyone cares - and it seemed to come from ns4w.org. Naturally, don't go to either of these sites, etc.

    Frankly, she needs to get her head together. There are millions of chicks even hotter than her who'll line up around the block for a chance to nosh off Efron WHILE he's playing MW2 and not complain one tiny bit!

  • Moggo #33 2 years ago

    Great article!

    Still, anyone denying Hudgens hotness is an idiot. You could bake a cake on that body. She's smoking hot.

  • Slipstream #34 2 years ago

    Introduce her to the Vision Cam and hook her up to live, problem solved...either that or they'd just be starting...

  • mizcicz #35 2 years ago

    xbox of course. no question. you wont be able to keep this promise anyway. there´s no chance not to get sucked in again once you´ve seriously joined. gaming is like a secret killer clan. you can´t just quit and walk away as a free man. you just can´t. think of the next gen consoles. think of them...then decide. you wont be able to miss out on this one. my tip: dump her, try to be a little more moderate with your gamingtime and whenever you´re ready find another sweet lady that has the moral power to deal with the disease and can love a sick man.

  • Collymilad #36 2 years ago

    Er xbox.

    He's loaded so he won't have a problem finding another, less moany woman.

    :p