Recently, actor Ron Perlman participated in The Joe Vulpis Podcast. During the conversation, the topic of video games was touched upon (he voiced Halo, Fallout, and more).
When the interviewer asked: "Speaking of games, Halo 2, Halo 3...In your opinion, how does the audience's [emotional connection] to a video game character differ compared to animated characters?"
Ron Perlman stated: "I have no idea."
Then he continued and explained that he doesn't play video games:
I'm not a gamer [...], I'm not aware of which game runs on which 'hardware.' I've never played any of the games. This whole Fallout thing [the franchise's popularity] is a complete mystery to me.
According to the actor, in the 90s, he was invited to voice the first Fallout "for 40 bucks and a sandwich:"
And a year and a half later, they called me and said, 'Remember Fallout?', and I was like, 'I don't remember'...And they tell me, 'Well, there will be a second part,' I ask, 'Why?' - 'Because the first one sold like crazy'
Ron Perlman was very surprised that he was asked to voice another game (Fallout 2), and then again. He never understood why the franchise became popular.