QED - My Best Friend's a Computer (Part 2 / 3) Full documentary

A BBC QED documentary from 1990. Maggie Philbin reports on video game and computer addiction.

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[zedeighty]

"Say cat"

"Say cat"

"Say cat, cat, cat"

Christ, what a nightmare! Poor kids.

[MichaelLeroi]

"it's not just at home children are exposed to computers" XD

yes cos we all know - computers are sex offenders, mine's touching me right now

[KohviKruus]

THIS IS AMERICAAAAA!!!!

[ritchie395]

@DonMega187 I was addicted to the game and it made me an unconfident and not very socialable person but i have recovered from it know by getting a new hobby bmxing which im actually going to upload a video of me doing it soon in like a week or two, also resit some exams i failed because i was to addicted playing the game and made me feel depressed

[DonMega187]

@cassidyteufel yeah killing can actually be fun, if u take the trauma of facing real death out of the equation :)

[DonMega187]

@BubbleGumBubbleGirl a stable minded person easily makes the distinction that shooting bunch of pixels or polygons in a virtual world has no relevance towards real world. for most of us it's just that, just a game. for few sick individuals they may get ideas out of games for their acts of insanity, but the real insanity is already inside them and they would act out eventually anyway. studies is made which proves in places where people play most videogames there's less violence and crimes btw ;)

[DonMega187]

@BubbleGumBubbleGirl a person can still get hooked even if he knows it can be harmful for him :) it takes constant self observation to control ur behavior and life, something most people have no time for in their hectic lives. that's why there's so much addictions in the world because people do not practise enough their minds (and i mean the mind that makes you the person you are)

[DonMega187]

@ritchie395 if u had really played those u should have known it's mmorpg. where does what is ur history of overcoming the addiction and where does ur aggression towards them come from?

[DonMega187]

wow this guy's a visionary. he already got it right we'd have computers of palm size which we have now. perhaps in 20y we'll then have weird things to squeeze for operating them

[ritchie395]

Just keep children or morrpj what ever that shit is called wasted 2 years of my life, games like runescape and world of warcraft should be banned

[TheAmbiorixXx]

@BubbleGumBubbleGirl oh bollocks , of ALL the people that play video games there is the 1% that uses it as an excuse to act out on the world cause of their own udnerlaying malcontentness. its an excuse and nothing more, if you think videogames melt your brain then why be on youtube in the first place since the whole is highly comparable to the other. Assuming a name/identity and play your way out a verbal/video scramble. You're akid? don't you need to be over 18 to post online?

[BubbleGumBubbleGirl]

I'm only a child, like all these kids here! And I'm glad my schools, and my parents teach me how important it is to not get hooked on these things... And yeah, I'm on a lap top now. But I'm not relying on it for my every move. :) I do get imformation off of it, and I do play games. The point is; For education : BE REAL, and for fun : DON'T GET HOOKED! :D