BBC documentary on video game addiction (QED, 1990)
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Uploaded by BadInfluenceWebsite on Jan 29, 2008
Are video games addictive? Maggie Philbin seems to think so as she reports for this BBC documentary 'QED' from 1990. This film presented a somewhat biased view of video games and computers and features 13 year old 'Charles' who was sent to a specialist after spending 30 hours a week on his Nintendo!
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@HelderP1337 I run a Technical Consulting Company that I own. I think everything worked out pretty well
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I am Charles, Thats me in this video. I now live in the United States and I run my own technical consulting company. I am amazed there are more then 30000 people that have viewed this video
I had not seen this video for more then 23 years.
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Why does he plug two controllers in?
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So 30 hours a week was considered addiction. And 4 hours a week is kinda pathetic. How do you get satisfaction out of less than an hour a day of gaming
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So in 1990, 12 hours o
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Ha, the PAL version has a bit more of a reggae feel than the NTSC version.
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haha people this was 1990 and games were a new thing ,i know and grew up in that era. Forget the world of todays technology and keep it simple with one old cord phone in a house ,one 30inch CRT TV and a microwave. Parents were alot more old fashion and came from the times of playing sports ,riding pushbikes ,Diners and living outdoors. Back then there wasnt much to do at home so you would spend alot more time outside. The other 10 years of gaming the "Atari age" were small games for 5 min play
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COMPARE PEOPLE DIED FROM PLAYIN COMPUTER WITH PEOPLE WHO DIED IN CAR CRASH
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How did his parents think a NES would help him with his education? - Dixons really saw these guys coming.. lol
All that aside, why is he dressed like a 1920's businessman?!
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is possible to play video games and complete and enjoy them without playing them too much or being addicted
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Mindless games? Thanks to video games, I now have a master's degree in computer science. If my parents had kept me away from computers growing up, I would probably be flipping burgers right now.
lemonrind 1 year ago 11
If they just let him continue doing what he likes ... he would've become one of the best video games programmers/designers now
PuI2ePLaYaZ 1 year ago 8