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4 easy ways to see if you are a game Junkie

Computer games don't affect kids. I mean, if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music." - -- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian

Computer Games Don't Affect Kids...
Marcus Brigstock, mid 1990's
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"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian

"It is my Joke. I wrote it, then I took the rest of the day off as I was so chuffed with it."
-- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 (apocryphal)
-- Karen Price, Nintendo Representative (apocryphal)

[Erowid note: This quote has been distributed with a variety of attributions. A visitor recently (April 11, 2002) wrote to us about Marcus Brigstocke's claim to being the originating author. The attributions to Nintendo Employees and others are very likely apocryphal. If anyone knows of any other claims of authorship or knows of any documentation of any performances or publication of the joke, including location, date, etc please let us know at corrections@erowid.org.]