Forget Second Life, reality TV is the hot new video game genre of our time.
Like video games, the shows generally thrive on conflict, with little regard for how you get to the point of trading blows. The themes of the shows even sound like video game pitches. Some are quest-based (Made) or competition-based (The Amazing Race), others are based on simply throwing a group of people together in a room and watching the fur fly. Commentators have argued about whether such programming might be unhealthy for our society, but a recent incident in England provides a glimpse of what happens when “reality” collides with reality.
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