Alan Titchmarsh: not a fan of video games

If you haven't seen it yet, this painful discussion on The Alan Titchmarsh Show on the perils of playing violent video games is worth a watch. The baying audience and ignorance of the panellists makes for pretty grim viewing. Thankfully, CVG editor Tim Ingham acquits himself very well in the face of some bizarre accusations from former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie and actress/sex expert Julie Peasgood. It's worth bearing in mind, whilst watching the 'discussion', that Peasgood has herself done voice work in a violent video game . Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised if you think about the show's target audience, but in 2010 it's pretty disappointing that such ill-informed views and discussion can occur on a mainstream television programme. I'll let Charlie Brooker have the final word, this from Twitter last night: "Which is less civilised? Some gunplay in pixel-land, or an unfair one-sided censorship debate before a mooing audience in reality?"