Outrageous Fortune - BBC3 Nintendo doc from 2004

[pelham123]

It's got a horribly intrusive soundtrack, awful editing and is full of inaccuracies. Also, the presenter seems like a bit of a bitch. Still, might be worth a look for some.

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rMchIAvdA

[Incognito D]

Very interesting - thanks for sharing that. I think I vaguely remember seeing it ages ago.
I think they tried to kick up controversy for the sake of making the programme more interesting. For example, about all the seizure stuff. I personally have never known anyone that's had a seizure from playing a game. The guy with the lawsuit was probably just trying to grab some cash at Nintendo's expense. Plus, I guess that's why all the systems come with that fugly warning screen now! It was interesting to see that professor's machine for working out which games posed a 'risk'. Mario Kart Double Dash? Who would've known! And the thing that Howard Lincoln said at the end about Sony's market share not being set in stone, who would have forseen back in 2003 that he would have been right!

[emwearz]

So the point of her story is that at the head of a multibillion dollar business is a businessman, what a pointless show.

Lets go door knocking and see if his home, stupid fuck.

She knows nothing about video games, she calls the NES the Nintendo 8bit.

[ruiner]

the seizure stuff was more in japan from the pokemon tv show.