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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Jul 2013

    Every crime show on CBS has had a million episodes about gamers going nuts and losing track of reality vs the game. So weird.

    9:35 PM - 17 Jul 2013
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      2. Bryan Seabury‏ @BryanSeabury 17 Jul 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame What you have to understand is that we don't pitch episode ideas to our producers.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Jul 2013
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        @BryanSeabury Lol point taken. I didn't means CBS literally :) just a ton of these eps on all the CSIs etc

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      4. Bryan Seabury‏ @BryanSeabury 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Ha! I get it. Just had to go on record. 😃 Big fan.

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      2. Paul Janus‏ @paul_janus 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Writers seize on our irrational fear that video games will make us do crazy things. Going to wave a plastic stick at my TV now.

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      1. Dave Hogg  📎‏ @davehogg 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame They've also had a million about SF cons, cosplayers who lose track of reality, swingers and Howard Stern clones. Out of ideas.

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      1. Dr. Sean Mullen‏ @drseanmullen 20 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame I am impressed by the response to your question. Great discussion & insight by all. #GameOn

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      1. Sarah Bowdidge‏ @RTWSarah 18 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame It's the same as blaming asocial behavior on certain genres of music. It's easier than looking for the actual cause.#scapegoat

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      1. Ellen Burns-Johnson‏ @EllenBJohnson 18 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Yes, totally unfair! TV, games, books are all fiction. Why can't there be episodes about TV watchers losing track of reality?

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      1. Neal S‏ @OhThatNeal 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Maybe CBS resents gamers. Gamers don't watch TV And I certainly haven't played any games based on CBS shows.

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      1. WordWiseWench‏ @Kristina90 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame You know it's just because they're jealous, right? Because people playing games aren't watching their shows.

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      1. Wildride Robert Roy‏ @wyldride 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Is it 1982 again, already? #mazesandmonsters

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      1. Nick ‘Stuffing’ Isaac‏ @thenickisaac 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Their number one audience is people who are afraid of technology ... Who else is watching NCIS except Grandparents?

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      1. Pupunoob‏ @pupunoob 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame combination of misconception and uncreative writers? Or just them feeding to their target markets? Idiot box right.

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      1. Phil Nolan (フィル)‏ @PhilNolan3D 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Well gamers are awfully prone to doing that. /s

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      1. Adi Tantimedh‏ @lookitmoves 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Not weird at all. CBS shows are marketed to old people who are afraid of technology and the weird things young people are into.

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      1. DJ S1C‏ @DJ_S1C 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame so oldschool :D looks like they doing this for century's, lol

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      1. Bartisan‏ @Bartisan 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame Symptomatic of its Executive Staff losing track of reality in general.

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      1. J. Cabrera‏ @henchman_41 17 Jul 2013
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        @avantgame I really don't watch CBS so I never really noticed before

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