This is the build-up to my previous video depicting Todd Landers attempting to exorcise his addiction to Ghosts 'n' Goblins by bashing away at the cabinet at the local amusement arcade until he achieves his goal. Strategy being that once he grasps his high score personal best holy grail with both hands, the game will lose its appeal and he can get back to normality. It's essentially 'flooding' to combat addiction rather than the way its typically used in psychological disorder intervention; for phobias.
Not a terrible idea, although the problem with applying the technique to video game addiction is that there's rarely a single challenge to overcome before the unhealthy preoccupation can be laid to rest. There's always another game to defeat, and then once complete, there are multiple ways to re-conquer it more efficiently.
Scenes excerpted from episode 836 (original Aussie air date 17/10/88).
