Ban this sick filth!

Yesterday, when I drove to town after far too many hours playing Burnout (i.e. racing at 220 miles an hour through city streets, scenery whizzing past me in a blur) I found I had to concentrate rather more on driving than normal. 40 mph felt slow, in a way it doesn't normally, and I felt as if I hardly had to turn the wheel at all to get round corners (as opposed to skidding round 90 degree bends at 150 mph.) Also, in the evening, after I'd stopped playing, I found I was less able to concentrate on print than normal. My eyes had become accustomed to an image that was whizzing by fast, and my brain had become accustomed to making split-second reactions.

I found this somewhat worrying. Playing on the Xbox for too long seemed to have turned me into an attention-deficient boy racer.

( Computer games are evil and should be banned – claim )