Top Gun : Video Gaming Obsession

Caloz, Marie (producer). Findlay, Gillian (journalist). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Findlay, Gillian. (Cast).

Summary: On the 2008 Thanksgiving weekend, Steve and Angelika Crisp confiscated their son Brandon's Xbox. He retaliated by running away from home, and a much-publicized and unthinkable tragedy followed: his body was discovered three weeks later. Brandon's death became a national news story about much more than just another teen runaway. His disappearance and death revealed to parents a darker aspect to their children's video gaming: addiction. In a Fifth Estate investigation, reporter Gillian Findlay goes inside this virtual community where gaming addiction can trump family and friends. Interviews with a self-confessed former gaming addict, a therapist who's seeing more and more gaming addicts, Brandon's best friend, and of course, his grieving parents, reveal the consequences of this growing teen obsession. Warning: This program contains occasional scenes with coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (41 min 50 sec)
remote
video
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer: Caloz, Marie.
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Findlay, Gillian.
Target Audience Note:	15-17.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/6a8fb0a1-cae8-4e6b-85c3-1e35827ad911
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation