Complicated Podcast Episode 1 Script

Audio quickly fades in, NATHAN begins talking.

NATHAN: Hello everyone and welcome to the first episode

of the Complicated Podcast. Today we are joined by Adam
Hussain.

The guests introduce themselves

NATHAN: So in today’s episode we are going to be talking

about how video games can influence young people to dumb
and stupid things.

NATHAN gives his own opinion and invites the guests to

voice theirs.

NATHAN: So for those who don’t know, Grand Theft Auto V

is a real life crime simulator. The name of the game is a
crime in itself. In the game you steal cars, kill people,
rob shops, the lot. Grand Theft Auto V is the number 2
bestselling video game ever made. It has sold over 135
million copies as of this recording. And the majority of
the audience is below the age of 21.

ADAM voices his opinion, a general conversation happens.

NATHAN: There’s a story of a kid who played GTA V, he

stole his mums car on the highway, which ended in a 2
hour police chase, he ended up on the wrong side of the
motorway.
ADAM voices his opinion and a discussion begins about the
entire thing.

NATHAN: The thing is it’s so easy to access such violent

content these days, especially on platforms such as Xbox
and PlayStation. All you’ve got to do is load up the game
and its right there, you pull out a gun and kill people,
you can steal a car, you can steal a plane and crash it.
It awful some of the things you can do on that game
considering how mainstream and popular it is!

Everyone gives their opinions and thoughts

NATHAN: I feel like things like this has what’s caused

modern dark humour, which consists of making light of
horrible infamous events in history within the last 20
years. For example like 9/11, people making memes about
it. And people even recreating events on the game.
Frankly it’s disgusting.

NATHAN: Even other games like Call of Duty, one of the

most popular games of all time, has an extreme level of
violence. Yet there are millions of young impressionable
people on it. This is the thing, the amount of shootings
in America by people below the age of 25 compared to
above 25 is astounding. Experts sometime pin the blame
down to Video games such as the ones we mentioned. What
are your thoughts on this Adam?
ADAM voices his opinion, a general conversation happens.

NATHAN: Grand theft Auto V is an extremely realistic

game, and I feel like it can influence young people to do
really dumb things, for example there’s a thing in the
game called sticky bombs, and people throw sticky bombs
onto cars and drive around and detonate the stickbombs,
blowing up the car and the everyone in the blast radius.

NATHAN: Luckily there are much better safer games such as

Minecraft, or even racing games, there are plenty of
other options than such as violent games. Theres so many
violent games, Call Of Duty, GTA, even Fortnite, which is
rated at a 12 age rating is extremely violent, there’s no
graphic content in the game but the intention of killing
people is still in the game. Back when I was 12 I was
playing games like Forza and stuff. What did you play
when you were like 10 or 11 Adam?
ADAM voices his opinion, a general conversation happens.

NATHAN: Well that’s all we have time for today, thank you
very much for listening and we will see you in the next
one.

Audio ends