I still kind of think one of the main reasons he made that video (video, not "film") in the first place was to try and show his wife or ex-wife, or whatever, that he had changed.

"I am here in the park, away from my computer" Ten seconds later, flash film.

Again with generalisation  that anyone that didn't agree with him is twelve. This guy is a joke and is looking for fame on the Internet.

He admits that his choices led to his downfall but then says its still the fault of games, because they are escapism and real life is boring. I don't know. I think there's some merit to what he's saying, but it feels like this is troll bait dressed up in sincerity.

I agree with gaming having the ability to suck in people with addictive personalities. I had a former roommate who spent 60+ hours a week at WoW, and holding down a 40 hour a week job. He had little time to sleep and eat, and socializing was the least of his priorities. Even with myself and another roommate trying to get him to give up spending so much time at gaming he continued for over 2 year. Thankfully he quit it cold turkey a year or so ago and hasn't looked back. It was his personality that led him to be so enchanted by video games that he would put off going home for the holidays to spend time with his family.

The part I disagree with most is Brian's opinion that gamers should be learning to do something "useful", like playing a guitar, rather than being entertained by solving problems in a fictional world . You could also argue that learning to play guitar is another type of entertainment. You are not only entertaining yourself with an activity, but when you are good enough, you can entertain others; however according to his ideology, anyone who sits around listening to someone else playing guitar are wasting their time and should go out and do something that is useful..... like learning to play guitar.

In the end, humans like to be entertained. If I choose to go skydiving, read books, watch movies, paint, learn 1000 decimal places to pi, it is my choice. If any of these activities take up so much of my time that I alienate everyone around me, and my life crumbles it is my fault. Own up, get help, recover, and get on with your life!

My bet is he gets addicted to making web videos in the same way he was addicted to WoW.  I don't believe moderation is in his nature, and maybe THAT is the "something" he should start to learn to know.

It also strikes me that some part of him simply refuses to see that he lacks the ability to have fun in real life... maybe he hates his life or his station in life?  While it is true that the sheer fantasy involved in such game activities as slaying dragons or shooting Covenant are unique, different and fantastic, these experiences don't compete with real life activities such as swimming in the ocean, watching a great movie, or reading an amazing book.

I'm not saying any of these things are better or worse than the other.  Rather, they're just different and what can be gleaned is unique to their "medium" or impact.

This guy needs therapy.

Ok, so first he calls us all 12 year olds by assuming that we are all juveniles who just can't see his point of view yet. Then he says he has heard back from "Hundreds" of people who say they have the same problem. Ok, compare that with the millions upon millions upon millions upon millions upon millions of gamers who are perfectly capable of gaming responsibly. I have watched shows where people get addicted to some crazy things that can ruin their lives. Like watching television and or driving cars. This guy still thinks that because he can not control his life like a normal person, and because "hundreds" of other people have the same problem as him, that the dozens of millions of people who don't have this problem are at risk and are wasting their lives?? Is he serious??

This guy is just so full of himself, and every single time a website posts his video we are just encouraging him. He has no right to assume we are all children who aren't smart enough to understand his message. He has no right to assume that we don't have lives and then we convince ourselves that we do. To think that gamers are doing nothing else with their lives, and using any potential we have only on video games and nothing else is so phony and presumptuous.

He just can not admit that he is the problem. That he is the one who was letting games control his life. He can not admit all of that because then he would have to take responsibility. So, instead of being a man and taking the blame, he bunches all gamers together as juvenile, ignorant morons who are just like him. This may make him feel better about his shortcomings, but it is only going to make the community more angry at him.

Oh, and I donate at least $700 a year to charity. Not just when I win money so I can put it in my video and try to make myself look good.

I haven't watched the original video and if this guy's response to criticism is to call anyone who disagrees with him childish, I'm not going to waste my time. So here's my uninformed opinion: Brian sounds like one of those people who "finds God" (whether in a religious sense or a metaphorical sense) then goes around telling everyone else how empty their lives will be until they become more like him. Maybe he sincerely wants to help people, but given what it sounds like his response to criticism is, I think it's far more likely that he just wants people to pat him on the back.