Only 20 more to go and then it's all over, so here's some more gaming related TV goodness.
Red Dwarf has covered gaming a couple of times, the most popular gaming episode was most likely Gunman of the Apocalypse from Series 6, but I'm going to write about my own personal favourite; Better Than Life from Series 2.
After being alone for 3 million years the crew receive a post pod containing letters from family and friends, news and sports broadcasts, and some video games.
They turn out to be Total Immersion Video Games (TIV) that allow players to feel they are actually within the game by connecting to their brain via a strange headset.
While watching an old news broadcast Rimmer discovers one of the games known as Better Than Life, is an must-have title sweeping the solar system as it detects all of your desires and fantasies then makes them come true.
Soon the crew find themselves playing Better Than Life where Lister is living a care-free wealthy lifestyle, Cat is dating Marilyn Monroe and has a wardrobe crossing international timezones, and Rimmer is enjoying being a respected officer whilst being reunited with an old flame.
I won't give away anymore of the episode because you should definitely watch it if you've never seen it before. Looking back it's great to see how everyone in the 80s thought the future was going to turn out, this episode features triangular video cassettes...it could still happen.
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