Panorama criticised by friend of "addict"  Games documentary's
claims "exaggerated".  The friend of an alleged videogames
addict who featured in Panorama's recent documentary, Addicted
To Games?, has hit out at the makers' selective editing and
"exaggerated view of games addiction and its causes".  In a
lengthy article published on This Is My Joystick, Trent Pyro
(real name Tom Hubbard) explains how Panorama came to interview
his friend, Joe Staley, whose obsession with Modern Warfare 2
was explicitly linked in the film to his dropping out of
university and racking up huge debts.  "As a fledgling media
professional... I felt that having them film at my house would
be an interesting experience," said Pyro. "They were amicable
guys, if a little pushy... Little did I know how the whole thing
would turn out."  While accepting he was not "misrepresented"
and his comments "were used well within context," Pyro's beef
with the makers is that "much of what I had said was tactically
cut as it did not support the theme