

In an interview with The Daily Beast, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe alludes to the therapeutic power of videogaming.You suffer from dysplaxia--which is a kind of physical dyslexia. Rote physicality is difficult for you to comprehend. How has that affected you as an actor?
I have a very mild form of it. I've gotten it mostly under control now. I played a lot of videogames as a kid which really helped it. It basically surfaces as bad coordination.I'm going to file this under "Videogames Are Actually Good For You", along with the stuff about how Tetris cures PTSD and Pole Position (or is it Outrun?) makes better surgeons.
(By the way, if you're at work, I don't recommend doing a Google image search for "Daniel Radcliffe".)
By budgethero at 1:12 PM ON 01/30/09
i thought this was about games making him less of a weird pervert.
By Felipe 058 at 1:24 PM ON 01/30/09
You do realize that in telling us not to google image serach "Danel Radcliffe" while at work we are going to automatically google "Daniel Radcliffe", even if at work? It's like telling someone to not think of a black cat, but because the command "think of a black cat" was there, regardless of the "not", they think of a black cat. Or "don't google image search 'goatse'". Seriously, don't do it, you'll all regret it for the rest of your lives.
And @ BUDGETHERO, Radcliffe is not a weird perv, he's an actor who was presented with an opportunity and took it. Most actors (and actresses) find it refreshing to do something new and different; after all, variety is the spice of life an' all that.
By Nick at 5:57 PM ON 01/30/09
Wow, Tom. I assume the term 'spazz' doesn't have the same stigma in the US as the UK, where it's about as socially acceptable as the n-word, or fondling babies. That sort of thing.
By Marmoset at 6:39 PM ON 01/30/09
Hmmmm it's also rather unfortunate you're talking about a British actor, hopefully this won't be the top story all weekend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic
Also heads up: be careful when using the term 'fanny'.
By Tom Chick at 7:46 PM ON 01/30/09
Egad, I had no idea "spazz" was that bad in the UK. I even have a British friend and I'm sure I've called him a spazz once or twice. Besides, they say it in The Office (the real one from Britain), don't they? How offensive can it be if it's actually on TV?
By dingus at 12:27 AM ON 01/31/09
Tiger Woods got in trouble for using the word too, a couple of years ago. So you're in good company.
By Zeus at 12:58 AM ON 01/31/09
Oh man! Tom dropped the S-Bomb!
Yeah, the following line forced Nintendo to recall Mario Party 8:
"Magikoopa magic! Turn the train spastic! Make this ticket magic!"
While we're on the subject, NEVER call a bad game "lame", because "lame" means crippled. "Lousy" means lice infested, a medical condition suffered by millions of innocent school children, and "crap" is an insult to Dirtomancers everywhere.
By Chijts at 8:26 AM ON 01/31/09
Yea I think spazz is actually quite mild if you are saying it to someone who isn't an actual spastic.
I'd say on the bad-word-o-meter it's way behind actual swear words. It's no way as bad as the n-word, and fondling babies just sounds hideous. Also, lol Zeus.
By n0wak at 5:49 PM ON 01/31/09
*Besides, they say it in The Office (the real one from Britain), don't they? How offensive can it be if it's actually on TV?*
I don't think David Brent is exactly a model for sensitivity
By Ginger Yellow at 5:17 PM ON 02/01/09
"How offensive can it be if it's actually on TV?"
Britain has a very different idea of what's acceptable language on TV than the US does. See "The Thick Of It" for illustrative purposes.
Basically anything goes after the watershed. And seriously, change the damn title ASAP.
By salwon at 11:44 AM ON 02/02/09
It sounds like the equivalent of calling someone a retard over here, which is offensive to many. And as we all know, you don't call a retarded person a retard. You call your friends retards when they're acting retarded.
By dingus at 6:17 PM ON 02/02/09
I know what you're talking about, Salwon.
Nice.
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