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Video Game "O Faces" Captured with RED Camera

nytimes.com — British photographer Robbie Cooper used stills from the video taken by his RED camera to show that look of total concentration achieved by kids as they play some particularly absorbing video games, including Grand Theft Auto IV and Call of Duty 4.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 23, 2008

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  • hack314, on 11/23/2008, -12/+22510 year olds playing GTAIV and CoD4. Seems kind of irresponsible, I hope they had parental approval, or there might be some angry letter getting sent to nytimes.
  • semperfidoordi, on 11/23/2008, -1/+166@ number 4...
    I'd be crying too if I had to play "Hulk"
  • MarioBrosCom, on 11/23/2008, -1/+70A little kid playing GTA IV? Outrageous! :P
  • Jublins, on 11/23/2008, -2/+58i think the O faces are from when they visited the strip clubs in gta iv
  • ishkabum, on 11/23/2008, -4/+58these are not particularly notable faces here, nor is this much of an enlightening study....

    conclusion:

    ginger is ginger.
  • houndeyex, on 11/23/2008, -1/+55Yes, really. There's tons of other options. Why pick the one that let's you sit on daddy's lap and kill hookers?
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Othello/Sill ...
  • SeaweedWater, on 11/23/2008, -1/+40That kid looks so bummed to be playing The Hulk.

    You can actually see the tears forming.
  • MiGs2, on 11/23/2008, -3/+42Really, some of these kids looked way to young to be playing GTA4, or any other realistic shooter.
  • inactive, on 11/23/2008, -1/+38man that's a lot of freckles...
  • Hetman, on 11/23/2008, -3/+35lol that kid looked like he just pwned that girls character on COD in the last pic.
  • danr2c2, on 11/23/2008, -6/+38I thought the same thing... I would not allow my 10 year old to play GT IV. Never. Period. Now an 11 year old, that's alright. BUT TEN YEARS OLD?! C'mon!

    Seriously though, I do feel like that is a bit young. At least they could wait until they were teens or something.
  • therealknewman, on 11/23/2008, -7/+38Moar?
  • fusionpoo, on 11/23/2008, -2/+29those kids are way to young to be playing GTA IV and Call of Duty 4
  • Ismith988, on 11/23/2008, -3/+28...........∩_____∩
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  • Beakerz, on 11/23/2008, -2/+27"How do you feel about bullets?"

    awesome. (from the video)

    Edit: WTF? is the kid playing the hulk crying???
  • metalgearhmn, on 11/23/2008, -2/+26I've reread what you've written a few times, and it doesn't make any sense.
  • Linake, on 11/23/2008, -1/+23"Come back here and let me stab you!"

    The long haired girl in the video does not seem to be easily entertained. Yikes!
  • dewsnider, on 11/23/2008, -1/+20The video is much more interesting... You can tell some of the kids are definitely playing up to the camera, especially the last one.
  • venomoushealer, on 11/23/2008, -1/+17Um. No one cares.
    End of story.
  • Sornos, on 11/23/2008, -1/+17Majority means most common not most noticeable. The average person on XBL is male and between 18 and 40.
  • twodollars, on 11/23/2008, -2/+18When I play Fallout 3, my 2 O-faces coincide with each other.
  • RocksOFF, on 11/23/2008, -0/+15Blue Steel.
  • 1iProd, on 11/23/2008, -0/+14COOL STORY BRO A++ WOULD COME AGAIN.

    :I
  • inactive, on 11/23/2008, -2/+15What the ***** is wrong with that kid's face? Seriously.

    Also LOL @ "GTA4 - Age 10"
  • freakmanvirtue, on 11/23/2008, -11/+24I heard Ginger Children have no soul.
  • falafelkiosken, on 11/23/2008, -2/+15I agree, even if I'm a total fan of the series and I think most of the critics of it is completely wrong, giving a 10-year-old GTA is wrong
  • nyeus, on 11/23/2008, -0/+11Anyone else bored to tears playing the Hulk game?
  • xXIrsotehkewlXx, on 11/23/2008, -1/+12We can only hope he was playing up to the camera... *sigh* I know people that actually do that kind of stuff. A lot.
  • latova, on 11/23/2008, -3/+13Go on xbox live. Majority of gamers there are 10 year olds.
  • AdmiralHalsey, on 11/23/2008, -31/+40really? come on... REALLY?
  • SirBryce, on 11/23/2008, -0/+9If you watch the video, there are actually tears coming down his face, lol
  • createcontent, on 11/23/2008, -0/+9SHOW ME UR KILLIN FACE!!
  • JoeBeardie, on 11/23/2008, -1/+9Not blinking would be my guess, or the game just really sucks that much.
  • Step1Mark, on 11/23/2008, -1/+9@ SSUK Xbox Live must be down.
  • MyDiggIsBig, on 11/23/2008, -2/+10GTA girl .... yah, i felt the same way playing that game.

    Reebok boy ... wow... creepy.

    the crying kid....wow... that was deep.

    older kid = smart enough to figure out whats going on

  • Wisgary, on 11/23/2008, -0/+7What the ***** are you talking about?
  • LAmandingo, on 11/23/2008, -1/+8This is pretty lame. He could hav taken the exact same pictures with a Canon, Nikon or any other standard DLSR camera. Obviously this guy is happy to have access to a RED camera. Whats next . .a guy taking pics of rain puddles with an IMAX camera?
  • SSUK, on 11/23/2008, -1/+8Oh wow, a 'your mother' joke. Where are we? 4th grade?
  • NDfan0788, on 11/23/2008, -0/+7Exactly, I don't ever want to see the NY Times have an article damning the sex/violence in video games now.
  • Maddjonesy, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6I think the point isn't that kids shouldn't play this game necessarily, that's up to the parent. It just seems a little unprofessional for nytimes.com and this British photographer to be doing it, essentially encouraging it and likely paying the kids/parents for it.
  • darkyplasma, on 11/23/2008, -3/+9First one looks like he ate a warhead
  • LordofChaosIori, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6:O
  • inactive, on 11/23/2008, -1/+7My eyes always tear up when I'm playing. Concentration overload?
  • priegog, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6Help us find a cure!
  • houndeyex, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6Holy crap, I just suffered through the video, and the kid actually IS crying. The tears literally roll out of his eyes. If I had to be in the same room as the kid who talks too much while playing CoD4... I would cry too.
  • lastmaster, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6Magnum
  • NuclearFriend, on 11/23/2008, -0/+6Aside from the Gob/Arrested Development reference, it didn't make a lot of sense.

    "Yeah, right! The guy in the $5000 suit is going to hold the elevator for someone who doesn't make that in 3 months! Come-on!"
  • lowtolerance, on 11/23/2008, -0/+5seeing as how it's not even remotely close to a consumer level camera, why would it get any press?

    and seriously...what the hell are you talking about in that second paragraph?
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