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Over the next six shows,

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a video gamer,

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a game designer,

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a mathematician,

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and a magician

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are going up against each other in a series
of games of skill and logic

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and only one can emerge victorious.

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This is Game On.

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In the commentary booth, I'm Tom Scott,

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this is game designer David Bodycombe.

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Hello!

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And today we are playing Rock Paper Scissors
Hammer Helmet

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with Emma Blackery, video gamer,

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and Steven Bridges, magician.

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Why am I nervous? It's rock paper scissors!

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You've got to win rock paper scissors. If
you do that,

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you pick up the hammer, you hit your opponent
on the head with it

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before they pick the helmet and defend themselves.

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And we're playing first to seven. If you get
seven, you win the round.

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The theory says that usually people feel strongest
with stone,

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so if you think that's the case, then you
should go with paper.

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-- Damn it!
-- Yes!

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-- Aww.
-- Video games! I don't know.

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Can we get a replay of that? Because that's
just...

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That also answers the question of whether
height is making a difference here.

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Oh, no! It took me too long just to register
the fact that I'd gone for rock.

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I just love how I went like that, and sort
of, just...

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I'm worried that at some point, you're just
going to grab the helmet and go 'smack'!

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That's how this is going to go down.

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I'm really disappointed in myself.

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That's going to be the only good start we're
going to have to this.

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You nailed it!

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I'm going to do terribly from now.

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Okay, ready?

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Yes! And it squeaked! Sorry.

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-- That's harder!
-- It's not easy, is it?

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By the time you'd hit my head, I was still
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I had to pick up the helmet.

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It's worth pointing out that they have to
grab the right thing.

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Grabbing the wrong thing gives your opponent
a point.

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No!

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You're getting too good now.

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And it is quite deliberate that the helmet
is an awkward thing to put on your head.

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Otherwise we'd be here all day!

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Yes, we did playtest this, it is possible
to defend.

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Man, I'm taking this way too seriously. I'm
like, okay, let's do this.

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You're in the zone now! I've ruined it. Now
he's in the zone!

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No, no, as far as I'm concerned, you had the
good start, so now...

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I'm still trying to catch up.

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You're ahead! You're ahead now.

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Right. Okay.

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The helmet's impossible!

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The helmet is so hard!

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It's all about the rock paper scissors.

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That is not okay(!)

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You're just good at rock paper scissors!

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Well, you know, years of practice. Okay.

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I get that far!

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Yeah? Do you want it a little bit closer?

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No -- oh, thanks, like I'm going to lose(!)

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Now I know that Steven said beforehand that
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rock paper scissors theories in his head.

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He's a magician, he reads people for a...

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he does mentalism, he does magic,

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he should be good at reading people here.

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-- Oh!
-- You went for it and then you stopped!

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I got so confused!

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I was like, that's a rock? Wait, no! And then
I got donked.

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It's the terror of not knowing whether you're
having to attack or defend.

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People get paralysed. As soon as you touch
the wrong thing,

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you forfeit the point.

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Yes! Exactly. Exactly that.

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He hasn't put it on his head yet! Quick.

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No, that doesn't count.

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-- Amazing.
-- I'm kidding.

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'Cos we both went like this, both stopped,

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and then I grabbed it.

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I think I was rock and you were scissors!

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-- I should have donked you.
-- Oh, man.

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Donk is the official term, actually.

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Yeah. It is now, anyway!

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Oh, I need to squeak it more. That's good.
That's where the satisfaction is.

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Don't plan it like you're going to do it again!

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It's going to happen.

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I don't know. My brain can't do the mental
thing, and then the...

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This is so unfortunate! You're just losing
rock paper scissors,

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which is a game of chance,

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and you're just losing more than I am.

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It's really not a game of chance.

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Certainly not against a magician. -- No.

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You can bring it back! It's first to seven!

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You can bring it back when you're losing by
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-- True.
-- This is very true.

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Encouragement, that's what I need. Okay, ready?

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Oh, that was close. Can we get a...?

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Yep. We're counting that, yes.

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I donked myself with the helmet!

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That's how the injuries happen. I'm telling
you, it's all about the helmet.

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This is what's going to happen to me in, like,
a minute.

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Oh, well, this is match point.

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-- Is it?
-- Yeah! You're on 6-1 now.

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Tense. Very tense. Okay.

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Oh, she got the wrong thing!

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She got the wrong thing!

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-- I'm out of it.
-- Oh, man.

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I'm so used to losing!

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So Steven is straight through to the next
round,

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Emma is not eliminated yet.

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No, she can still win, but she has to--

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If she wants to win, she's got to win every
single game from now on.

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Next up, it is Hannah versus Katie. What's
the game?

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It's going to be a game of digits, dexterity
and dice.

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You're regretting me giving you that line,
aren't you?

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Yeah. Thanks, Tom.

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