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I can't believe I can carry all this stuff.

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No!

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Welcome to the Mythbusters video game special.

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I'm gonna go get a gun.

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I'm gonna go get a gun.

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I'm gonna go get a gun.

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Video game special.

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So we're doing a whole episode on video games.

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Well, given that there are thousands of them out there,

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doesn't that have a pretty broad topic for us?

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The video game industry is not only massive,

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it is incredibly diverse.

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and also pretty cool.

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Go on.

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Well, later we'll be tackling fruit ninja

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to see if you can slice through real fruit

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or if you can slice through digital fruit.

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But first up is a myth

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from a little game called Doom.

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That's one of those games where you're shooting monsters, right?

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and Doom effectively invented the genre.

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You are moving through a world shooting stuff,

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and as you come across things that you need,

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you can pick it up, ammo, medical packs, guns, supplies,

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whatever you need.

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you seem to slow you down as you move through that world,

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and I'm thinking that's something we should test.

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we're going to have to make a real-world version

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of a Doom level, right?

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First-person shooters

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include some of the most popular titles

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in video game history.

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But is it really possible to pack so much heat

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and still function effectively?

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We want to create a Doom video game level in meat space.

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That is, the real world.

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in a military-industrial complex.

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So we've come to get this,

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a military-industrial complex.

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From the outside, the building's got potential,

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it's out of this world.

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The building that we found is absolutely perfect

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in every way for conducting this experiment.

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You think we need a Geiger counter in here?

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but clearly long since departed.

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It's a perfect blank canvas

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for us to build this real-world Doom level.

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does not in any way negatively affect your ability to succeed.

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...it's vital that their real-world course matches the virtual world.

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or the fake thing, the video game Doom. Right.

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He's developed thousands and thousands of levels.

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It's got scary textures, right angles.

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That's awesome. Yes. Let's do it.

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This is the map. This is what we're watching ourselves walk around in.

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This is our space? Yes.

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We're here. This is the elevator.

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This is where you and I had the conversation.

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Thanks to his expertise in the virtual world...

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This guy's on fire.

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Tim helps certify their course as correct.

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It's got the right look, the right size,

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medicates, and munitions.

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This is the arsenal we will have at our disposal.

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Everything from handguns, shotguns, to machine guns.

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we're going to be putting one down.

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we'll have everything on these tables strapped to our bodies.

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Now all that needs to happen...

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I would put this on my house if I could.

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Are the finishing touches to the arena at its game on?

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Before we cash and carry, what else is going on?

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Fruit, ninja, wa-pa-pa!

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Even I've heard of that one. What about it?

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is it possible in real life?

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Gone.

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I'm good, dude.

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You are straight bleeding.

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Fruit salad here would come.

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Sh-y-o-zah!

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Let's play.

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This is Fruit Ninja, one of my all-time favorite games.

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Yes!

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And the goal of the game is simple.

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Using a samurai sword, you slash fruit that is arching into view in front of you.

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Five fruit combo.

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Oh, Mr. Coconut!

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I use a real wooden practice sword called a Boken.

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This is from my personal collection.

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But it's slicing fruit with a lethal sharp sword as easy in real life as it is in this game.

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But how to test just that?

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Well, Adam begins by establishing a virtual world benchmark over three 60-second time trials.

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I hope Simon sees this and puts me...

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Hey, Hajima!

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...in a samurai movie.

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And Jamie, standing well clear, gets his geek on.

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which in this case has deadly consequences for fruit.

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See what I mean?

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Adam is a veritable whirling dervish of digital destruction.

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his average number of fruit hits is almost exactly 100 per minute.

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This is so awesome.

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Right outside these doors, Jamie and I have constructed a real-world simulacrum

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of a level of the video game Doom.

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With weapons, ammo, health, and monsters.

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And the game is a game that's made for you.

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And it's a game that's made for you.

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With weapons, ammo, health, and monsters.

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Jamie and I will have to move through that labyrinth,

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killing all the monsters, getting to the end, and timing ourselves

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They're testing the myth that your avatar can carry an array of artillery.

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All right, monsters, you guys feeling ready?

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When I say go, I want you to retreat to your position,

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You might notice that some of our zombies are armed with wrenches, not guns.

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These are special wrenches which I actually built back in the shop.

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They're basically a polyurethane foam poured into a silicone mold

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with a piece of aluminum to keep it stiff.

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How many people think of mold making as such an active sport?

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Coming out to play, little wrench.

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Painted in dune colors, what you end up with is something that looks like a wrench.

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Oh, I love pulling masking off.

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It's like Christmas, but it's totally safe when you hit someone in the head with it.

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it's probably one of these so that when they hit someone in the face,

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they don't actually hurt them. Isn't that cool?

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Will any of our monsters get to use their wrenches on Jamie? That's the next question.

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Well, it's time to find out, because right now, it's Jamie's control.

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For this first test, every time I see a new weapon, I put the one I'm carrying down,

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pick up that weapon and proceed.

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I'm going to go.

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Jamie, are you ready?

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I'm good to go.

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Okay. Commence the test in three, two, one, go.

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Okay, so with Jamie in our dune area, it's worth me clarifying a couple of things for science.

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but crucially, we've strapped lead weights to them so their mass exactly matches that of the real thing.

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Second, this is our control test.

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Every time Jamie picks up a new weapon, he'll put down the one that he had already been using.

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It's two down. I think I'm home free.

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We'll do the keep and carry everything test once our controls are done.

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Finally, the data. When we come to call this myth, our crucial metric is going to be time.

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How long does it take us to complete the dune course when we're carrying every weapon versus carrying one weapon at a time?

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And talking of time, what quickly becomes apparent is that this is not just a sprint.

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Nice.

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That was a blot of five killed right in front of us.

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With the monsters hidden randomly, Jamie can't simply run from station to station.

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To stay alive, he has to take a more considered and tactical approach,

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meaning the extra gear in test two may not slow him down as much as expected.

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Hey!

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How was that?

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That was fun. I'm shooting guys around corners.

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I'm like Rambo.

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How long do you think it took? Don't look.

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Oh, I have no idea. What, five minutes?

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Actually, you're pretty close. Just under six minutes.

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Yeah, that's great. It's actually pretty exhilarating. I'd pay good money to go do that.

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Now it is my turn to go through this level, but of course, I'm just not going to do it in street clothes. I'm going to do it in costume.

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Let's kill some monsters.

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Oh, it was actually loaded.

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Like the Heinemann,

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Monsters, are you ready?

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Adam starts with his one weapon at a time control.

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Three, two, one. Adam, you're off.

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You know, you spend a lot of time talking through stories like this,

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and setting them up and making sure the science is spot on.

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And then you're in the middle of it. You're like, there are dudes walking towards me.

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And I've got to shoot them.

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What could be more fun than that?

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You can hear the chainsaw spring flesh and blood all over the walls. It's horrible.

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Yes!

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Woo! That was fun! You're alive. Dude! Five minutes, 38 seconds.

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That was not only freaking insane, but we actually, I think, got some interesting results.

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First of all, Jamie and I completed the course in just shy of six minutes.

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Which is frankly longer than I thought it would take.

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I was shocked, however, that there is so much tactical gameplay involved that we both took it slow and steady.

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Now, of course, later, when we're doing the pick up and hold on to everything test,

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it's going to be harder, but I'm not convinced it's going to take longer.

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Again, because of the tactical play, I'm kind of feeling like it's looking sort of good for the myth at this point.

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Later on Mythbusters, maybe this myth isn't doomed.

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One shot!

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The guys gear up and get their monster killing groove on.

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That is seriously the most twisted Santa Claus image I have ever seen.

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Digital destruction in 2D is as easy as one, two, three.

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But at a dimension and fruit of various sizes subject to real world physics, is it as simple?

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To find out the Mythbusters Abandon M5 for an abandoned warehouse.

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This is a sparring program.

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Actually, this is just an open space in which we constructed our version of the Fruit Ninja video game.

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Note the plastic on the floor, which we will use to contain our fruit carnage and the small tower on top of which will be our Fruit Ninja,

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so that we can safely throw up fruit from underneath without being decapitated.

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Now, one of the key aspects of the virtual game Fruit Ninja is that the fruit is reaching the top of its arc right in front of you.

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So we want real fruit to reach the top of its arc, so we need people who are really good at throwing.

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You know who's really good at throwing? Jugglers.

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Our jugglers today come courtesy of San Francisco's own circus center.

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They are all experts at the art of non-lethal objects flying through the air.

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Their names in order are Erika, Nicholas, and Audrey.

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In the virtual game, the fruit is pitched to perfection.

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As it rises, gravity pulls it down and decreases its vertical velocity to zero at the apex.

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And to match the game, that has to happen at exactly the right height in front of Adam.

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So, high, catch.

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Hey! Let's throw some fruit.

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Alright.

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This is how this is going to work. We've got our basket full of fruit.

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We've got our jugglers to throw the fruit up in the air.

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All we need is our ninja up there to slice it.

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I'm totally ready. Let's do this. This is going to be great.

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Can Adam beat his 100-cut benchmark?

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For this test, our ninja, aka Adam Savage, will have one minute to cut all the fruity can.

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But for the most part, I'm going to be doing that.

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Oh, this feels great!

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You ready, sir?

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I'm ready. Are you ready?

336
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Not quite, but what the hell?

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Alright, you count us down, Jamie.

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Okay. Fruit Ninja in three, two, one, go.

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Right from the get-go, it's clear that compared to the game, Adam, a trained swordsman, is having more difficulty making contact.

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Oh, my gosh, I'm missing everything.

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The fruit seems to be moving much faster than the virtual equivalent.

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Yes!

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But once he gets his range, he starts to make an impact on the scoreboard.

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Yes! Pineapple! Tomato!

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Oh, yeah!

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30 seconds.

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30 seconds already? This is too much fun.

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Too close to me.

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Ha, ha, quick!

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Oh, whole thing of bananas!

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Three, two, one.

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Woo-hoo-hoo!

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Woo!

354
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That was perhaps more fun than should be allowed.

355
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I think my scoring was pretty poor on that.

356
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You got a few pieces of fruit.

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I cut a piece of a few pieces.

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Yes!

359
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It is such a crazy experience standing on top of this elaborate platform with three jugglers

360
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Oh, yeah!

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Perling fruit into my sphere of influence, only to try and catch it with the edge of my sword.

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And the satisfaction when my blade actually does catch the fruit, cleaves it into it.

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It's so much more satisfying than actually playing the game on a screen.

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Ha, ha, ha!

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I mean, it doesn't even compare.

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With the test complete, the chopped fruit is collected and counted.

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Oh, look at that! Perfectly in half.

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To reveal a disappointing score of 30.

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I am literally eating the fruit of my labor.

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So our ninja, aka Adam, sliced 30 of the 100 or so pieces of fruit, which is way lower than he got on the virtual game.

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But in his defense, the jugglers were off on two fronts.

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More fruit, more fruit!

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First, they didn't throw fruit at a fast enough rate, meaning getting a really good score was impossible.

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And second, they threw some fruit so close to him that it was too difficult to cut.

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Too close to me?

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Oh!

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So they're resetting a little further back to make it easier for him to hit the perfect apex, right in Adam's zone.

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But will it be enough to triple his score?

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I have my doubts.

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Mmm, grapefruit.

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Alright, I've had a little bit of a breather.

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We're about to go again.

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The jugglers have mastered their arcs.

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And we're going to try this test for real.

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I think I'm going to do much better this time than the first one.

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Fruit Ninja in three, two, one, go!

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Oh, yes!

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Ha ha!

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My apple!

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Yes!

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From the first fruit to be beheaded, it's obvious Adam's improving.

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Ha ha! Yes!

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The man is a mine!

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With the jugglers now right on target.

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Coconut!

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Oh ho ho!

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Ah, yeah!

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Every piece hits the apex at a cuttable height.

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Ha ha ha!

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Thirty seconds.

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Thirty seconds!

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And Adam appears to be taking out his targets with video game like ease.

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There's fifteen seconds.

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But as the clock counts down and concentration and stamina flags, his hit rate slows.

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Meaning the result is up in the air.

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Ha ha ha!

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That is cool.

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I'm noticing three things that are quite different between virtual fruit ninja and real life fruit ninja, our version.

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First and foremost is that it's harder than I thought to hit fruit flying through the air.

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Second is that the fruit is much smaller in real life.

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The best I can tell you is that an apple in the game is about the size of a watermelon in real life.

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So it's much easier to hit.

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In addition, the size of the fruit is tied to the game's apparent gravity.

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If they were scaled correctly, they'd be moving considerably faster.

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Third is the slicing itself.

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In the game, you just move your hand in the direction that you want to slice and it slices the fruit.

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In real life, the actual edge of the blade has to be pointed in the direction that I'm slashing.

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And that requires a level of coordination that means I have to stay super super concentrated.

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I'm missing them all.

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It's fun, but it's also difficult.

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And that difficulty is reflected in the score because even with perfectly pitched fruit, Adam only chopped a few pieces more than half his virtual score.

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But that's given Jamie an idea.

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The Game Over

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With an annual turnover of $100 billion,

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Game over.

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What?

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Video games are massively popular and first-person shooters pride themselves on their intense realism.

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But exactly how real are they?

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It's time to find out.

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With the control under our belt, it's now time for Jamie and I to run our Doom level again.

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This time, though, instead of putting down weapons when we find a new one,

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we are keeping everything.

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The question is, will it take us radically longer? Will we die?

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Frankly, we don't know.

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What we do know is that there's a lot to lug.

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Along with two ammo boxes and three medical kits, there's nine Doom-approved weapons,

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which, in combined, have a total payload of 80 pounds.

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Will that be more than a match for the Mythbusters?

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Well, first up, it's Jamie, whose control run took $5.53.

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Ugh, that's awful.

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Jamie, are you ready?

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I'm set.

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Starting the test in three, two, one, go.

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Like last time, Jamie immediately encounters a backpack, equipment sling, and handgun.

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Where are you?

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But unlike last time...

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When he finds gun two, he doesn't drop gun one.

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Don't mess with me.

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I wonder if he's going to carry the ammo in his backpack.

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Knowing Jamie, he might connect up all the slings on the weapons and just drag them behind him.

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So you might be thinking that carrying 80 pounds of gear would definitely slow you down.

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But I want to point out there's two wrinkles to this story.

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First, we've set up a test that requires tactical gameplay,

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which means there's not much rushing in the first place.

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Next.

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And second, there's adrenaline.

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Adrenaline, the so-called flight or fight hormone, is released in times of stress,

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and it basically preps your muscles so they can work harder and faster for longer.

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And believe me, Jamie is feeling some stress right now, and his adrenaline is pumping.

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Adam's theory may be sound.

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Crap.

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Because halfway through, Jamie's kept up with his control.

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That is seriously the most twisted Santa Claus image I have ever seen.

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But that doesn't last long.

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Because soon, the combination of weight and bulk starts to take its toll.

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Ugh.

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Ugh!

468
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Okay, this is getting me absurd.

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He gets in such a tangle...

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that the final ammo box gets kicked to completion.

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To reveal a duration that's double.

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Well, Christmas has come early.

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How was that?

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That was awful.

475
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Really?

476
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That just took all the fun out of it.

477
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Really?

478
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Yeah, I mean, after the first couple of guns, stuff starts falling off.

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It's like, okay, I could take my time and spend a half an hour neatly packing and hooking everything on,

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but that's not the way this is supposed to work.

481
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Well done. Have a rest, and then I'll gear up.

482
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Now it's time for me to go through the doom level, picking up everything,

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and I know Jamie said that it removed the entire fun quotient,

484
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but frankly, I think I might be better at distributing the load than he was.

485
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He was just carrying everything like a bag of groceries.

486
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Can't wait. Here we go.

487
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Ow!

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Adam, are you set?

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I'm ready, sir.

490
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Three, two, one, go!

491
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Adam has a plan to bring this myth back from the brink.

492
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Jamie ignored the backpack and packed his weapons poorly.

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Dead.

494
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Adam, however, is going to lock and load efficiently.

495
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He's dead.

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Using the utility backpack and equipment slings properly.

497
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One shot.

498
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But there's no getting around the actual mass and bulk of the gear.

499
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It's starting to take its toll.

500
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Here we go.

501
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And in the heat of the action,

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they'll never ever kill me.

503
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,000
his neatly packed plan begins to come undone.

504
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000
Oh, crap, another MLK.

505
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,000
This is killing me.

506
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,000
As he slows to a painful to watch crawl.

507
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,000
You made it.

508
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,000
Yeah!

509
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,000
That was a freaking nightmare.

510
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,000
Isn't that awful?

511
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Oh, I was doing okay.

512
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,000
Until about halfway through.

513
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,000
And then...

514
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,000
And then I just couldn't strap anything else to my body.

515
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,000
I'm just gonna, just take a nap right here.

516
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000
Now, based on Jamie's and my performance,

517
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000
it would seem that the myth is busted.

518
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000
But while we are in reasonable shape,

519
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,000
we're nowhere near close to that dude that you are controlling.

520
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,000
When you play Doom, that's where this guy comes in.

521
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,000
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Brendan Shaw.

522
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,000
He is a UFC heavyweight contender and it's 6'4",

523
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,000
245 pounds and an expert in many martial arts.

524
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:18,000
He is in every way equivalent to the dude you are controlling

525
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000
when you play Doom.

526
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000
We're gonna run him through this level and then we'll make that call.

527
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,000
As Adam has comically concluded...

528
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000
Oh, my gosh, I'm missing everything.

529
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,000
Mastering the three dimensions of real world flying fruit

530
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,000
is not nearly as simple as the game would have us believe.

531
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,000
The fruit in the game is larger and floats in the air for longer,

532
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000
meaning the numbers just don't add up.

533
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000
But Jamie's not done yet.

534
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,000
Samurai's and ninjas and swords and things like that.

535
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,000
They're fine, but they're a little passe.

536
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,000
Jamie's gearing up for something you should not try at home.

537
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,000
He's following the Mythbusters mantra that if it's worth doing,

538
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,000
it's worth overdoing.

539
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000
Welcome to Fruit Chainsaw.

540
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Nowadays we use chainsaw.

541
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000
Oh, yeah!

542
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000
Teckling fruit with a sword is one thing,

543
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000
but with a chainsaw...

544
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,000
it's something else.

545
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,000
I mean, all you have to do is touch it

546
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000
and thanks to that chain going a bazillion miles an hour,

547
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000
you've got instant fruit salad.

548
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,000
Yeah!

549
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,000
So if you find yourself having to hack away at flying fruit,

550
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
it's hard to beat.

551
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,000
Yeah!

552
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000
Beautiful!

553
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Jamie's chainsaw was unbelievably effective.

554
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,000
I was really kind of worried that the fruit would

555
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,000
skip off the edge of the blade, but,

556
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,000
oh man, it was actually so much more awesome

557
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000
looking on camera than the sword.

558
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,000
I'm thrilled. I want to keep going. Can we do some more?

559
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,000
I'm gonna say this is some of the sweetest smelling carnage

560
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000
we have ever produced on this show.

561
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000
How do you want to call it?

562
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,000
I'm gonna say it's much harder to play Fruit Ninja in real life

563
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:29,000
than it is in the game, but it's also much more fun.

564
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,000
What do you think?

565
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,000
I'll let you know. I'm waiting for the chainsaw version.

566
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000
They're totally gonna do that now.

567
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,000
Let's get out of here.

568
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000
I'm gonna go get some fruit.

569
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000
I'm gonna go get some fruit.

570
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,000
I'm gonna go get some fruit.

571
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000
Let's get out of here.

572
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,000
It may be game over for the false physics of Fruit Ninja,

573
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000
but coming up,

574
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000
the denizens of the Doom dungeon

575
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,000
Brendan, are you ready? Let's do this.

576
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000
face a more accurate avatar.

577
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000
Oh, right in the face!

578
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,000
cue our real life video game superhero.

579
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,000
Right in the money maker.

580
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
We're gonna pause for a second in our slicing and dicing,

581
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000
because if you don't mind, there's something I'd like to cover.

582
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,000
Sure.

583
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000
When do you think the first computer games were played?

584
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,000
They had digital computing around the time of the Second World War.

585
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,000
Yeah, didn't you work with the British code breakers on that?

586
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,000
And shortly after that, they had to be starting to play games with them.

587
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000
In fact, you're totally correct.

588
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000
The first computer games came about in the 1950s

589
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000
just after the advent of the first computers

590
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,000
on machines that could handle about 200 computations per second.

591
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000
Video games, as we know it, really blow up in the 70s

592
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:48,000
after games like Pong and Kids Today play at a completely different level.

593
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,000
On machines that manage a mind-boggling 2 trillion

594
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,000
with a T, operations per second.

595
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000
So basically, you're talking about 20 million times

596
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000
what the Apollo mission had to get to the moon.

597
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,000
Exactly.

598
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000
Just to make life hell for some digital fruit.

599
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Yes, isn't that awesome technology, man?

600
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,000
Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

601
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Adam and Jamie have just failed to fire in their first-person shooter.

602
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,000
But an accurate avatar, they're not.

603
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,000
That's where this guy comes in.

604
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,000
This is the moment of truth.

605
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000
Jamie and I have run this Doom level once each,

606
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,000
carrying all the weapons with an average time of just over 11 minutes.

607
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,000
Now it's time for Brendan to do the same.

608
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000
Brendan, are you ready?

609
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
Yes, sir. I'm ready. Let's do this.

610
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:59,000
Three, two, one, go!

611
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:09,000
Like Adam and Jamie, Brendan starts with the one weapon at a time test.

612
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
It's due to this.

613
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000
Which he tears up.

614
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,000
Yeah!

615
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000
Boom! Find the face.

616
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000
Got him.

617
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Boom!

618
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000
Right in the money maker.

619
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,000
Brendan completes the control in a mere four minutes.

620
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,000
Good job.

621
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,000
Thanks, sir.

622
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:46,000
But how will this ultimate fighter fare when he has to collect and carry?

623
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Brendan, are you ready?

624
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000
Yes, sir. Let's do this.

625
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,000
That's a level in. Three, two, one, go!

626
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Right from the double doors.

627
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
I bet he's going to kick our butt at this.

628
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,000
We'll see.

629
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Useless backpack check.

630
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,000
Brendan tackles the course with the same energy as before.

631
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000
Knife in the face, sniper!

632
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000
That's very fast for some counter.

633
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Two guns and 18 pounds has no effect.

634
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000
No!

635
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,000
33 pounds, the same.

636
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
Even the dreaded chainsaw

637
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000
impedes him not at all.

638
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:44,000
And while he's groaning like there's no tomorrow...

639
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000
I'm not sure whether that's the bad guys or Brendan.

640
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:52,000
It's almost as much for the listen to as being part of the actual level.

641
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000
He's so fast that before the guys know it...

642
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,000
Yes, sir!

643
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Dude!

644
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,000
Yeah!

645
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,000
That was magnificent!

646
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000
I didn't... You know what? I forgot to use the backpack.

647
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000
I was just carrying all this stuff.

648
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000
He's choking me a tad. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like...

649
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,000
I'm so...

650
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
It's not even an idea. It's snug.

651
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,000
Oh, my gosh. You beat us carrying everything when we didn't have to carry stuff.

652
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,000
It's amazing why a little bit of adrenaline in a dude when he has zombies chasing him.

653
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:32,000
It's a stunning result because even loaded down with nine weapons,

654
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,000
three medikits and two ammo boxes,

655
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,000
Brendan's time was not slowed in the slightest.

656
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,000
But that's not all we've learned today.

657
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:49,000
You know what? These zombies, demons really.

658
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000
Right in the moneymaker.

659
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
They don't like to get hit in the penis.

660
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000
For whatever reason, I'm just really good at hitting them there.

661
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,000
Got him right in the money shot.

662
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,000
And they're going. I don't think the extras are too happy about it, the volunteers,

663
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000
but you gotta do what you gotta do.

664
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:09,000
How do you want to call it?

665
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,000
You know what's funny? Because we got most of the way through this set of tests

666
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,000
with me being convinced this was going to be busted all the way down the line

667
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,000
and then after Brendan's run, gotta say I think it's plausible.

668
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,000
I think you're right. Let's get back to the real world.

669
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,000
Okay.