While I don’t necessarily believe that playing violent video games leads people to commit violent acts in real life, I did wonder if my epic GTA4 session last night led to my impulsive purchase of a 6-piece screwdriver set from Woolworths at lunchtime. I’m sure this is nothing to worry about.

Perhaps I could test the effects of gaming on my day to day life by immersing myself in an epic session of Viva Pinata to see if it causes me to spend thousands of pounds in the gardening section of Homebase before consuming a staggering quantity of mindbuggering hallucinogenic substances.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is science.

Incidentally, the screwdriver set was only two pounds. Two pounds!