Off Cuts: Another trick of the mind?

Fabian de Fabiani

When Derren Brown convinced a member of the public that he was in a violent zombie video game in a Channel 4 special in 2005, the tabloids were predictably in uproar about the long-term effects on viewers, society and the participant.

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