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Apr 2020
27m 26s

Ryan Hart: Champion of the World

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About this episode

The true story of Ryan Hart, who beat homelessness and became arguably the greatest fighting game champion of all time.

Aoife Wilson and Julia Hardy are best mates who love video games and have worked in the industry for years. They find the most shocking, moving and inspiring true stories about how gaming changed people’s lives forever. Join them to hear about the guy who works for NASA because of a game, the couple who fell in love on an MMORPG, the man who turned his escape from civil war into a video game and the gamers who caught a killer in real time.

Do you have a great, true story about a video game? Email us at thisgamechangedmylife@bbc.co.uk

Producer: Nathan Jones

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