Dara O'Briain: BAFTA Could "Loosen Its Collar"

Comedian Dara O'Briain has been vocal about his love for computer games - but he has told SPOnG that he doesn't want to be labelled as a serious contender for online multiplayer battles.

When he was described as a massive gamer at the British Academy Video Game Awards red carpet on Wednesday night, he made a significant correction. "I'm a big gamer, not a massive gamer. Every time I say I’m a massive gamer I get hundreds of people on Twitter throwing me their Gamertags in the hope that they can shoot me in the head. I’m not good at this. I enjoy them, I like them, but I don’t lay down any gauntlets here."

O'Briain took some time to detail his love for all kinds of games - from blockbuster titles to the smaller indie ones. "I do enjoy the adrenaline run of Black Ops, but this year has been an interesting one for the awards, because we have such diversity. I just finished Heavy Rain and Limbo, and they’re completely different experiences.

"Limbo has beautiful art and sound direction, and the developers did the sound of a child dying on a rotating blade better than anything else this year. If BAFTA could just loosen those stiff collars and allow for an award for that…"

If only, Dara. If only...