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BBC has a video article on Warhammer 40K's popularity after 25 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17344366

It's interesting but the painted miniatures and uppainted terrain doesn't really represent the game well (though it probably is typical of the majority of players). The fan gives a reasonable description of the game and its allure though his account will fail to satisfy those with their own unique reasons for playing (or not playing).

"Far from being the preserve of socially awkward teenage boys, the game still has a large following among adults.

Warhammer 40k fan Andrew Ruddick, 32, spoke to BBC News about why he was still playing the game after almost 20 years."

All in all, I give it a 6 out of 10.

Interesting but they could have made the game seem a little more apealing than just I don't care what you think.

This was supposed to be a helpful video?

Playing the game for 20 years, and he still can't be bothered to paint an army to a decent gaming standard for a hugely important video. You'd think he'd have at least figured out dipping by now. :(

This is only marginally better than the last time the BBC interviewed a 40k player who uttered the line "even if you don't have any friends, the models become your friends". Bloody atrocious.

As soon as I stop living in shared housing, I am done paying for my license fee, tired of paying the wages of these idiots just so they can patronize my hobby and make it look like some sort of freakshow for the public.

The only half-decent piece of journalism I have ever seen on the wargaming hobby was an article in the London Metro a few years back, that wasn't filled with spelling errors and an overall "hurr durr laugh at the grown-up dorks playng with their toy dollie fighting trollolol NERDS" attitude.

Nice that they give column space to "GW price whinge". Awesome.

I just love the fact that they interviewed Gary Chalk - but that's showing my age as a gamer

There's already a thread on this here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/436114.page

thanks for the thought and effort though