It was a good deal, that worked for both of them. “If anything, he’s more into computer games than I am, which is a statement I didn’t think it was possible to utter,” his dad, 48, tells me, not unproudly. He likes the ones where you create levels and customise characters, like Super Mario Maker. “I had a book of mock exams and I said, ‘If you do one of these every morning, half an hour, maths or English, then you can do whatever the fuck you want the rest of the day.’” Actually he didn’t swear, Brooker adds.Īnd what did Brooker Jr want to do for the rest of the day? Play video games. “I said, ‘Right, you’ve got these tests coming up’ (these stupid SAT things),” he tells me. D uring the recent school holidays, Charlie Brooker made a deal with his seven-year-old son.
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