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A day in the life of pro video gamer
Created: 03/18/2008
Video description: It's a hard life being most excellent at most video games, but Johnathan Wendel, aka Fatal1ty, doesn't shy away from the challenge. So what happens in a typical day of a professional video game player? That's what we really wanted to know, too, so Irina invades Fatal1ty's hotel room to find out.

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