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UK: Charlie Brooker to host "How Video Games Changed The World" 2hr show on Channel 4

Gowans

Member
I'm surprised how the been has gotten away with no games show as it has to cover all the arts.

Bring back bad influence and gamesmaster!


Can't wait to watch this, Brooker, Lees writing and a bunch of other great guests. I'll be watching on delay tho, the mrs wants a night watching a horror with a take away tonight .
 

RaikuHebi

Banned
Will this be watchable on the internet outside of the UK?
It seems like the perfect thing for a Twitch stream. If I had the tools I'd do it, but hopefully someone else will. Try and look into how to watch UK streams if you really want it, I hear it's simple. Otherwise it'll hit the torrent sites and Youtube in no time.

Incidentally my PS4 box is in my hands (wrapped in John Lewis bag), on the way home now. Tonight's gonna be a good night.
 
I'm surprised how the been has gotten away with no games show as it has to cover all the arts.

Easy: there's literally no-one in power at the Beeb who will argue for games as art, and everyone knowledgeable and influential enough to make the argument will just get their shows made elsewhere anyway (Brooker), or satisfy themselves with some other project (Wossy).

There's also the very real reality than unlike films, music or the other traditional arts, it's been proven again and again that a weekly televised magazine format about video games just doesn't work, and people don't want it; they'll just stick to YouTube shows and the like.

Basically no-one on either side gives a shit.
 
Hahah I never had sky but caught some of that man....

Bits was always a plus on c4 late night tho.

Ah yeah, Bits was great too. Too short lived though,

Emily Booth....

Gamezville was awesome as well, I am confused though, was it gamezville that had the coin collecting game at the end?

I don't recall them having a coin collecting game. Pretty sure they used to end the show with a face off on whatever game they were featuring that week.
 

Beelzebubs

Member
Hahah I never had sky but caught some of that man....

Bits was always a plus on c4 late night tho.

That's because 2 of the hosts were fine as hell and it was adult oriented. I miss that show.

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Seronei

Member
Will have to watch on Channel 4 +1. Normal Channel 4 never cooperates for me, then again I'm tuning in from Sweden so. :(
 

fallagin

Member
Sounds good, it's on in an hour right? I really do think that you brits have some of the best television programming around.
 

fallagin

Member
That's funny because all I watch is American tv shows and I mostly hate what we produce on our networks, its just crap like x-factor etc

Give me son's of anarchy and walking dead anyday of the week.

Well, I think they complement each other very well :D

Plus, as far as video game programming goes, this kind of stuff is leagues ahead of anything on American television.
 

Albo

Member
Pong voice recognition better than kinect?

Glad Molynuex made an appearance lol

edit: wow, there was televised space invaders tourneys.
 
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