Dindeleux Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I thought this would be better placed in here than the TV section. Did anyone watch this? It was just reasonable to be honest. Good to see some old games and also some new variations on gaming but filled up with a bit too many cringy moments in the first 2 episodes I saw. The patter was pretty poor. Ex England goalkeeper David James was on ep.1 and they played Tetris, Tekken, Star Wars Battlefront and Chucky Cheese. Ep.2 had no-one of any note but they played Portal, Snake...........and I can't remember any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Strangely enough I've had the 1st episode taped since it was on and decided to watch it last night. Managed 5 minutes and deleted it. The Scottish dwarf woman annoyed me beyond belief. David James actually seemed to be coming across well. The games expert/commentator woman just seemed to be trying really hard to come across as a budget version of Mel or Sue, I forget which one is which, off the British Bake Off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 It gets better. Bob Mortimer is pretty funny and watching Russell Howard get his arse handed to him on Tekken 2 by Rachel Riley is great viewing. The kids are really liking it - at 11 and 9 they've never played most of the games, but they've heard of a lot more of them than I thought. The two team captains both liked one of my tweets last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I’ve been watching it and agree that it’s just above okay. Some of the guests haven’t been great and they fall into the trap of “if we’re having fun the audience must be too”. Some of the “banter” is that bad it actually makes Ellie Gibson’s seem okay. You often don’t see enough of the games either, particularly when all four people are playing at once. The games work better with things like Tekken where you only need one big screen rather than multiscreens. I’m mostly just watching to see what games they choose and if Steve McNeil (previously of Videogame Nation) wasn’t on it I’d probably have given up by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinobiDandy Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 its nae bad. just nae bad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Enjoy watching it with my 14yr old. He's vaguely fascinated / contemptuous of games from my teens. Last episode with Rachel Riley was probably the best for a) her monstering Russell Howard and b ) that team captain boy clearly in lurve with Rachel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Think it's OK. It really depends on the guests and the games played. Some of the guests have no interest in gaming and have been rotten at most of the games. The likes of Snake and the other mobile games arent entertaining to watch somebody play and the guests that picked them have been hopeless at them . They would be best sticking to multiplayer games like Mario kart, tekken, sensi etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 2 new series commissioned apparently. Have to say I enjoyed it especially when they were playing older games. My 14 yr old was a fan too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Dwarf_Posse Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Really enjoyed this show and my 12 year old did as well. Never thought I would see people play Chuckie Egg on TV. Next season they should have a speed run on Bruce Lee on the ZX Spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Really enjoyed this show and my 12 year old did as well. Never thought I would see people play Chuckie Egg on TV. Next season they should have a speed run on Bruce Lee on the ZX Spectrum. Got an emulator for some of the old bbc b games n wee lad is addicted to chuckie egg. Hope they do elite at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Dwarf_Posse Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Seems to be a lot of RetroPie setups getting sold, tempted to get one which has all the consoles and arcade games. Would love to give WrestleFest another go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Series 2 started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 I hope they have stopped doing the attempted funny "spinning around" thing, it's very annoying.Regarding retro games I picked up another two games for my Mega Drive today:NBA JamPGA Tour 2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Dindeleux said: I hope they have stopped doing the attempted funny "spinning around" thing, it's very annoying. Regarding retro games I picked up another two games for my Mega Drive today: NBA Jam PGA Tour 2: They havent PGA Tour golf was fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 They havent [emoji14] PGA Tour golf was fantastic It will be better than the utter abomination that was Rory McIlroy PGA, the only game recently that I've traded in as I normally hold onto games regardless in case I get a notion for it one day. It was so bad that I could never see it going back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 New series on tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I watched the "best of" clips of this that was on the other night and quite enjoyed it. There was a game called Gang Beasts (not the best choice of name IMO) which I hadn't seen before and found hilarious. Will maybe give the new season a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I saw a few shows but had to stop watching it due to how shite they all were at games. One time in particular had me absolutely seething. They were playing Crash Team Racing and it was if none of them had ever held a controller before. There was some lassie, I forgot who, who could barely control her character and kept banging in to walls and accidentally been turned around so her character was facing the wrong way. She was stuck in a tunnel for a good 60 seconds or so. I was fuming, fucking livid. None of them used a single power up either. Such a great game, one of my all time favourites in fact, but they fucked it so badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 hours ago, DA Baracus said: I saw a few shows but had to stop watching it due to how shite they all were at games. One time in particular had me absolutely seething. They were playing Crash Team Racing and it was if none of them had ever held a controller before. There was some lassie, I forgot who, who could barely control her character and kept banging in to walls and accidentally been turned around so her character was facing the wrong way. She was stuck in a tunnel for a good 60 seconds or so. I was fuming, fucking livid. None of them used a single power up either. Such a great game, one of my all time favourites in fact, but they fucked it so badly. Ellie Taylor ... still wid though. She can manipulate my controller anytime, or something like that. They've announced what tonights games are going to be in advance on twitter. Not sure I like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Looks like they'll be releasing these a week in advance on demand. Next week's has Football Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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