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I was so gutted on Sunday when i found out it was the last gamer tv. It by no means the great show it could be, but it fills the black hole absense there is for a gamer program on British TV. I usually Sky + the three different shows, and fast forward through each seeing whats new, and if anything took my fancy!

Considering the size of the gaming industry it really amazes me that there is no magazine show that focus`s on gaming.



"I don`t want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."
Woody Allen

yeh that`s how I used to watch it, I liked the way they covered all formats, and all genres, and now and again devote a whole show to 1 game/console/genre. I think broadband is the death of TV gaming progs. Gamespot does a few, they`re not amazing, but sometimes On the Spot (actually I haven`t watched it since Greg left) is quite funny, and if a game a stinker, they do say so :)

Hmmn, from Radio times...


Playr

Updated listing

Sunday 04 May
11:00am - 11:30am
Bravo

From the makers of Gamer TV. Series offering advice to aspiring champions on how to beat the latest video games.

UPDATED LISTING: A new addition to the schedule, which replaces Gamer`s Guide To...

VIDEO Plus+: 2169636

Playr 2

Sunday 04 May
11:30am - 12:00pm
Bravo

From the makers of Gamer TV. Magazine show mixing reviews of the latest games and exclusive news and previews from the fastest moving entertainment medium on the planet.

VIDEO Plus+: 2160365


Playr Xtra

Sunday 04 May
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Bravo

From the makers of Gamer TV. Accompaniment to the main magazine show with extra features.

VIDEO Plus+: 8837568

so maybe just a rebranding exercise, since acrossweekend, on Bravo and bravo 2 Playr is on, but no gamer :/

Rufus Hound is new presenter, it`s basically the same program, different graphics, it`s still done by gamer.tv productions team, end credits are the same, script writer seems the same, i.e. a few dodgy sexual innuendos, presenter seems a bit drier than Sam was. 1st show, but seems he is reading a script, rather than being some-one who knows about games.


http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30430/Gamer-TV-closes-doors-after-5-years

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Since September 2005 the series has been produced by indie Lighthouse Productions Ltd.

Executive producer Richard Wilcox commented: "It's the end of an era but one which we'll look back on with pride. We've built an audience and reputation worldwide. "

at the end it came up "lighthouse productions"

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PLayr 2 had a different presenter, Tim Beckman, more previews than reviews of upcoming attractions, has some-one playing the games, telling you what they`re doing. Playr 2 is like Gamer.tv Extra used to be.

showed GTA IV, bloke playing it doing voiceover was same English one who did Gamer.tv Extra voiceover while playing games.
Boom Blox (new Spielberg game) was also featured lots.
Showed some of the Lego games coming out - Indiana Jones, and Batman.

Rufus Hound
http://www.vivienneclore.com/articles/Rufus_724818_80.html
comedian who likes games apparently.

Playr Guide was devoted to Star Wars Force Unleashed, so is like the "Gamer.TV guide to..." program.

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Playr vanished a few months ago,

Saturday and Sunday now have gameface and ginx on Bravo. Not watched yet, didn`t realise they were on, so don`t know if the Saturday 11:00 Bravo show is repeated Sunday 9:00, or if like gamer/playr, the new show is Sunday, then it`s repeated a few times until next week.

www.beazombie.com
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Be A Zombie in a British horror film production and help charitable causes at the same time.

It`s awful, have removed it from my planner. There`s no reviews but lengthy clips from games while the bloke talks randomly about things you are seeing. The indiana Jones review for the Wii, showed footage from the game while the bloke talked about little known facts to do with the films and at the end said something like "This is a great game if you like Indiana jones and have a Wii". That is just a terrible thing to say for a game which is getting 3/10 evewhere else and is plagued with some of the worst controls of a game in recent months. Similar thing with a "Review" for Infamous, the "Review" consisted of many facts to do with lightening and again said this is a geat game....

Watch it once but you will never get that time back.




Is that the time? Damn you PSWii60!!!!
Wii code: 6823 3219 8002 6573
PSN & XBL: Ailegs

watching this morning`s now, you`re right, it`s bad, much worse than gamer or playr :(

why review Transformers, Terminator, and feature Bionic Commando, they came out months ago :/

"live" phone in quiz was embarrasing, "dude".

Dizzy blone presenter woman seems to think she`s in a hip hop video the way she waves her arms around!

Bloke seems to be concentrating on reading the script to much, and as you say, they talk about background of what the ame is about rather than teh game. Review of Fight Night talks about Ali and Tyson rather than the game :/

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Funny enough caught a bit of that show whilst channel hopping this morning - yep pure s***e...

Charlie Brookers new games show "Gameswipe" started on BBC 4 last night, I haven`t watched it but it`s repeated a few times before next week

radiotimes.com


Charlie Brooker`s Gameswipe
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Thursday 01 October
11:20pm - 12:10am
BBC4

Charlie Brooker sets his caustic sights set on video games. Expect acerbic comment as he looks at the various genres, how they have changed since their early conception and how the media represents games and gamers. Features interviews with Dara O`Briain, sitcom scribe Graham Linehan and Rab and Ryan from Consolevania.

VIDEO Plus+: 4128975

Repeat, Subtitled, Widescreen

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