Read an article on this. It added nothing.

Oh god. Ellie's sense of humour is deadly when she gets going. Just the right amount of cynicism; never overdone.

Apparantly it started life as an Edinburgh festival show. Some of it was a bit flat but there were some enjoyable portions.

If it reminds people about same room multiplayer then it can only be a good thing. Too many new stuff doesn't seem to aim at that. It's the "people together" bit that's important and if a game can do that then so much the better.


I enjoy videogames but they are far better with people.

Yep.

I wonder which Dermot gets knitted the most jumpers per year.

Just watched the second episode of this, its really rough in places.

I think they would have been better getting the public on it instead of no name celebrities. It's a bit insulting to hear someone say they had a MD and SNES and watch them die on the first enemy in Sonic 2.

Gaming has the advantage of breaking down age and gender barriers. Imagine a Father and his 10 year old daughter toppling two 25 year old self proclaimed hardcore gamers? Much better than seeing David James get button mashed to death on his favourite ever fighter Tekken 2.

Basically it should be more like Game Show and less like a Panel Show.

It has a bit of potential but they're going the wrong way about it imo. That and the fact that there's dozens of great youtubers/podcasters out there making much better content make me think this might be sort lived.

Meh. The idea of watching regular people sounds deathly dull to me, I doubt I'd have even bothered watching the first episode. Give me a comedian or two who have a decent chance of making me laugh.

Oh, and apparently it came about from the two team captains doing it as an Edinburgh show with various other comedians coming in and playing. O'Briain joined after it got picked up by Dave.

Yossarian wrote:

Oh, and apparently it came about from the two team captains doing it as an Edinburgh show...

They've both become anonymous on their own show. That must be frustrating.

I rather enjoy this, Keep Talking and No One Explodes was a highlight. But I do wish they'd skip the stage rotation thing, the "comedy" actions people do are just cringe worthy.

I'm intrigued that you think celebrities are brimming with personality, and that normal folk are devoid of personality. Did you see David James? Even Marcus Bridgestock didn't have much to say.

I could watch Twitch, but a lot of them don't shut up while they're playing, which is annoying as fuck, and they're not necessarily playing the most interesting part of a game when you tune in. A show like this can bring curated challenges, and edit them together into an entertaining hour with variety you'd struggle to piece together in the same amount of time on Twitch.

Andy wrote:

I'm intrigued that you think celebrities are brimming with personality, and that normal folk are devoid of personality. Did you see David James?

I did, but he was on with Calman so that made up for it.

Calman on Chuckie Egg was the funniest thing they've had so far, especially as she chose the game.

retroking1981 wrote:

That and the fact that there's dozens of great youtubers/podcasters out there making much better content make me think this might be sort lived.

Their content wouldn't work on TV though