Neo Cro-magnon

There’s a vehement stigma towards TV.

People call it the stupid box, the brain washer, the source of idiocy and all that’s wrong with our society. When they think about TV, they think of Big Brother, Strictly come Dancing or East Enders. Nothing that comes from the same platform could be remotely interesting they say. You can expect to find anything culturally interesting from the TV.

I disagree.

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Who would have thought that the second most viewed video on BBC’s iPlayer was going to be a program about video games.

Charlie Brooker on Gameswipe

Charlie Brooker, following his Newswipe and Screenwipe programs, has manged to pull a one-off show about videogames that pleases both converted and heretic.

For many years, TV and videogames have had a terrible relationship. TV shows always failed to understand how to portray videogames or people interested on them, and this new generation of gamers, can’t be bothered with TV anymore.

I’m not surprised though.

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