Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe confirmed News

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News by Robert Purchese

8 May, 2009

British comedian Charlie Brooker is poised to tackle videogames in a new TV series called Gameswipe.

Telly companies Endemol and Zeppotron confirmed as much to IncGamers, but said that production is closed and offered no dates nor details on the project.

Gameswipe will follow in the footsteps of Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and Newswipe. Each picks apart the relevant subject - television and news, obviously - to expose the obsessions and preposterous goings-on of the industries in a scabrous, comic way. They're quite funny.

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Smuggo

08/05/09 @ 16:14

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This has been on the forum for two whole chuffing days.

Gremmi

08/05/09 @ 16:34

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Only as rumour based on a twitter post, not official confirmation.

Markusdragon

08/05/09 @ 16:36

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It was a pretty transparent twitter post though. "I need ideas, send them to an address at my production company that sounds like the title of my last 2 shows but for videogames, make what you will of that, hint hint."

Anyway, this should be excellent as ever.

Rizzle

08/05/09 @ 17:06

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That twitter could have been idea-storming for a possible show/piece of writing, though, rather than an actual programme we can expect to see shortly.

Should be fun.

smartgun

08/05/09 @ 17:16

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This equals maximum woo. Brooker is great.

danathjo

08/05/09 @ 17:51

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To be fair it actually been confirmed news until today right? Would EG make a news stories out of rumour?....Okay maybe

But this rumour has actually been floating about since last year

edit: and i've just re-read what you wrote, so ditto! :)

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Wyrm

08/05/09 @ 18:20

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A return to the PC Zone days! Hooray! Brooker is a titan of broadcasting.

m0thr4

08/05/09 @ 21:36

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@MrED209

You're right about Eurogamer being slow with the news - three days on and they still haven't run the story about 3D Realms going bankrupt.

Ansob.

08/05/09 @ 22:10

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Brooker's a journalist, not a comedian, but 'sall gravy. So far, the game-related references in Screen- and Newswipe have been enjoyable, so let's hope he can make something interesting out of this.

Dave52

08/05/09 @ 23:43

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V cool...

RedSparrows

09/05/09 @ 08:45

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yay!

suicida

09/05/09 @ 09:51

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Awesome news!

DFawkes

09/05/09 @ 10:05

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I've loved it when he's touched on games before (as well as hid stints in games mags), I'll be watching these :)

I'm guessing it'll have more stuff about the industry as a whole, should be interesting stuff.

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stoopidgreg

09/05/09 @ 10:10

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sweeet! brooker is a legend

johnny_death

09/05/09 @ 11:38

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Sounds like goooood watchin.

kinky_mong

09/05/09 @ 12:36

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Ahh this is fantastic news! Can't wait for this!

LazyDan

09/05/09 @ 12:57

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Screenwipe and Newswipe are absolutely brilliant - a move to at least BBC 2 for those shows is long overdue. If anyone can make an interesting and non-patronising show about videogames, it'll be Brooker - can't wait.

Speaking of video game shows though, where's Videogaiden got to? That was also an interesting and non-patronising show about videogames, with the added bonus of Rab and Ryan being hilarious.

Gremmi

09/05/09 @ 13:58

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'You're right about Eurogamer being slow with the news - three days on and they still haven't run the story about 3D Realms going bankrupt.'

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/3d-rea...

and even an article about DNF - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/duke-n...

Smiggs

09/05/09 @ 21:22

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This is great news, I've a stack of old pc zone magazines which Brooker features heavily in, needless to say he knows his stuff. He was pretty much the reason to buy the magazine back in the day. Interesting to see the BBC put games on any of their channels even if it is BBC4 (I suppose it might be bbc3).

Triggerhappytel

10/05/09 @ 01:28

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It will be good to get a proper TV show with a proper famous person presenting, but Charlie Brooker isn't as funny as he thinks he is.

Screenwipe was generally very good, although I felt Newswipe was often a little lacking. Especially since one of the six programmes was a 'best of' clip show!

keep

10/05/09 @ 09:30

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I would work free for this man, can somebody post the twitter link?

StooMonster

10/05/09 @ 12:15

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Loved Charlie Brooker's work since his days as games writer through his legendary TV reviews for The Guardian on Saturdays -- to his two very good television shows. Another compilation of his TV reviews has just been published.

Gamewipe sounds great already. :)

superdelphinus

10/05/09 @ 19:29

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the man is a genius

amv71

10/05/09 @ 21:25

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This is superb news. Brooker never fails to entertain and is completely on my wavelength, whether it's tvgohome, the grauniad columns or screen/newswipe. One talented man.

[Er, not so much Nathan Barley tho.]

Moribundman

11/05/09 @ 09:27

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@amv71 Nathen Barley is undervalued, I reckon. People just fixated on "Morris" and "Brooker" (or even the Booshers) in the run up to release (or before viewing the DVD) and didn't get what they were expecting. Dunno, maybe you have to have lived in London or worked around those sort of twats to fully appreciate how accurate it all is.

cam_guin

11/05/09 @ 11:08

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@Moribundman - Living in London and the area does help...wether intended or not (i suspect the former) Nathan Barley seems to have been adopted as a post-ironic figurehead of the culture from the area.

Still Brooker cut his teeth at CEX, used to pen all those cartoon ads in ther back of CVG & Super Play...his gaming credentials are water tight in my book.

superdelphinus

11/05/09 @ 13:16

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nathan barley/ dead set both great

Sonic_D

11/05/09 @ 16:09

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If he pulls this off (as he did with Newswipe by the end) I'll forgive him for Dead Set fo' sure. And he is definitely a gamer. Plus he plugged The Wire in the UK way before it was cool to do so.

Hummy

27/09/09 @ 13:30

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I'm definitely looking forward to this!

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