Charlie Brooker is no doubt a great journalist, an arguably decent comedian, and has created some fantastic shows about the strange and horrible world of working in television. Not just that: he also created Black Mirror, a TV show about what technology has done and might do in the future, should we continue to be so reliant on it. Its a wonderfully dark and miserable place which tickles me pink. One idea that seems to have slipped Brooker's mind, though, is Gameswipe. Gameswipe's first and only episode aired on 29th September 2009 in the UK, so it perplexes me as to why hes so hesitant to create another. Heres a list of 5 reasons why Charlie Brooker should make Gameswipe: Part 2 in the not-too-distant future.
5. The Guests
The guests alone are enough of a reason to run to the BBC trousers down and start shooting. Each of Charlie Brookers shows - be that Screenwipe, 2012wipe or Weekly Wipe - have had some great people nattering on about something or another. Take Doug Stanhope (one of my favourite comedians), who is brilliant to have on television as he has such a drunken view on life. And its the same with Gameswipe: Rab and Ryan from Consolevania two people I identify with because they loathe what gamings become were downright hilarious. You can see they have such passion for the industry and its nice to see gaming and gamers being represented by people who can string a sentence together without the need of Speak & Spell. Its also beneficial for non-gamers to watch, so they can understand were not all avid players of COD or some other war hungry game and arent just waiting for that opportune moment to commence another school shooting. Adding to that, there isnt a shortage of journalists and gamers who would like to appear on the show and shout about gamers for five minutes so maybe fling me an email. Man, Im pathetic.