Good Game is back airing Monday nights at 8:30pm on ABC2. For those who do not know of or have never heard of ‘GG’ it is a gaming show reviewing games and throwing around random gaming terms like ‘noob’ ‘pwn’ etc in order to relate to us. Today I’m going to talk a little about GG and my opinion of it. GG has been around since September 2006, the two founding hosts were ‘Jeremy Ray’ and ‘Steven O’Donnell’.

For the longest time the only reason I watched GG was because it was the only Australian gaming show on national Television and Jeremy kept me sane, recently however Jeremy got the boot and was replaced with a female presenter ‘Stephanie Bendixsen’. There is much speculation as to why he got let go but the general consensus is as Jeremy says: “In the meeting, the only reason they gave was that they wanted a female presenter”.

Jeremy Ray

I’m sorry but I fail to understand why you would A. boot the guy who sort of sounded like he had a clue B. replace him with a female that is thicker than a brick wall when it comes to gaming? There have been a few cases in which girls have become some of the best players in the world at their specified games such as ‘Hafu’ in World of Warcraft however unless the girl is a ‘real gamer’ and knows what she is talking about as apposed to sounding like every word is read off a script, please do not waste our time.

If you walk into a clothes store and want to know if a specific hand bag brings out the color of your eyes and you asked for advice and got a response like “Get the other bag because it’s cheaper” I will guarantee you would walk out. Gaming is the same.

I once walked into my local EB Games store inquiring whether to buy a PS3 or a Xbox 360, I thought I would ask the girl at the counter which they would recommend, I knew that I was more well informed about the topic than her but it was so even that I needed another opinion to tip the scale. I walked up to her, she smiled nicely and asked “May I help you with anything” I said “Hi, I was thinking about buying either a 360 or a PS3 and I need another opinion, which would you prefer and why?” She responds “Amm, I don’t know, I guess the new PS3 is cheaper”. I stared at her blankly for a good ten seconds and walked out.

Stephanie Bendixsen

Gaming is a lot like clothing retail, you don’t give people the job because of their gender/age/race but because of their knowledge of the things they are talking about and their presentation and customer service and I’m sorry but Steven O’Donnell and Stephanie Bendixsen have neither. If you want more gamers to watch your show either improve the show or put girls dancing on poles in the background, we have no interest in watching a show with an average looking girl presenting the show. For too long, people have been given jobs in presenting gaming shows, reviewing games and working in gaming stores without any knowledge of what they are talking about. However if your bored on a Monday night and have absolutely nothing better to do, check it out, if you have weird taste you might enjoy it.

– Aseenus