Robert Florence, one half of Consolevania and VideoGaiden, the Dominik Diamond for a new generation (sleep well, Rob...) has posted a piece on GamesIndustry, asking why tv shows about games just don't work. It's well worth a read.
His comments about the reliance of gaming media on the PR departments of major publishers is something that seems to be cropping up more and more frequently in the press these days - and it's a fair point. We look forward with interest to the first PR person/publisher who has journalists going around them to get to a developer...
"Why can't there be any decent videogame TV?" You've heard it said so many times. You can see it on Internet forums every day of the week. "Why? Why aren't we represented on terrestrial TV? Why won't broadcasters touch us?"
I've been invited to weigh in on this subject. I'm approaching it as someone who has worked in TV for 10 years, and has played games for 25. I'm approaching it as someone who unsuccessfully pitched a videogames show to Channel 4 about five years ago. I'm approaching it as someone who, with my mates, decided to go it alone and do games TV on the Internet. And I approach it as someone who's managed to sneak a games show onto the BBC through the back door, under cover of darkness, inside a cardboard box that smells of dog piss.
You can read the whole piece here.
