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MEDIA
RELEASE 2006
September 18, 2006
GOOD GAME: A PROGRAM BY GAMERS FOR GAMERS ON ABC2
Premiering
on ABC2 and ABC Online on Tuesday 19 September at
8.30pm, Good Game is a program by gamers for gamers.
Each week it will be jam-packed with the latest gaming
news and events, top gaming tips, reviews, techniques
to pimp and boost your machine, and interviews with
game developers and the people behind the scenes.
Exclusive
to ABC2, Good Game is fully supported by an interactive
site at ABC Online
abc.net.au/goodgame
Good Game is available to audiences when, where and
how they want it with all segments available online
as Video on Demand.
Hosted
by Junglist (Jeremy Ray) and Kapowski (Michael Makowski),
Good Game is filmed in the Den of Gaming (DOG); a
gamers' paradise fitted out with just about every
gaming device ever invented and complemented by a
huge plasma screen - every gamers' dream screen! Junglist
and Kapowski are supported each week by Dr Daneel,
Good Game's technical wizard, and P_Nutz, the computer-hacking
ape.
Australian
gamers are largely ignored by the mainstream media,
treated very much as a fringe niche.
But
the numbers speak for themselves. Three quarters of
all Australian households now have a device for playing
computer or console games, and annual spending on
gaming products is now over $850 million.
Good
Game is dedicated to giving these gamers an intelligent
and entertaining analysis of the gamescene in Australia
and around the world. And if you're thinking Good
Game is a program for geeks then think again. Women
aged 18 or older represent a significantly greater
portion of the
game-playing population than boys aged 17 or younger,
and the average game player age is now 33.
"Good
Game is all about bringing the gamers what they want,
showing them stuff that they will
actually be interested in watching, and we can do
this because we are gamers ourselves," says
Junglist.
Junglist
first picked up a controller at the age of six and
has been a passionate gamer ever since.
Until recently he ran a successful Counter-Strike:
Source team. Junglist now trains younger gamers in
online sportsmanship as well as war-gaming tactics.
Kapowski
started gaming at the age of five. At the age of 13
he built his first computer to satisfy
his love of gaming.
Dr
Daneel (Miles Tulett) built his first computer at
the age of eight and hasn't stopped. He
recently won two major competitions for computer design.
Dr Daneel is currently studying and plans to embark
on a career in computer design.
Good
Game is an exciting offering for the growing digital
TV audience. Across Australia 1.57 million households
are now able to watch digital free-to-air television,
and another million plus can enjoy ABC2 as part of
their digital subscription TV service.
ABC2
is the ABC's digital-only, free-to-air channel - a
complementary service offering new and
time-shifted ABC programs. It is available free-to-air
on channel 21 with a digital set-top box, or
from selected pay TV services.
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For further information contact:
Aimee
Lipscombe
Publicist, ABC New Media & Digital Services
P: 03 9626 1985
M: 0402 258 482
E: mailto:lipscombe.aimee@abc.net.au
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