''Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe'' is a special one-off British,

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culture show by

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, broadcast in September 2009 during the BBC's Technology season. Following on from Brooker's ''

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'' and ''

Newswipe ''Newswipe with Charlie Brooker'' is a British news review comedy programme broadcast on BBC Four during 2009 and 2010 which was written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to Brooker's ''Screenwipe'' series which is also shown on BB ...

'', ''Gameswipe'' featured reviews of video games and consoles as well as an insight into the video game industry.

Format

The one-off special was very similar to its predecessors in that Brooker, along with a camera and various games consoles, reviewed and previewed video games in the same style as ''Screenwipe''. Brooker claimed that it would attempt to prove that video games can be just as engaging as television and just as dumb. He said to "expect pixels, joypads, some of the world's weirdest games, celebrity cameos and the occasional sound effect". In the show, Brooker reviews ''

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'', '' 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand'' and '' The Beatles: Rock Band''. The show also contains contributions from

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, Ryan Macleod, Larry Bundy Jr, Rebecca Mayes and

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Reception

The first showing of ''Gameswipe'' drew 361,000 viewers, outdoing the typical performances of both ''Screenwipe'' and ''Newswipe''. The UK video games trade magazine '' MCV'' said of the show, "It's fair to say that the reaction from the industry to last night's TV debut of Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was mixed. But if its intention was to offer an informed, reasoned and mature take on the games industry of both past and present, then it's hard to regard the show as anything other than an overwhelming success."

The future

In October 2009, Brooker told ''MCV'' that he would consider working on either a further episode of ''Gameswipe'' or, potentially, a brand new series, though he added that he himself may choose not to present the show.

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