Channel 4's GamesMaster Reboot Has Found Its Presenter

Oh dear, oh dear.

YAY we can watch more crap 'celebrities' show boat some more. What's wrong with showcasing actual gamers on a games show?!

When I saw the picture, I thought it was Karl Pilkington. That would have been funny, now I’m deflated

It’s the guy from Burnistoun! And yeah, he’s been involved with games for absolutely years. VideoGaiden was the first video game related show I ever saw on the telly. He’s an utterly perfect fit.

@Samwise7 TV executives think the world will only watch anything if celebrities are involved. They barely understand why TV viewings have been on the downward spiral the past couple of decades.

Rob was my first thought if Dominik Diamond wouldn’t/couldn’t return, that’s awesome

I'm sorry what? I'm too American to understand this.

Here's hoping they get Ryan Macleod to be the big, monocle-wearing cyborg head that reads out cheat codes.

“ focus on celebrities doing battle against one another in an effort to reign supreme”.

And that’s me out!

@Samwise7 I wouldn't worry too much. Channel 4 have a good track record for Celebrity Quiz things.. The Fifteen to One, and Crystal Maze reboots both started with Celebrity outings, before quickly transitioning to the normal public.

@Samwise7 This is a pretty ignorant comment.

At first glance I thought it was Billy Corgan.

Rab is an excellent choice. His Eurogamer piece, "Lost Humanity 18 : A Table Of Doritos," from 2012 still astounds me when I revisit it.

@JaxxDuffer Did you watch the original show?

I loved it when it was in it's hay day but watching it back it hasn't aged well. Did love Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit as well.

@Damo I can - Dominik Diamond.

"Celebrities".
No doubt a bunch of C List celebs at best from Love Island, TOWIE, and maybe Hollyoaks

How's about coming up with something original instead of piggy backing off of a beloved show from a couple of decades ago? No? Well alright then...

The host certainly sounds like a good match for the show, although his comedy value would better suited to making jokes about the original series because that certainly left itself open to be taken the mikey out of.

And I agree with the comments about celebrities, bore off and stick some people who are actually good at games please. Especially with C4's take on what a celebrity is.

That's a real fine choice actually. Exactly the right comedic sense and you really couldn't ask for better in terms of gaming knowledge to go with it. You hear about these reboots and think "yeah, yeah, of course they're doing that", but something like this makes it seem like they know what they're doing.

@Damo I think ‘hilarious’ is pushing it a bit

It's a decent choice of presenter - remember Dexter Fletcher !!!!
But I never took to GM. I used to watch it for the gaming news (all 2 minutes of it ) but the z list celebrity bit bored me to tears and it sounds like this new version is similar in format.

No disrespect to the new guy but it's needs the diamond geezer to feel authentic, I really thought he'd be back as he's not that old and could still pull it off, oh well

@Jayenkai That's a good point actually. Fingers crossed!

@Incognito_D Why is that exactly?

RAB FLORENCE THE GOD OF GAMES! This is an incredible choice.

@moodycat I enjoyed the reboot while it lasted, and it's a shame the plug was pulled again.

@Gerald
Was just about to say the same. Would've definitely watched whatever this is if that was the case.

Love to see john Robertson ( the Australian comedian) from video games nation that used to be on challenge) as the games master. High Def, High Five

@Verg they could have had a new feature “Karl’s video game diary” with weekly updates

@FragRed you think this guy is a celebrity?!?

I’d argue most people have never heard of him. They went just about as left field as you can go.

Seriously people are asking for “real gamers” if you want that watch twitch or YouTube. On TV they will want some people the main stream have heard of. Stop gatekeeping gaming by suggesting only people you decide are “proper gamers”

Now added to the line up Frankie Ward and Ty Logan

As long as Brian Blessed is the gamesmaster I don't care who the other presenters are.

@Stocksy You obviously have zero knowledge on what Games Master was. It was never about celebrities battling it out against each other. It was ordinary children and teenage gamers. And no one is gatekeeping. I again suggest you look into what you are talking about before spewing crap.

@Gerald Better yet, Gamebusters. Or Monkey Game News.

@Verg brilliant

@FragRed a bit embarrassing…. Did you even watch the original? John Fashanu, Annabel Croft,Eric Bristow, Jimmy White, Archer MacLean and Ashley Paske,Kendo Nagasaki, Pat Cash and Emily Cash, Barry McGuigan, Emlyn Hughes, Tony Slattery, Frank Bruno, Vinnie Jones and Nick Pickard,Rory Underwood, Take That, Jim Duggan, Shadow and Jet from Gladiators, Kristian Schmid, John Parrott, Richard Norton, Johnny Herbert, Todd Carty, Bob Holness, Linford Christie and Colin Jackson, Cathy Dennis, Vic Reeves, Gordon Burns, East 17,Josie Lawrence,Tony Daley were just a few of the celebs that appeared…. Was I watching the wrong show? The games master himself was a knight of the realm!!

You clearly didn’t know the source material not me.

Also for the inclusion of “real gamers” back then it was before YouTube and twitch

@Gerald That would be gold but go over the heads of way too many people

I loved Consolevania back in the day and this will only work if he does it as his Legend character.

Who???? Literally never heard of him in my life. the fact that it's a celebrity thing makes this utter W#NK. There are enough of these drips floating around the airwaves as is. The people that are involved with this, that worked on the original should be ashamed of themselves for touting that history.

It’s going to be awful.. but rab is the perfect choice

@YANDMAN : Well you need an education then. Fat Rab is awesome.

And Gamesmaster always was full of celebrities playing games. No one cared about the kids playing. We wanted to see jet from gladiators in a leather skirt on a motorbike arcade game.

@Clammy thank you someone who A) actually watched the original shows and remembers them correctly and B) has a fine taste in what we should see haha

This guy is super funny

@Stocksy : Emma Nobel playing final furlong on GM kickstarted my puberty

This show is nothing without Sir Patrick Moore. He is irreplaceable

As a Frenchman, I don’t know the slightest bit of anything mentioned in this article.
But I’m happy for you, seems a sort of a big deal.
👍

It is really funny that people who are too young to remember Consolevania think they can gatekeep Gamesmaster.

@Gerald What's in the ball? Little monkey fella.

@Clammy When you were twelve, watching jet was cool, 'celebrity' today has taken on a much different meaning. If you're excited by the thought of a load of Towie drips playing VR, and yes 90% of the games are all VR due to this being co developed by Oculus, then all power to you. I watched Games Master as a kid to see new games that I either didn't own, or that were not yet released. I couldn't give a toss about John Fashnu poorly playing sensible soccer. At least they've got you to watch.

I really thought they'd call the Nostalgia Nerd but nevermind.

@StuartGipp lol. Just going to play darts on my PSP

@Samwise7 because Robert Florence isn't just "some celebrity". He knows his games, as others have said.