Good Game (TV program)

This article is about the 2006–2016 Australian TV series. For the unrelated 2017 YouTube Red series, see Good Game (2017 TV series).

Good Game
Good Game logo (2014–2016)
Created by
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series13
No. of episodes417
Production
Executive producerJanet Carr
Producers
  • Janet Carr
  • Eliot Fish
  • Ben Shackleford
  • Lin Jie Kong
  • Peter Burns
  • Jonathan Reardon
Production locationsNew South Wales, Australia
Running time30 minutes
40 minutes (specials)
60 minutes (season finals)[a]
Original release
NetworkABC (2006–2007)
ABC2 (2008–2016)
Release19 September 2006 (2006-09-19) –
6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)
Related
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Good Game is an Australian television gaming programme produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which was aired on ABC2 from 2006 to 2016. Created by Janet Carr, Jeremy Ray and Michael Makowski, included a mix of gaming news, reviews, and features. The original hosts were Jeremy "Junglist" Ray and Michael "Kapowski" Makowski; the latter was replaced by Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell in 2007, and the former by Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen in 2009. Other onscreen presenters included field reporter Gus "Goose" Ronald and Dave Callan.

The show is named after the friendly phrase gamers traditionally say after completing a competitive match.[2] The show's producers maintained an online presence with the audience, often directly communicating and taking feedback from viewers; audience competitions and polls were also held. In addition, a mobile application and a book were created by the production team, to further cater to the show's audience.

Good Game received generally positive reception, with the hosts and segments being the subject of much praise. The show also received multiple awards, and achieved the status as one of the most downloaded ABC shows. The show's popularity has resulted in four main spin-offs: Good Game: Spawn Point, a show for younger viewers broadcast on ABC ME; Good Game: Pocket Edition, which ran on ABC2 from February 2013 to May 2014; Good Game Pocket, hosted by Nich "NichBoy" Richardson, with daily episodes released on ABC iview and YouTube from 2015 to 2016; and Good Game Well Played, an online show focused on eSports and hosted by Angharad "Rad" Yeo, which ran from 2015 to 2016. Both Well Played and Pocket were previously hosted by Michael "Hingers" Hing. Two podcasts were also created: Good Game: Grandstand in 2012, and Good Game Roundtable Podcast from 2015 to 2016.

The show was cancelled in January 2017, after the ABC received news that Bendixsen and Richardson had been hired by Channel 7 for the gaming show screenPLAY.[3][4] In 2019, Ronald began producing video game previews and reviews under the Good Game name for ABC iview and YouTube.[5]

  1. ^ O'Donnell, Steven; Bendixsen, Stephanie (8 July 2014). "Episode 21". Good Game. Season 10. Episode 21. Event occurs at 28:57. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2014. Starting July 22, ABC2 is giving us more time. For four weeks in a row, Good Game will be on air for one hour.
  2. ^ Good Game: Spawn Point. "Ask Good Game: DARREN, Andrew, Anna, Byron and more!". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ^ Yeo, Amanda (31 January 2017). "Good Game Has Been Cancelled". Gizmodo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. ^ Corporation, Australian Broadcasting. "ABC Radio". ABC Radio. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ Good Game Series 13


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