Inevitable disappointment

By | August 24, 2015
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So this came up in Broadcast today – head of SyFy in the US Dave Howe is keen to remake The Krypton Factor for SyFy. This would normally fill people with terror but SyFy have done some quite good shows in the past so we will see. Here are the relevant quotes:

The Krypton Factor set for US reboot.

US cable network Syfy is developing an American version of The Krypton Factor.

Last week, Syfy president Dave Howe, a Brit who previously spent 15 years working at the BBC in London, revealed The Krypton Factor was the one show that he would like to revive.

So: not necessarily happening yet then. Anyway here’s the first episode of the US one, and you can read more about the show here:

Give Us A Who

By | August 21, 2015
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To keep the place ticking over, here’s an episode of Give Us A Clue from 1981 from a link I was sent yesterday. It features a theme that is neither Alan Hawkshaw’s Chicken Man or the one with all the lyrics. It features both Tom Baker AND Peter Davison, Time Lord fans:

 

And don’t forget Fort Boyard is on tonight this week, reverting back to Saturdays for its final episodes this year in due course.

Show Discussion: Rebound

By | August 16, 2015
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reboundWeekdays, 5pm,
ITV

Sports journalist Sean Fletcher hosts a new quiz for everybody to moan about in the The Chase slot for the next fortnight and here is is holding a question card, if I’m responsible for the resurgence of hosts holding question cards in promo shots then I am a happy man.

Apparently it’s a quiz inspired by the bleep test, although it sounds more like that tennis-esque game from Pressure Pad writ large – six contestants face off answering questions whilst the virtual Rebound Bar travels back and forth across the studio, answering correctly reverses it back towards your opponent faster. If it reaches your end you lose.

It sounds like a no-nonsense quickfire format from the blurb, but people don’t watch formats they watch shows and will this one be the first since Tipping Point in that slot that a respectable amount will want to watch? It’s starting from a low base of about a million that Freeze Out bequeathed it, it should only need a modest rise from that to be considered worth bothering with again I’d have thought.

It’s Smash Saturday! 8pm tonight.

By | August 15, 2015
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smash brosIt’s time for the inaugural Bother’s Bar Super Smash Bros on Wii U tournament! Thrills Spills! Button mashing! Forgetting the controls! Fun!!! Come in and drop out as you please, but I’ll be online bringing the pain to anyone who wants it from 8pm UK.

To play you will need v1.1.0 which has introduced Tourney mode. If you have not booted your copy up for a while, you’d do well to do it in advance to make the patch download happen.

To join, click on the Nintendo Network icon top right of the menu, then click the Events > Tournaments tabs. You can search for us, here are the details:

Date: Sat 15th August, 8:00pm – 9:30pm UK – drop in and out as you please.
Name: Bother’s Bar
Tournament ID: 03075218823045
Password: tarrant [all lower case]

Or if you’re friends with me on Wii U (Brig Bother) there’s an option to join friends, come find me. There is a limit of 100 players, although it’s unlikely that will get hit.

90 minutes of fighting fun – rounds are two minutes, stages are random, all items on, you can play with Mii Fighters but customisations are off. Most points at the end of the 90 minutes wins!

There may well be another session during the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of the month if this goes well so join us if you can!

Cyberdrome

By | August 13, 2015
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The world’s HOTTEST Exit Games blog Exit Games UK has an interesting interview with the people behind the Cyberdrome Crystal Maze attractions which is worth a look. I had no idea they spread to Dubai and Japan, and sadly never got the chance to play in a UK one when it was open.

Some other quick reminders: Fort Boyard is on on Friday night at 7:55ish UK this week and next because of rugby (I believe there’s a new riddle-based game featured tomorrow so look out for that) and on Saturday night we’re having a Smash Bros tournament, details on the right sidebar there and more details here).

Edit: The Edge filming its surprise second series 1-3rd September at Elstree, tickets BBC. There only appear to be nine recording sessions, which means they’re recording very fast or there might be more dates coming later. Or there are just going to be nine episodes.