The Void

By | March 29, 2021

Voids are normally completely empty spaces, but good luck to ITV in redefining the English language as this void is a 520,000 litre pool of water in “one of the biggest bespoke water tanks ever constructed for a gameshow”. Look here’s the press release. Ashley Banjo (who has completely blocked hosting Can’t Touch This out of his mind apparently, and who can blame him) and Fleur East will be hosting.

This “physical gameshow with a difference” (difference to be determined) sounds a bit like The Cube meets Ninja Warrior over a water tank. And this sounds like Very Much The Sort Of Thing We Like!

However we must point out that we’ve got our “null and Void” and “A Void” gags ready prepared if it doesn’t land. FEAR ME, Gameface.

Incidentally apols for the Bar being down for most of the day (especially if you wanted to talk about the incredible episode of Belgian Mole that went out last night), it was the hosting end.

Bother’s Bar Plays Badly: Codenames Online

By | March 28, 2021

We’re back with more hot consumer advice, only this time the game is free and surprisingly fully featured. Eight of us have a go at Codenames Online (codenames.game), the word association game that swept the world. Can the spymasters get their team to contact the agents in the field just with some well chosen clues? Yes! And yet also no!

In the first game I’m playing a spymaster and you get a kind of director’s commentary of what I’m doing, which is usually willing my team to pick the correct words and ignore the wrong ones.

It’s the C21 International Format Awards Shortlists!

By | March 26, 2021

Do you remember when they awarded Format of the Year to Bother’s Bar and general audience non-favourite Take On The Twisters? Good times. Let’s relive that classic moment when that was revealed back in 2013:

For some reason they take it more seriously now and put quite good shows on the shortlists. Gods of the Game! Taskmaster! De Mol! Rolling In It! Don’t.

Find out what wins on April 13th.

De Verraders

By | March 25, 2021

This is mainly a reminder to me to check it out, but I’m informed Dutch Celebrity Werewolf is a big hit.

Has anyone looked at it yet?

Bother’s Bar Plays Badly: Papa’s Quiz on Steam

By | March 21, 2021

We’re back with more HOT consumer advice for you, the viewer. Released in December last year, Papa’s Quiz is a party game quiz you play on your phones Jackbox style with more than a hint of Buzz! about it, but what it lacks in that game’s slickness makes up for with quirky charm, category jostling and dance moves (probably could do with more to be honest). £9.29 pro-o-o-bably a bit high given you can get actual Jackbox for less with a sale, but there are less entertaining things you can spend your money on.

Guess who’s just recorded and uploaded and realised he wasn’t capturing everyone else’s chat. The game speaks for itself well enough though.