Good Game showdown

So there seems to have been a big backlash among the gamer community over the axing of Junglist on Good Game. There is also tension with the producers, Junglist and Bajo taking potshots at each other over on the GG forums. There's a heap of debate happening on Whirlpool while news and gaming sites have reported articles on the matter. Some had described the dynamic between Junglist and Bajo similar to Top Gear, and that the dynamic of the show is now gone. I tend to agree, as I watched the show for the presenters, not so much the gaming content (there are plenty of websites which give more indepth reviews than GG do in their few minutes on each game).

I'm hoping MediaWatch investigate what has gone on behind the scenes.

All these jabs here and there probably means that Junglist will not make a return to GG. It seems Junglist was severely burnt by upper management, and with the latest forum posts, I think the bridges may have been burnt. Which is a shame, cos I enjoyed the show the way it was, and it was supposedly "the most downloaded show" on the ABC. I guess the ABC don't know the saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". It's a pity that the show has been changed for the worse.

The next best thing that can come out of all of this, is that Junglist gets his own show. Cmon SBS!!! Then Australia would get double the gaming television that there currently is. And Good Game SP (for tweens) does not count.

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