Don’t know how I missed this one, but yes, it’s for real. Coming soon to a CBS station near you: replays of other people playing video games, in this case, from the World Series Of Video Games.
Right, a major network is going to show this. Not live, mind you. They’ll be doing “replays” some time after the actual event. Only four are scheduled at the moment.
I wondered back in Let’s Watch Games if there would be many people who’d watch such things. I still wonder.
We all know gamers would rather play then watch. Non-gamers, well, would they even understand what they’re seeing? Would they able to make sense out of a PvP match in World Of Warcraft (one of the games being featured)?
It does amaze me that a major network is taking such a risk. I’d expect this to be on some cable station. The “episodes”, by the way, will be shown during a regular sports show.
Anyway, check out the squib on Kotaku and see what you think.
If the (cough) numerous comments here are any indication, interest in watching game replays is about as high as two miles below sea level ;)