Gamesmaster

terrible idea: a retro version set in 1979 with a CGI recreation of Reginald Bosenquet as the Gamesmaster

this all suffered from being mostly the kind of games i have no interest in - realistic FPSs and fighting.

and fifa

but i guess that only leaves platformer time trials like the mario one. (and shmups, did they have any shmups?)

bring back Go 8-Bit, that was more my style

I don't like football videogames or even football, but I think the FIFA challenge came close to being interesting because it was so hard and it was also explained why it was so hard, and the challenger was someone who plays the game as an e-sport professionally at the top level. But then he failed to beat the challenge and despite the commentary it just looked like someone getting beaten at a videogame.

I mean maybe it was entertaining for anyone who plays a lot of FIFA, but for me it felt no different to watching someone's grandad get rinsed at Sensible Soccer.

Having two fighting game challenges in one episode didn't help either. What is this, NeoGeoMaster? Again, if you're a fighting game afficionado then Street Fighter and Tekken might be completely different to each other, but as someone who doesn't care much about fighters either it was a bit repetitive.