It's my number 2 for me. The first is the original Dungeons and Dragons episode. But it's still a really close call because both episodes are phenomenal.JonSherwell said:
The Top 10 Best Portrayals of Gamers on Television
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiC-JcqMrPM
You forget about Rab Florence, YOU ALL FORGOT ABOUT RAB FLORENCE
You forget about Rab Florence, YOU ALL FORGOT ABOUT RAB FLORENCE
To be fair: That's the fault of some bad "Twigletts" (or speed as the case maybe) after not sleeping for days. Yes he punches a Trans-Woman in the process... but also said Trans-Woman was a complete tool towards one of his friends and he pulls them all out of an incredibly awkward and for Brian, upsetting situation.petef201 said:Been a long time since I saw Spaced regularly, but I recently watched an episode where after playing RE2 he goes a bit mad and thinks everyone's a zombie. So maybe it wasn't always gamer-positive!
So in the process his freak out saves the day (and it's far from his only one).
As for not being always gamer-positive, I say he should be in it, because he isn't necessarily positive, it's more down to showing that gaming wasn't a defining characteristic: He's the every-twenty-something nerd in British culture, the show doesn't go to great pains to show him as socially awkward or mal-adjusted, he's just a guy, gets out clubs, holds conversations and relationships normally, wears his nerdiness on his sleeve, he isn't awkward, he isn't played as either a good or bad guy... he's just a normal guy and what he does is all perfectly normal.
And for my money that's why he should be one of the best portrayals of a gamer, because he is exactly what 90% of British nerds and gamers are like... just normal people who happen to play.
But that all really ties into British media generally having a much healthier relationship with gamers and gamer culture (I mean let's face it, you had shows like "Bits" where in 3 incredibly attractive and 90's women talk videogames; wanna know why this isn't pandering? Because they all wrote and researched the show) in the first place. Very rarely did we need the "nerd saves the day" show, because everyone is a little nerdy, our mainstream comedians, or known avid gamers, it's just in general a whole other culture. Maybe it was to do with the home computer boom and bedroom coders in the 80's/90's but regardless of the reason: Tim Bisley is (for my money) the nadir of that.
Ah fair enough! When I saw the episode recently I only had it on in the background, so must've missed that.Rellik San said:To be fair: That's the fault of some bad "Twigletts" (or speed as the case maybe) after not sleeping for days. Yes he punches a Trans-Woman in the process... but also said Trans-Woman was a complete tool towards one of his friends and he pulls them all out of an incredibly awkward and for Brian, upsetting situation.petef201 said:Been a long time since I saw Spaced regularly, but I recently watched an episode where after playing RE2 he goes a bit mad and thinks everyone's a zombie. So maybe it wasn't always gamer-positive!
So in the process his freak out saves the day (and it's far from his only one).
As for not being always gamer-positive, I say he should be in it, because he isn't necessarily positive, it's more down to showing that gaming wasn't a defining characteristic: He's the every-twenty-something nerd in British culture, the show doesn't go to great pains to show him as socially awkward or mal-adjusted, he's just a guy, gets out clubs, holds conversations and relationships normally, wears his nerdiness on his sleeve, he isn't awkward, he isn't played as either a good or bad guy... he's just a normal guy and what he does is all perfectly normal.
And for my money that's why he should be one of the best portrayals of a gamer, because he is exactly what 90% of British nerds and gamers are like... just normal people who happen to play.
But that all really ties into British media generally having a much healthier relationship with gamers and gamer culture (I mean let's face it, you had shows like "Bits" where in 3 incredibly attractive and 90's women talk videogames; wanna know why this isn't pandering? Because they all wrote and researched the show) in the first place. Very rarely did we need the "nerd saves the day" show, because everyone is a little nerdy, our mainstream comedians, or known avid gamers, it's just in general a whole other culture. Maybe it was to do with the home computer boom and bedroom coders in the 80's/90's but regardless of the reason: Tim Bisley is (for my money) the nadir of that.
So completely agree he should've been on the list!
