Even with as popular as videogames are today, broadcasts on gaming are pretty hard to come by. Sure, we have the G4's shows, and there's always GameTrailers TV. But there's not much beyond that.
There's one more new option for those... standing in New York's Times Square. GCHD is a videogame show that airs on the big-assed 40' x 30' screen at the corner of 47th and Broadway. Oh, and it's in high-definition.
A press release says that their content includes videogame trailers, game footage and world exclusive content including: world premier trailers, in-depth interviews with industry leaders, first-looks and world premier debuts in Times Square. The currently airing episode covers The Bourne Conspiracy videogame, and the last one covered Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Prototype.
"It’s time to change the conversation about gamers. The average gamer in the U.S. is 33 years old. We feel it is time to treat him/her as an adult and acknowledge they have style. We’re doing everything in our power to make this form of entertainment credible, respectable and accepted. Times Square plays host to over 560,000 visitors a day, that’s a great audience for our message. Gaming is not a sub-culture anymore. You can still play Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six ® Vegas 2 and pay your mortgage." Ronnie Hobbs, Producer - GCHD
I think it's pretty cool that visitors to Times Square can look up and watch a show about videogames. I think it would be even better if they could play a match of Brawl or something similar on it.
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Hey, that’s in my city! Awesome!
Seriously, though, this is great news. Of course, a lot of people probably won’t know (or care) about what the screen is playing, but it’d be pretty awesome to be strolling through Times Square and see some footage of Resistance 2 or something.
i voulenteer to spend my free time playing games on that monitor. you know? for the people.
While it'd be awesome if you could play on it or something, sadly it's pretty much fact that some asshole'd steal it.
@Reaprar: Um...the screen is forty by thirty feet — I don’t think anybody’s going to be running off with it.
I ment you know, whichever console'd be played on it? besides, I'm sure I could steal that no problem, five finger discount and all that, just stuff it down my bra or whatever, I'm a master criminal.
I'd rather much have it on the huge screen that's on the M&M building by Times Square. I'm tired of seeing those fucking M&M's impersonating iconic movie figures ala King Kong, Indiana Jones etc. That shit is annoying.
As cool as this is, Times Square is absolute chaos.
I'll check it out on my way home from work, but I fully expect to be trampled by the sweaty tourist masses there.
Other countries are cracking down on video games. Hope lies with the U.S. I'm afraid. Glad to see video games fighting the good fight.
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Really sounds like an awesome idea. But it'll be a matter of time before parents begin to complain.
average gamer being 33 in the US? really?
could've fooled me with the US so uptight on the kids and their "violence in gaming". Either way, cool stuff. Just another thing I need to check out once I hit up New York soon.
Shark?!?! Where?!?!
Is that an ad for Avenue Q to the left there?
How long until overprotective soccer moms start to protest because their kids are seeing unholy images?
Hey, I just checked it out. I saw two different videos playing. One was for GT5 Prologue, and the other was for The Bourne Conspiracy. Both said "World Exclusive" under them. The picture above doesn't do the screen justice, because it's pretty frekin' awesome. I'm going to take my camera next time I go. Oh...and there was already one soccer mom complaining about Bourne Conspiracy, and then she grabbed her some by the face, kicked the crap out of him, and continued to drag him down Broadway lol
4:3 ratio for the loss.
Sweet, i'm going into the city tomorrow for comicon, i'll check this out for sure
It plays every 10 or so minutes, in case you were wondering. I almost left cause I thought it was on continuously.
What a cool idea. Wish they had these everywhere. Perhaps non gaming people would fear games less then.
This is a horrible idea. Everything hyped will be hyped more, indie developers will get NO screen time, and lackluster titles will get tons of sales just cause the developer had unlimited abounts of money to throw at this.
If they can do the opposite of what I said, this is cool I guess. But otherwise, a resounding NO from me.
That's pretty sweet. I need to visit NY again some time.
Awesome! Will be in NYC for the first time this weekend - will make sure to keep an eye out for this and be filled with pride. :)
Mimi K xx