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This seems to be a fairly popular clip, but I was only pointed to it the other day - it's a stand-up section by Dara Ó Briain about games, rather similar to his appearance on Gameswipe, but with some extra pieces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIiUsbOO24
I actually saw it just after I'd said the same thing to some (very) extended family members at a dinner, when they were asking about my game-making - that even though games are now the biggest entertainment industry in the world (having eclipsed films some time ago), they still have this odd maligned hobbyist status. Everyone watches films, just about everyone listens to music - not everyone plays games. Except that might be changing a little - I was very pleased during that dinner to have a conversation in which everyone at the table did actually know what I was talking about, thanks to the iPhone and other smartphones bringing in people who don't normally play anything.
For that reason, though, it's really surprising and special to hear games being brought up on stage like this - it's unusual enough to hear them even mentioned in an intelligent way on television. This kind of level is what we're all more used to. The climax of it all is when he brings up Metal Gear Solid 4, as the crouch/stand/crawl control confusion led me to doing that exact eccentric waddle throughout most of the game.
And hearing him impersonating Roy Campbell (who he refers to as 'Mick') with the cry of "SNAAAKE" is something that I never realized my life had been missing until now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIiUsbOO24
I actually saw it just after I'd said the same thing to some (very) extended family members at a dinner, when they were asking about my game-making - that even though games are now the biggest entertainment industry in the world (having eclipsed films some time ago), they still have this odd maligned hobbyist status. Everyone watches films, just about everyone listens to music - not everyone plays games. Except that might be changing a little - I was very pleased during that dinner to have a conversation in which everyone at the table did actually know what I was talking about, thanks to the iPhone and other smartphones bringing in people who don't normally play anything.
For that reason, though, it's really surprising and special to hear games being brought up on stage like this - it's unusual enough to hear them even mentioned in an intelligent way on television. This kind of level is what we're all more used to. The climax of it all is when he brings up Metal Gear Solid 4, as the crouch/stand/crawl control confusion led me to doing that exact eccentric waddle throughout most of the game.
And hearing him impersonating Roy Campbell (who he refers to as 'Mick') with the cry of "SNAAAKE" is something that I never realized my life had been missing until now.
