knowledge. He was a comedy character who would often mock the viewers, calling them "Maggots" before giving out the cheats, and appearing to be constantly exasperated by the 'worthless' questions from viewers and the 'stupidity' of the two main presenters. Reviews Members of the audience would be found to be playing a game during the course of the show, and would be interviewed by a presenter to discuss the various good and bad points of the game and give it a rating out of five 'Gs' (first series). In the second series, the game was rated out of 10, though this time by a member of the show, with the audience member just voicing opinions. Reception Reaction to the show was largely negative. The show received criticism for being out of touch with videogamers who were demographically much older on average than the teenagers the show was seemingly trying to appeal to. The fact that the weekly output was so high, combined with both series running for a combined total of 192 episodes, struck many that Sky One was not concerned with the content of the show or the reception it was receiving from viewers. In a Jolt TV review of the series, it was stated, "Gamezville is appalling, and does no favours whatsoever to the games industry". Response from video game TV presenters / producers During an interview with GamesMaster Magazine about his new game show When Games Attack, Dominik Diamond declared that "Gamezville is the equivalent to eating your own shit, the producers must have thought 'Oh because we have black people in it must be street.'" Johnny Ffinch, producer of GamesMaster, was also asked about his opinion on Gamezville during an interview, and expressed: "I have more respect for suicide bombers than I do for the people who are involved with Gamezville... it's all fucking 'Yo mate...' I mean these guys can't even speak fucking English!" Comedian Robert Florence would go on to create the internet show Consolevania as a reaction to the programme, which would later become the BBC Scotland show videoGaiden. References External links Gamezville.tv – Official web site Gamezville.tv – Internet Archive "The Guru" Fansite Sky One Website Jolt TV's review of the series 2003 British television series debuts 2004 British television series endings English-language television shows Sky UK original programming Television shows about video games Television series by Banijay