“I paid more attention to GamesMaster in its later years when it was very much the Dominik Diamond show,” he says. Speaking over Zoom from his house, which is lined floor to ceiling with imported Japanese games, Florence explains the primary appeal of the 90s GamesMaster was always its host. And it turns out he didn’t even watch it that much. It stands as a cruel indictment of time that Florence is the only one of the new presenters old enough to remember the original (and its coveted golden joystick trophy).
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Patrick Moore – who in the original series played the titular sadistic, spherical cyborg – has been replaced by Sir Trevor McDonald, and in place of Dominik Diamond are three presenters the comedy writer Rab Florence, the esports host Frankie Ward and the Instagram comedian Ty Logan. There are still game reviews and challenges, but all the faces are new. Miraculously, the new GamesMaster series has pulled off the near-impossible trick of modernising the show while retaining its core DNA. So when E4 announced a GamesMaster remake earlier this year, the tired middle-aged men of the world collectively let out a prayer. It was smart, it was silly, it was pitched just high enough over the heads of its target audience to make it feel cool, and it tapped into the console boom like nothing before or since.
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Between 19, GamesMaster, a video game challenge and review show hosted by Dominik Diamond (and, briefly, Dexter Fletcher), was appointment viewing. I f you happen to be in your early 40s with a particular set of interests, no two words will strike fear into your heart like “GamesMaster revival”.