Published 8 Feb, 2021
In the 90s, the largest figure in video gaming on telly was the giant cyborg head of Sir Patrick Moore, the president of the British Astronomical Association and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire. I swear this is not some twee British joke. The show was named GamesMaster, and now Channel 4 are looking at rebooting it with a focus on celebrities battling to win that coveted Golden Joystick. But which celebrity baldie can fill the role of GamesMaster this time?
Channel 4 s Sales site announced last week that they re looking for a brand partner for a potential reboot of GamesMaster (as VGC spotted). The plan is for a weekly show where five celebrities would battle it out in different games until only one remains, with other gaming bits and pieces scattered throughout. Sounds like, as in the original, it might balance celebfights with previews and cheats and such. The show would be social first , they say, then
Perseverance is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface at approximately 8.30pm (UK time), on Thursday, February 18. Watch NASA’s build up to the big day and a live landing broadcast via this link: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ This month, I caught up with Cardiff Astronomical Society member Katrin Raynor-Evans who has combined her love of astronomy with philately. Ms Raynor-Evans, formerly from Undy, now living in Pontypridd, told the
Argus: “My first love is definitely astronomy. I had always considered stamps boring! My dad owned a telescope, and I will never forget the moment he showed me Saturn through the eyepiece.