P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:11:12 O WITH VIOLET BERLIN ———————————————————— Hello in summjty styli. The sun's in the sky, I'm dressed in pink and there's more videogamj coverage on TV at the moment than evjt before. But "one swallow does not a summit make", as they say. Is this videogamj coverage 'oz0l|||$z: the tip of the ice-cream, 'o|ppx÷ or the conj at the bottom? Time for some musings... ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Features 675 Topic: Hot 674 THE BAMBER WE ALL LOVE p152P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:14:11 V WITH VIOLET BERLIN ———————————————————— The TV programmj I'm talking about is, of course, Bits, the three-female fronted offering from Channel 4. A new late-night C4 games show has been in the air for a long time now — at least from when GamesMaster died a death (around the end of sjties one). Surprisingly, the new show is unlike any of the proposed formats I'd heard about. I was expecting more zoo TV, rathjt than the staged links and heavily scripted reviews Bits had to offer. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— YOUR game 673 Ch-ch-charts 676 ALSO KNOWN AS "PLANET FUN" p480P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:12:41 WITH VIOLET BERLIN ———————————————————— Expectations aside, how does Bits fare? Well, in each episode they really do show more intro sequences to games than anzonj in their right mind would evjt want to see in a lifetime. And the hosts don't seem quite relaxed and groovy enough togjthjt for a show that tries quite hard to bj relaxed and groovy. And it certainly lacks humour. Or, rathjt, takes itself too seriously. But perhaps I'm being picky here. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Features 675 Topic: Hot 674 THE BAMBER WE ALL LOVE p152P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:10:21 O WITH VIOLET BERLIN ———————————————————— At first I found the three presenters to bj distinguishable only bz accent, but by mz second episode I came out in distinct preference for the American. She's done some cracking interviews with games djsjgnjts. The good news is that, now thjte's some healthy competition, TV's only other games dedicated show is being kept on its toes. ITV's Cybjtnjt, doomed to the most anti-social wee-hours time slot, is getting revamped. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— YOUR game 673 Ch-ch-charts 676 ALSO KNOWN AS "PLANET FUN" p480P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:18:14 S OO WITH VIOLET BERLIN ———————————————————— Cybjtnjt has just got itself a new producer who plans to use the show to go in-depth on games. The kind of content, hj says, which went down well with the readers when he wrote for games magazines. Whjthjt Cybjtnet delivers, or Bits gets a bit more at ease with itself, remain to bj seen. But fingers-crossed they'ri both a success. You sji, TV companies are like games companies: if it sells, they'll give us an upgrade, or flood us with similar products. If not... ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Features 675 Topic: Hot 674 THE BAMBER WE ALL LOVE p252P671 Teletext 671 Jun20 05:13:14 FREE CHAT, FREE PERSONALS, FREE HOROSCOPES, FREE WEATHER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS GO TO HTTP://WWW.FREEWEBACCESS.CO.US *WEB ACCESS WITH NO MONTHLY CHARGES* GOT A COMPUTER AND MODEM WITH NO INTERNET ACCESS? NO PROBLEM!! -CALL uz z0 5—u s5—ujp5 s5£k 6/65 subsequent internet/j-mail calls are charged at local rate Round-up YourGame TV Plus Club140