Comments on: Game on: Former ABC host slams axing as “a lie”

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:13:50 +0000

i agree with Neon Kitten about how ABC have just held their tongue to possibly save their own skin but since every fan doesn’t hold all facts how can they throw these hurtful remarks. I feel that maybe ABC might be holding information to avoid embarrassment if Ray did act badly off scene and he may be lashing out to portray him as the victim. i hope that isn’t the truth but it is a possibility. but i read somewhere that one reason he was sacked because he was slowing down the process of the reviews. he wanted to in depth research into the games(play them longer) to gain more knowledge to make a better review yet ABC (not GG) were considering this a inefficient process.

By: mumzilla

mumzilla — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:12:01 +0000

geeze i’m just the mum of a medium core gamer and even i think she is Boring.
Bring back Jung and some depth in reviewing. Just send him to the gym to get buff if you want a new fan base

By: krnageskillz

krnageskillz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:18:16 +0000

I think that a change of co-host was a bad move by the ABC and this once great show may not return in 2010 as the fan base will disappear.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:36:24 +0000

Whilst it’s one thing to defend Junglist, I think it’s another to attack Hex, and particularly to make it personal. I don’t see how she has put herself there to be ‘objectified’ at all. Would suggest you focus on her skills or direct your aim at management.

By: William

William — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:56 +0000

Hex, this woman should be ashamed, she’s selling herself to put a face and body on a show so that she can be perved at, she’s set herself up to be objectified and that’s the only reason. She’s not better than Junglist (the only real reason to replace him) she’s just a perving object, she should be ashamed of herself.

By: Gazbin

Gazbin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:23:09 +0000

What a shocker – A great show torn down so fast. Junglist has so much reach in the video / PC gaming communities – people really like him.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:55:05 +0000

I just don’t understand the change, why mess with something that was wrong. That’s really annoying

By: Get it right, kids

Get it right, kids — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:05:36 +0000

No-one seems aware that the term ‘tow the line’ in completely incorrect. It’s ‘toe the line’. Consider the likely reason behind the cliche and it all becomes clear (to anyone who payed attention in history class or has cracked a book written before 1990).

By: Mike Retter

Mike Retter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:05:39 +0000

Bring him back. I want him there to review the Avatar game.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:57:20 +0000

ABC have always been non trasnparent, don’t get excited that it’s some new trait or behaviour. He obviously irritated someone and they got their own back, be it a Board member or just the producers daughter, who knows. Many great people and shows on ABC have been shafted in the past, it comes down to no real boss in the Packer style able to protect their golden goose personalities e.g. Ray, Laurie etc.

Ask Tony Martin for an opinion on the ABC and talent management, he’d be the expert on the matter.

By: KFed

KFed — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:56:38 +0000

Wow – if only the show was even half as interesting as this!

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:55:58 +0000

Am bitterly bitterly disappointed in how this is turning out. My opinion matters nought.

The fact that I won’t be watching anymore does.

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:35:56 +0000

Here’s a challenge include the words Amanda + Duthie + token + female in a comment on the above ABC forum and have it published.The ABC is like the rest of the Media,dont like it when the truth gets a bit close to the bone.

By: Verity M

Verity M — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:34:42 +0000

Who really cares?

By: Lime Kitten

Lime Kitten — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:10:36 +0000

Good to see this getting more reporting. Total BS that the only gamer left on a show about gaming has been axed. So much for “for gamers by gamers”. Replacing a hardcore gamer and the only good reviewer on the show with a know-nothing scenester shows how out of touch the ABC is.

#abcfail #ggtv

By: Chloe

Chloe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:59:49 +0000

I feel bad for both Jung and Baj. They were both obviously good mates but with this stoush, it’s torn them apart and hurt Jung. The forums are currently exploding with opinions, some taking Jung’s side, the other are taking Good Game’s side, but no one is taking ABC’s side. It’s a pretty general consensus that ABC is now hated by Good Game fans.

No one takes issue with Hex – she has done a wonderful job, but it’s the way Jung was turfed out that has fans in an uproar. It’s all very shady as the real reason for why Jung was fired won’t be released because of confidentiality agreements etc.

But I feel that it is tearing the Good Game community apart, and that is the worst thing about this. Friends are disagreeing and fighting, and I don’t think it will ever be the same.

But then again none of us can make informed decisions without knowing the full story. I honestly hope Jung will find another program and I will gladly follow him there, but I won’t stop watching Good Game because they switched to a female presenter. Bajo is still there, and that counts.