Joystiq has announced that a major US television network is to broadcast Major League Gaming tournaments. Will someone please explain to me why this will be good TV? Computer games aren't meant to be watched, they're meant to be played. Even in arcades of the 1980's, people weren't standing around watching someone do some fly moves on StreetFighter because s/he was a particularly radical player, they were waiting for him/her to fall on his/her face so they could have a go.
Extra points to the person who's able to convince me that televised gaming tournaments are worthy of tuning in. Until then,
"a series of seven, hour-long shows" (to air on Saturday mornings this fall) featuring competitions between gamers in games ranging from Halo 2 to Super Smash Bros. Melee
sounds even worse than Celebrity Get Me Out of Big Brother Survivor Idol 2006.
