Grey Gamer in Detective Drama

4:33 pm News

I don’t watch that much TV, but last night I caught an episode of “New Tricks” on BBC1. Basically the show centers around a bunch of semi-retired detectives doing some good old fashioned detective work to solve “cold” cases. In order to strike up a conversation with a potential witness, one of the detectives picks up a Wiimote and joins in a shot ‘em up game. He gets right into the game and actually ends up outplaying the witness. Having earned a degree of respect, the witness is forthcoming with vital new information.

Fast forward to the end of the show when the case is solved and it is time for a small celebration. But where is the said detective? Well now he is giving his all on the arcade version of the game! So there you have it, grey gaming on mainstream TV!

One Response

  1. Biray Says:

    That’s AWESOME! Did you record the episode? It’s nice to know that video and computer games are hitting mainstream TV. A few months ago on a crime scene investigative TV show in the U.S. they solved a case in a virtual world (much like SecondLife). Granted, it wasn’t about health… but good to see these behaviors translate across other mediums.

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