Series synopsis
Good Game is an Australian documentary news talk television series that premiered on ABC2 on September 19, 2006. It stars Jeremy Ray, Miles Tulett, Michael Makowski and Steven 'Bajo' O'Donnell.
Good Game is a program dedicated to video gaming. Each week it is jam-packed with the latest gaming news and events, top gaming tips, reviews and interviews with game developers and the people behind the scenes.
Premise
Good Game is a program dedicated to video gaming. Each week it is jam-packed with the latest gaming news and events, top gaming tips, reviews and interviews with game developers and the people behind the scenes.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jeremy Ray as Himself - Host
- Miles Tulett
- Michael Makowski as Himself - Host
- Steven 'Bajo' O'Donnell as Himself - Host
- Stephanie Bendixsen as Herself - Host
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 13 seasons with 394 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 4 | March 20, 2007 | November 29, 2011 |
| Season 1 | 13 | September 19, 2006 | December 12, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 15 | March 20, 2007 | October 4, 2007 |
| Season 3 | 11 | September 25, 2007 | December 12, 2007 |
| Season 4 | 32 | February 11, 2008 | November 24, 2008 |
| Season 5 | 43 | February 9, 2009 | December 14, 2009 |
| Season 6 | 42 | February 15, 2010 | December 6, 2010 |
| Season 7 | 43 | February 8, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Season 8 | 43 | February 14, 2012 | December 4, 2012 |
| Season 9 | 41 | February 12, 2013 | December 3, 2013 |
| Season 10 | 45 | February 18, 2014 | December 9, 2014 |
| Season 11 | 19 | February 17, 2015 | December 15, 2015 |
| Season 12 | 43 | February 16, 2016 | December 6, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best Of Season 1 | March 20, 2007 |
| 2 |
The Best of Season 2 Highlights of the season and also Jung and Bajo battle it out for the prestigious Rofflecup and a ticket to E3. |
June 26, 2007 |
| 3 |
E3 Special Jung heads out to E3 2007 |
September 18, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Saints Row | Ep 1 Junglist and Kapowski play Saints Row and get a Masterclass in World of Warcraft! Plus they take on Team Immunity for The Roffle Cup. |
September 19, 2006 |
| 2 |
Wii Preview | Ep 2 Junglist and Kapowski check out the Nintendo Wii and get a Masterclass in Quake 4! |
September 26, 2006 |
| 3 |
LEGO Star Wars & Supreme Commander | Ep 3 Junglist and Kapowski play LEGO Star Wars & Supreme Commander, and take a cooking class! |
October 3, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Season 1 Highlights | Ep 1 Junglist looks at some of the best moments from Season 1! |
March 20, 2007 |
| 2 |
Resistance: Fall of Man | Ep 2 It's Bajo's first episode! Bajo and Junglist play Resistance: Fall of Man, interview Chris Taylor, and look at The Rise and Rise of MMO's! |
April 3, 2007 |
| 3 |
God of War II & Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 | Ep 3 Bajo and Junglist play God of War II and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2! |
April 10, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Halo 3 & Heavenly Sword | Ep 1 Bajo and Junglist are back for season 3 of Good Game! They look at Halo 3 and Heavenly Sword. Plus, they explore whether or not gaming has evolved into an art form. |
September 25, 2007 |
| 2 |
Skate & Super Paper Mario | Ep 2 Bajo and Junglist flip their way through Skate and Super Paper Mario! Plus, Lux looks at what your online avatar says about you, and we take a look at the World Cyber Games. |
October 2, 2007 |
| 3 |
World in Conflict & Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Ep 3 World in Conflict & Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | Ep 3 |
October 9, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Devil May Cry 4, Turok, & The State Of The Aussie Games Industry | Ep 1 Bajo and Junglist review Devil May Cry 4 and Turok, plus we investigate the state of the Aussie games industry. |
February 11, 2008 |
| 2 |
Lost Oddysey, Burnout Paradise, Zack & Wiki, & Online Relationships | Ep 2 Junglist and Bajo bring you reviews of the epic RPG Lost Oddysey, the smash happy open world racing of Burnout Paradise, and the Wii pirate puzzling of Zack & Wiki! Plus, Bajo looks back into the work of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Lux investigates the world of online romance! |
February 18, 2008 |
| 3 |
Audiosurf, Pac-Man CE, Patapon, & The History Of Online Gaming | Ep 3 Bajo and Junglist round up a whole heap of downloadable games for review, there’s the reinvented arcade action of Pac-Man CE, the use your own music rhythm of Audiosurf, the pew pew shoot em ups Everyday Shooter and Omega 5, and the strategy game that marches to its own beat in Patapon. Plus, Jung looks back at the history of online gaming! |
February 25, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Skate 2, Lord of the Rings Conquest, Interpol & Street Fighter IV Challenge Bajo and Junglist return from their holidays to get back into a big year of gaming. Kicking things off with reviews of Skate 2, Lord of the Rings Conquest and Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos! |
February 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Killzone 2 & Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II This episode saw some massive releases up for review with FPS titans Killzone 2 and F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin, and the follow up to an excellent RTS classic with Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. Plus, Junglist gives us a backward compatible run down through the history of Warhammer games. |
February 16, 2009 |
| 3 |
Halo Wars, Street Fighter IV & Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Bajo and Junglist review Halo Wars, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, and Street Fighter IV. Plus, we meet our new field reporter Rei who checks out some art inspired by games. And we go Backward Compatible to look at the history of one of the greatest consoles of all time, the SNES! |
February 23, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2 & The R18+ Debate Bajo and Hex return for the year with two huge reviews, going into deep space with Mass Effect 2, and into the depths of the ocean in BioShock 2. Plus, we continue to investigate the progress of getting an R18+ classification category for video games! |
February 15, 2010 |
| 2 |
Heavy Rain, Dante’s Inferno, The WASD System & Game Jams It’s the episode with more brown pants and Jason’s than you can mash X at as we review David Cage’s thriller, Heavy Rain, plus we venture into the depths of hell in Dante’s Inferno. Plus, we look into the story of how we ended up with the WASD keyboard, and visit a game jam to watch some devs cram a game together in 48 hours! |
February 22, 2010 |
| 3 |
Aliens vs Predator, M.A.G. & The History Of Final Fantasy Bajo and Hex review the interspecies action of Aliens vs Predator, and the massive action of M.A.G. aka Massive Action Game. Plus. We take a deep two-part backward compatible dive into the history of the Final Fantasy series, and visit game collector Matt Goodwin! |
March 1, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 01 - 08/02/2011 Good Game makes its triumphant return!! LittleBigPlanet 2, Dead Space 2 Pile of Shame: Eric Barker We ask Eric Barker of Red Faction Armageddon, what games he has sitting in his pile of shame. Developer Interview: Siobhan Reddy Studio Director of Media Molecule, Siobhan Reddy tells us about the creative process behind the development of Little Big Planet 2. What We Played Over the Break Bajo and Hex share what they got up to over the break. Stories of distant lands, real and virtual. |
February 8, 2011 |
| 2 |
Episode 02 - 15/02/2011 Bajo and Hex welcome you to a gaming wonderland! Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Rock Band 3 Update, Back to the Future, Raskulls. Pile of Shame: Siobhan Reddy We ask game developers which games they have sitting in their pile of shame... The Game Dev Story: Halfbrick Our gift to you; A history lesson on some of the most interesting game development studios in the world. |
February 15, 2011 |
| 3 |
Episode 03 - 22/02/2011 Bajo and Hex welcome you to a gaming wonderland! Test Drive Unlimited 2, Kirby's Epic Yarn, de Blob 2. The Game Dev Story: Blue Tongue Entertainment Our gift to you; A history lesson on some of the most interesting game development studios in the world. Fanboys vs. Haters We pick some of the biggest game franchises around and take a quick look at both sides of the coin, what is it the faithful fanboys hold dear and what drives the haters despair? |
February 22, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 01 Bajo and Hex return from their summer of gaming to bring you two big reviews: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Star Wars: The Old Republic... Feature Story: Breaking Street Dates Just about every big release last year broke street date, but this isn't a worldwide phenomenon. Our field reporter Goose explores this Aussie case... My First Love: Sean Bean We asked Sean Bean, producer of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, about his first gaming love... |
February 14, 2012 |
| 2 |
Episode 02 Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Catherine, The Darkness II and Uncharted: Golden Abyss... My First Hero We asked Seth Killian, Community Manager on Street Fighter X Tekken, about his first gaming hero... Backwards Compatible: Handheld Gaming Hand-held gaming has come a long way...but how exactly DID it get this good? |
February 21, 2012 |
| 3 |
Episode 03 Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Resident Evil: Revelations, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Dear Esther. My Gaming Hero: Jonathan Lim We asked Jonathan Lim, Producer of Prototype 2, about his first gaming hero... Feature Story: Game Hacks There’s nothing like dominating a server and seeing your name high on a scoreboard, It’s a large part of what keeps us in the game! But some gamers don’t always play by the rules... |
February 28, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 01 Bajo and Hex are back for another year of good gaming with reviews of Devil May Cry, Aliens: Colonial Marines, and Dead Space 3... |
February 12, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 02 Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Metal Gear Rising:Revengeance and indie games Antichamber and No Time to Explain while Goose explores the ins and outs of 'Crowd Funding'... |
February 19, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 03 Bajo and Hex get a bit artsy with Proteus, traverse the dimensions with Persona 4 Golden and deliver a maximum review of Crysis 3 while Goose defines 'Reboots'... |
February 26, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Good Game are back with a fresh coat of paint and a whole bunch of new games! Bajo and Hex review Broken Age Act One, Nidhogg, Peggle 2 and Risk of Rain and have a look at the Elder Scrolls Online Beta. |
February 18, 2014 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Bajo and Hex are back with a review of the Thief reboot, Goose reviews Jazzpunk and the guys have a First Play of DayZ Standalone... |
February 25, 2014 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Bajo and Hex dive into a double DLC review of The Last of Us: Left Behind and Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry. They also check out Castlevania: Lords of Shadow II while Goose takes us on a journey into EVE Online... |
March 4, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Good Game is back for 2015, starting tonight with a one hour special! We look at Battlefield Hardline, Resident Evil HD, Life is Strange, Elite: Dangerous and Dying Light! Plus, Goose takes a look at Comedy in Games! |
February 17, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Tonight on Good Game Bajo and Hex review The Talos Principle, Total War: Attila and Evolve! Plus, Goose brings us another Memory Cache! |
February 24, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Tonight on Good Game Bajo and Hex review Sunless Sea, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and The Order: 1886! Plus, we answer another question at the Ask Good Game desk... |
March 3, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Tonight on Good Game it's the first episode for 2016! Bajo and Hex review Unravel, The Witness, That Dragon, Cancer and XCOM 2 in a one hour special! |
February 16, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 On tonight's Good Game, Bajo and Hex review Firewatch, NichBoy becomes a truckie in American Truck Simulator, Goose's IMO returns and Bajo goes head to head with a Street Fighter pro! |
February 23, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Tonight on Good Game, Bajo and Hex go back in time to the Stone Age and review Far Cry Primal! Also reviewed is Dying Light: The Following; NichBoy tries to outlast a minute in Devil Daggers and Goose's IMO on the price of VR! |
March 1, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC2 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 19, 2006 |
| Last aired | December 6, 2016 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 20:30:00 |