Good Game

Good Game
Good Game logo (2014–present)
Created by	Janet Carr Jeremy Ray Michael Makowski
Presented by	Steven O'Donnell (2007–present) Stephanie Bendixsen (2009–present) Jeremy Ray (2006–09) Michael Makowski (2006)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	11
No. of episodes	406 (as of 20 September 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Janet Carr
Producer(s)	Janet Carr Ben Shackleford Lin Jie Kong
Location(s)	New South Wales, Australia
Running time	30 minutes 40 minutes (specials) 60 minutes (season finals)
Release
Original network	ABC (2006–2007) ABC2 (2008–present)
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	19 September 2006 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Good Game: Spawn Point Good Game: Pocket Good Game Well Played
External links
Website

Good Game is an Australian television gaming programme produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), airing on ABC2. Created by Janet Carr, Jeremy Ray and Michael Makowski.The show began in 2006 and includes a mix of gaming news, reviews, and features. The original hosts were Jeremy "Junglist" Ray and Michael "Kapowski" Makowski; the latter was replaced by Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell in 2007, and the former was replaced by Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen in 2009. Other on screen presenters include field reporter Gus "Goose" Ronald and Dave Callan.

The show is named after the friendly phrase gamers traditionally say after completing a competitive match. The show's producers maintain an online presence with the audience, often directly communicating and taking feedback from viewers; audience competitions and polls are also held. In addition, a mobile application and a book have been created by the production team, to further cater the communication to the show's audience.

Good Game constantly receives generally positive reception, with the hosts and segments being the subject of much praise. The show has also received multiple awards, and achieved the status as one of the most downloaded ABC shows. The show's popularity has resulted in four main spin-offs: Good Game: Spawn Point, a show for younger viewers broadcast on ABC3; Good Game: Pocket Edition, which ran on ABC2 from February 2013 to May 2014; Good Game Pocket, currently hosted by Nich "NichBoy" Richardson, with daily episodes released on ABC iview and YouTube; and Good Game Well Played, an online show which focuses on eSports, and is hosted by Angharad "Rad" Yeo. Both Well Played and Pocket were previously hosted by Michael "Hingers" Hing. A podcast has also been created: Good Game: Grandstand, which first aired in February 2012.

Monday and Tuesday we film, and Wednesday is for extra bits and field shoots where Hex and I usually aren't required. Wednesday and Thursday are our review days, and during this time we also write and capture footage and check and tweak the previous week's edits. Fridays the show gets sound mixed and we have a production meeting and read all the reviews and talk about them. Then we log as much footage as we can and it all starts again. It's a very busy job, making two TV shows a week along with reviewing means there's not much time for dressing up, but we try to.