Kotaku
Tomorrow at noon EST, CBS will be airing the first part of four consisting of footage from last month's World Series of Video Games tournament. We covered this back in May, but the first date is finally upon us. The program will be featuring Guitar Hero II, World of Warcraft and Fight Night Round 3. The New York Times has even picked up on the show and has a quick look at the potentials and pitfalls of bringing gaming to a mainstream channel:
But for gaming to make it as a major-network TV sport, the big hurdle will be translating a medium that is by its nature meant to be experienced firsthand into a compelling hands-off spectator experience. It is a task that in some ways is no less daunting than that of the early baseball television producers who eventually realized that a camera way out in center field would provide the best view of pitches.
My boyfriend already set the TiVO. We'll see how this goes and (perhaps more importantly) what the ratings are like after the fact.
