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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 419 |
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| Executive producer | Janet Carr |
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| Production locations | New South Wales, Australia |
| Running time | 30 minutes 40 minutes (specials) 60 minutes (finales)[a] |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | 19 September 2006 – 12 December 2007 |
| Network | ABC2 |
| Release | 11 February 2008 – 6 December 2016 |
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Good Game is an Australian television gaming programme produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which was aired on ABC2 from 2006 to 2016. Created by Janet Carr, Jeremy Ray and Michael Makowski, included 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 by Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen in 2009. Other onscreen presenters included field reporter Gus "Goose" Ronald and Dave Callan.
The show is named after the friendly phrase gamers traditionally say after completing a competitive match.[2] The show's producers maintained an online presence with the audience, often directly communicating and taking feedback from viewers; audience competitions and polls were also held. In addition, a mobile application and a book were created by the production team, to further cater to the show's audience.
Good Game received generally positive reception, with the hosts and segments being the subject of much praise. The show 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 ABC ME; Good Game: Pocket Edition, which ran on ABC2 from February 2013 to May 2014; Good Game Pocket, hosted by Nich "NichBoy" Richardson, with daily episodes released on ABC iview and YouTube from 2015 to 2016; and Good Game Well Played, an online show focused on eSports and hosted by Angharad "Rad" Yeo, which ran from 2015 to 2016. Both Well Played and Pocket were previously hosted by Michael "Hingers" Hing. Two podcasts were also created: Good Game: Grandstand in 2012, and Good Game Roundtable Podcast from 2015 to 2016.
The show was cancelled in January 2017, after the ABC received news that Bendixsen and Richardson had been hired by Channel 7 for the gaming show screenPLAY.[3][4] In 2019, Ronald began producing video game previews and reviews under the Good Game name for ABC iview and YouTube.[5]
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- ^ Yeo, Amanda (31 January 2017). "Good Game Has Been Cancelled". Gizmodo. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Corporation, Australian Broadcasting. "ABC Radio". ABC Radio. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Good Game Series 13
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