Look forward to six episodes of videoGaiden on BBC Scotland from the Consolevania lads.

It’s aimed at the 15+ market and the makers say it will treat games as a serious subject whilst remaining tongue-in-cheek - claiming videoGaiden will “Do for videogames what Top Gear does for cars.”

Tall order, that - video game shows are so bloody hard to get right. Games Master was occasionally great for the challenges (who could forget the bloke who completed two Virtua Cop games at once) and Patrick Moore but not much else, Bad Influence was blandly informative (datablast!) with rubbish reviews by kids and Bits… I still can’t make my mind up about Bits.

A Top Gear for games would probably be spot on - varied but consistent, informative but not boring, intelligent but not highbrow, entertaining but not stupid. Can the Consolvania guys pull it off? Have to see. Consolvania was insane, if particularly niche, brilliance but they get a mere ten minutes a week for the new show.

Enough rambling, let’s see how it goes. We’re long overdue a new, regular, quality half hour games show and this defnitely shows the BBC is keen to move towards more game coverage. Maybe Channel 4 will even join in if it becomes the in thing again.