Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

**Drakul** · 10-11-2009, 04:17 AM

I'm not so sure if anyone would be intersted in this but I just got through watching it on the iPlayer. It's called Micro Men. It's about the fight for market dominance between Sinclair and Acorn in the 80's. It was pretty good in my opinion. Like Gameswipe, this is another one off show. It stars Alexander Armstrong as Clive Sinclair and Martin Freeman as Chris Curry.
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I wasn't around during the time it takes place (I wasn't born until 1988) but, still, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 was the first thing I ever played games on so I liked seeing the story of Sinclair and what was going on with computers at the time.

Gameswipe must be very very popular because it is still up on iPlayer. It was only supposed to be up for a week.

I'm enjoying this little series of computer/gaming themed shows from the BBC. I'm hoping we get even more soon.

10-11-2009, 04:17 AM	#7
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	I'm not so sure if anyone would be intersted in this but I just got through watching it on the iPlayer. It's called Micro Men. It's about the fight for market dominance between Sinclair and Acorn in the 80's. It was pretty good in my opinion. Like Gameswipe, this is another one off show. It stars Alexander Armstrong as Clive Sinclair and Martin Freeman as Chris Curry. Click here. I wasn't around during the time it takes place (I wasn't born until 1988) but, still, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 was the first thing I ever played games on so I liked seeing the story of Sinclair and what was going on with computers at the time. Gameswipe must be very very popular because it is still up on iPlayer. It was only supposed to be up for a week. I'm enjoying this little series of computer/gaming themed shows from the BBC. I'm hoping we get even more soon.