Video made a radio star

-with apologies to The Buggles.

I have just heard BBC Radio 4's Front Row arts programme review 2 video games.

I was shocked!!

The BBC rarely mentions video games and it's good to see this form of entertainment treated as seriously as plays, books & films. The men from the Beeb even played the games on air.

On the rare occasions it does mention video games, it's usually in the context of excessive sex or violence with calls for banning or censorship, usually with an emotional topping of "games caused murder of my X".

This time the games involved the less controversial subject of musicmaking as they were Guitar Hero for the Playstation 2 and Electroplankton for the Nintendo DS.

I was fortunate enough that Pochan briefly relinquished his strangle-hold on the eponymous instrument of Guitar Hero to let me have a go. You gain points by pressing buttons corresponding to notes from guitar anthems. I enjoyed the experience more than playing air guitar.

The BBC's reviewer failed to complete Blood on the Water whereas Pochan leapt into the High Score table with a 50K+ score, showing-off his Star Power (TM).

You can Listen Again to the programme anytime until next Tuesday's programme.