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Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-interns-were-harmed-(yet)-in-the-making-of-this-show dept.

xwwt writes "Wil Wheaton is working with Felicia Day on a new show called Tabletop, which will air on the YouTube Channel Geek and Sundry. The show will be about board games and gaming in general. This is how he describes it: 'My ulterior motive with Tabletop is to show by example how much fun it is to play boardgames. I want to show that Gamers aren't all a bunch of weirdoes who can't make eye contact when they talk to you, and that getting together for a game night is just as social and awesome as getting together to watch Sportsball, or to play poker, or for a LAN party, or whatever non-gamers do with their friends. I want to inspire people to try hobby games, and I want to remove the stigma associated with gaming and gamers.' The first show airs April 2nd."

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  1. Ummm... by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I want to show that Gamers aren't all a bunch of weirdoes...

    If you're hosting it, Wil, that's already one goal shot straight to hell.

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    1. Re:Ummm... by AK+Marc · · Score: 5, Funny

      He wouldn't post anonymously. He'd have some clever nickname to post under.

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  2. Actual Ulterior Motive by Misanthrope · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Getting to hang out with Felicia Day...

  3. Good Fucking Luck by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a gamer, and there is flat-out no way this stigma will be removed in my lifetime. When you get right down to it, we're playing pretend. Unless it's couched in layers of indirection, that's just not going to be socially acceptable until the average person has a lot more leisure time.

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    1. Re:Good Fucking Luck by Belial6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And people getting together to watch 'sportsball' are also playing pretend. How often have you heard "WE won"? They frequently even like to play dress up when they do it.

    2. Re:Good Fucking Luck by lexsird · · Score: 5, Funny

      No respawn either, unless you are the Dev's kid.

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  4. Romantic Board gaming with Space Hulk. by ihaveamo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On a date, I broke out the Space Hulk ... but bear with me - it's instant romance - with some good mood lighting, a candleabra dripping with wax, a few good bottles of red wine (in metal goblets of course), some good gregorian chants on the stereo. . (The candlelight is important, as it means that she can't see the terrible paint job I did on the little figurines. I'm told chicks dig artists.)