» As usual for Read-Only Memory’s books, GamesMaster: The Oral History will be a lavishly presented hardback.
Whenit comes to TV shows about videogames, there are fondly remembered ones, and then there is GamesMaster. From 1992 to 1998, Patrick Moore’s titular character would issue challenges to wide-eyed kids and celebrity guests alike, all of whom would battle it out for a coveted Golden Joystick. At the head of it all, the charismatic double-entendre devotee Dominik Diamond assumed hosting duties for almost all of the series’ run. The show transcended the games to become a piece of the Nineties pop culture landscape in its own right, and now Read-Only Memory is publishing GamesMaster: The Oral History, a book in which Dominik Diamond threads together memories of the show with interviews from over 40 people including the cast, crew and guests, to charting the ups and downs of the show.