Remember GamesMaster? The cult gaming TV show from the 90s is rumoured to be making a comeback, according to a pitch on the Channel 4 sales website .
The original was a magazine style show starring the late Sir Patrick Moore as the GamesMaster, who would provide hints and tips to players who competed in a number of challenges.
The reboot is rumoured to have Patrick Stewart in the title role, with a possible launch later this year. According to the website, it will be a "social first" show in which "five bold celebrities will embark on a gaming odyssey but only one can go on to become the GamesMaster champion and take home the Golden Joystick".
But which LGBT+ celebrities would we like to see in the title role?
Sir Ian McKellen
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Sir Ian McKellen. (Getty Images)[/caption]
Taking the lead from Sir Patrick Moore and the rumoured Patrick Stewart, the GamesMaster is required to be someone with life experience, with gravitas, with a booming powerful voice, someone like...Sir Ian McKellen. Whether McKellen is a master of Fortnite strategies or knows his fake art from his real art in Animal Crossing is debatable, but there’s no other LGBT+ celebrity with the grandeur to take on this role.
Michelle Rodriguez
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The queen of action films – best known for her role in Fast and Furious – is no stranger to gaming. From game-to-film adaptations like Resident Evil and Dungeons and Dragons , to voicing characters in Call of Duty and Halo, Rodriguez is also a keen gamer herself with a penchant for first person shooters. As GamesMaster she’d bring fearless energy and a wealth of experience in shooting actual zombies and demons.
Megan Thee Stallion
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Megan Thee Stallion as Mileena. (Warner Bros)[/caption]
Mileena from Mortal Kombat is definitely having a moment right now, from the character’s own coming out , to featuring recently in two different Drag Race looks and a Megan Thee Stallion cosplay. The new queen of rap competed in a live Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate match on Twitch and YouTube earlier this week where she proved her skills – we’d love to see more!
Monet X Change
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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner and host of her own chat show The X Change Rate, Monet is also a huge gamer who loves playing Super Smash Brothers on the Switch against other queens Bob, Kim Chi and more. She’s clearly no stranger to competition then, and would be a fierce and fabulous face of GamesMaster. Her Smash main? It’s Young Link.
Lady Gaga
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From one queen to another, Lady Gaga infamously tweeted about her (lack of) Bayonetta skills back in 2018: "#gamer respect to the experts I need emotional support." Perhaps her skills have improved since then? The witchy femme fatale certainly seemed to inspire Gaga's Rain On Me video , so she'd certainly bring some hair-whipping to the role of GamesMaster.
SonicFox
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Professional Esports player SonicFox has won multiple fighting game tournaments, including five Evolution Championship Series (EVO) events across four different game franchises. They are also non-binary and are known for their anthropormophic fox fursona in which they often compete. A true multi-champion LGBT+ gaming icon, there’s no one else more qualified to be the GamesMaster.
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