Gawker Media Buys Rights to Japanese Reality Show

According to All Things D, Nick Denton and the Gawker Media empire have officially entered into the TV business. Beginning next week Gawker’s gaming website – Kotaku – is going to air complete episodes of a show called Retro Game Master. The premise of the show is this: A guy named Arino tries to beat old Nintendo games. Yes, that’s it.

Denton has purchased 12 episodes of the show and if it’s a hit for Kotaku, he has the rights to air more episodes.

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