From one of the above links:  "Watching people play video games isn't like watching people play football," he said. "It's like watching people play fantasy football. It is one more step removed from human activity." Let's face it, his show made an "old man shouts a cloud" error and now his handlers are trying to turn this around.  1) Play for sympathy by talking about the virtual roasting he's getting.    2) Laugh off the virtual roasting so he doesn't look like too much of a weepy bitch. 3) WE ARE HERE: Cash in on further trolling. This is probably the first time Kimmel has had any positive movement in his viewership in ages. The thought is probably that it's temporary extra eyeballs for shit reasons but maybe the show can charm them into staying.  4) Cash out with some rip-off of Conan's Clueless Gamer routine. It'll probably be about seven minutes of Kimmel shitting on whoever is fool enough to be his foil for the bit, and then shoving said foil out the door with a condescending pat on the head.