Wow, enjoying this a lot
I haven't been able to comment in awhile because my Internet at home was disabled for some complicated reasons. I have been keeping up w' the stories by reading on my office computer, but I didn't want to sign in and write comments with a company workstation
Reporters sure do seem to cause awkward situations for the characters...
I figured that the repetitive commentary was imitating the repetitiveness of the announcer in the actual video game. I have observed much the same in video games depicting basketball and other sports.