Podcast video topics and time stamps:

3:12 How did Good Game come to be?

4:31 Arin on how Overwatch led to an interest in esports

7:06 Arin and Danny on balancing diversity with authenticity

8:44 What was it like working with Dan Harmon?

11:44 Arin on how Good Game's sincerity and authentic approach

13:53 Arin and Danny weigh in on the media's tone-deaf esports coverage

18:13 How did they keep the show accessible for esports newcomers?

29:12: Arin and Danny on working with YouTube Red.

32:51: Arin and Danny on the potential for Dream Daddy esports.

On Aug. 30, Good Game, a new esports comedy series executive produced by Community's Dan Harmon and starring Let's Players Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan of GameGrumps fame, will premiere on YouTube Red.

Hanson and Avidan appeared on theScore esports podcast to talk about how they and the production team strove to create an authentic, funny and insightful take on the esports world, which to date has gotten short-shrift in mainstream coverage.

Created by EStream and BlizzCon host Michele Morrow and YouTuber Jesse Cox, Avidan says the show revolves around "two 30-something losers who try to make a million dollars in esports even though they are grossly unqualified and don't know what the hell they're doing. It's pretty delightful I have to say."

However, Hanson says he had an interest in the esports scene before Good Game reached out to them through his interest in Overwatch.

"Michele and Jesse came up with the concept and I really wanted to work with them. And when Michele called me and she said she was making a show about esports, I don't know, not many shows if any have been made about that topic," Hanson said. "And I'm a huge Overwatch fan, so, I've followed that esports league, whatever you want to call it, the whole way through, and it's really exciting and interesting and I've been to a couple live events and those are all just super energetically charged and I was like, 'There's probably a lot here when you talk about the story of these people.'"

Avidan, on the other hand, had less knowledge about the scene but was impressed by the field's swift growth.

"I was astonished at how big it is. It hadn't sunk in," he said. "I think ever since joining Game Grumps five years ago or whatever it was, it's been a non-stop education for me how enormous video games have become and how much it means to this generation of kids."

However, Arin says the production team were dedicated to creating a show that doesn't just rely on tired tropes and stereotypes about competitive gaming, but wanted to create an accurate portrayal of both esports' highest highs, as well as its growing pains.

"It's probably the most sincere, genuine thing I've seen that has to do with gaming, because I know it's so easy to pander or poke fun at that aspect," Hanson said.

"But I think when you watch it, you sort of feel like, 'Oh, this was written by people who know what they're talking about and have been in this world,' and it's true. Like, Michele and Jesse — the show creators — are firmly entrenched in that community and Sarah [Carbiener] and Erica [Rosbe] already knew a lot about esports and the gaming world and did a ton, a ton of research on how to make the voices feel genuine and a lot of the topics that we deal with are things that almost people are afraid to touch."

Hanson also touched on how the show's diverse casting creates opportunities to tell interesting character stories without impeding the comedy.

"It is important, but we also sort of acknowledge that it's not the norm. It can be a gag at times, but we do take it very seriously and there's a sincerity to it. I mean, with anything that Harmon is a part of, there's always a level of sincerity and the two writers — Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe — they're both from Rick and Morty, so they're cut from a similar cloth and they're incredible writers and very sincere as well," he said.

"So a lot of the stuff that's dealt with in the show is sort of does have to do with how sort of difficult it is for a lot of these people and the challenges that they come across just being who they are, which I think is honestly kind of powerful in a way. But you know, it is a comedy, there's levity too."

All-in-all, Good Game might become esports' biggest toehold into the world of mainstream entertainment, creating the opportunity for the community to get even bigger. While some may still be concerned that esports are too inaccessible for non-gamers to get into, the Grumps say that it's no harder than getting into traditional sports.

"Ah man, I watch sports and I don't even know what the f***'s going on. I don't think it's really any different," Arin said. "A game is a series of rules and if you don't know the rules then it doesn't really make sense. I think esports is doing just fine."

Sasha Erfanian is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.