• G4 is gaming no more: 'Attack of the Show' and 'X-Play' canceled
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Wait, weren't these shows the whole reason that G4 got popular in the first place?
Ah, I remember when G4 aired Cheat, not the Cheaters show, but Cheat which was showing you cheats and shit for video games. Tried to hard to replicate a Halo 2 cheat. rip G4 my fallen hero
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38199228]TechTV was never the same. [video=youtube;DvteeYjtfec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvteeYjtfec[/video][/QUOTE] speaking of the screen savers [video=youtube;HiE4P1W433Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiE4P1W433Q[/video]
Even the G4 blog is fucking terrible. It was so biased. I may sound a bit like a butthurt PS3 fanboy, but they loved the Xbox wayyyyyy too much. A lot of their headlines picked on the PS3. Why should I have to deal with biased-as-fuck news, that's what I come to forums for. I really used to love G4 and their blog back in the day, but damn did that change. I think the last time I watched G4 for something tech related was during CES. They do some decent coverage, but I can just go to sites like Engadget and get even better coverage IMO. About the only show that I care about on G4 still is Ninja Warrior, and that's not even a show I have/want to watch all the time, it's just a time killer because it's cool.
The only show I really remember from there was Cheat. But a shame the network is dead.
[QUOTE=meppers;38200555]how does this channel make money[/QUOTE] Advertising and sponsors. Lots of them.
[QUOTE=Crash15;38202494]speaking of the screen savers [video=youtube;HiE4P1W433Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiE4P1W433Q[/video][/QUOTE] Those two punks were like a preview into the future of TechTV--a channel in which fun and knowledgeable, but legitimately dorky (in an affable sort of way), hosts are all replaced by the marketable combination of a hot chick who heard about computers once, and a skinny guy with a bad sense of humor who doesn't really know what he's talking about (which nobody cares about anyway, because there's a hot chick standing next to him). RIP TechTV--and god rest the better days of Leo and Pat.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38199228]TechTV was never the same. [video=youtube;DvteeYjtfec]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvteeYjtfec[/video][/QUOTE] the nostalgia it just hurts too much whatever happened to leo and pat anyway?
[QUOTE=Crash15;38202494]speaking of the screen savers [video=youtube;HiE4P1W433Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiE4P1W433Q[/video][/QUOTE] That... that is how I discovered Garry's mod. I am here on this forum today because of that.
I just don't get why they bothered messing with Xplay's format; it was a completely funny show that still managed to do good game reviews. Why fix something that isn't broken? Attack of the Show was always a piece of shit though. It doesn't deserve to go out, or even be placed alongside, with Xplay.
[QUOTE=Omilinon;38202945]the nostalgia it just hurts too much whatever happened to leo and pat anyway?[/QUOTE] Leo split at the announcement of the buyout, and I'm pretty sure Pat left shortly thereafter. Leo leaving The Screen Savers marks the date of the official death of TechTV, in my opinion! Guess it was inevitable, though.
Only person that I liked on g4 was Sessler.
damn I loved Adam and Morgan and remember watching x-play a few years ago; they're what made me watch g4, now it's nothing but cheaters and cops :v
[QUOTE=Zombie man70;38202974]That... that is how I discovered Garry's mod. I am here on this forum today because of that.[/QUOTE] Likewise.
G4 used to be so good. Portal was a fucking amazing show.
It's weird looking back at shows like Screen Savers and seeing how slowly they became AOTS and then the demise of the network.
What does Adam Sessler do nowadays anyways?
It's been dead for a while unfortunately.
[QUOTE=monkey11;38203762]It's weird looking back at shows like Screen Savers and seeing how slowly they became AOTS and then the demise of the network.[/QUOTE] Shit I remember the Gamespot TV/Extended Play/X-Play evolution like it was yesterday. Though X-Play did go downhill somewhere along the Third set and then to pretty dull with the complete phase out of the Intern skits by the Forth set, which were the biggest part of the glue that held that show together, that and Adam hurting/embarrassing himself.
I'm actually surprised people in here liked G4 to any extent, it was total trash, and TechTV was where it was at. I'm 20 now and I feel like I can legitimately say, at least when it comes to this channel's evolution, I've seen some shit.
[QUOTE=amcfaggot;38204155]I'm actually surprised people in here liked G4 to any extent, it was total trash, and TechTV was where it was at. I'm 20 now and I feel like I can legitimately say, at least when it comes to this channel's evolution, I've seen some shit.[/QUOTE] it was sorta ok for awhile while it was G4-TechTV, Xplay and the other notable shows (Anime Unleashed, and what not) enjoyed a nice boost with the new Game Related shows that G4 brought with it (Judgment day, Arena, Cheat and what have you) then came Cops and Cheaters all day 'erry day which pretty much killed the channel for me.
I used to watch it all day until they were fucks to DIRECTV and I couldn't watch it anymore. I haven't seen an episode of ANY G4 show since 2010. RIP ;_;7
[QUOTE=Vault;38204233]I used to watch it all day until they were fucks to DIRECTV and I couldn't watch it anymore. I haven't seen an episode of ANY G4 show since 2010. RIP ;_;7[/QUOTE] Same here, after DIRECTV stopped carrying G4, I completely stopped watching it. Pretty sad too, 2013 would be exactly 10 years since I started watching X-play and TechTV/G4 in general..
[QUOTE=Combin0wnage;38204713]Same here, after DIRECTV stopped carrying G4, I completely stopped watching it. Pretty sad too, 2013 would be exactly 10 years since I started watching X-play and TechTV/G4 in general..[/QUOTE] Well generally when you can't watch something you stop watching it
Xplay is why I picked up Morrowind. I miss the days when G4/TechTV were good.
As much as I hate where they went, its sad to see them go.
I sent my dad this article. He wasn't happy.
Wait, So what is G4 now. Bomb Patrol Afghanistan and Campus PD? What the fuck happened to you?
i remember staying up late in bed and turning the tv on to find cinematech running. gametrailers can be really soothing for some reason.
I used to watch TechTV every single day during lunch until the day they died.
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