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Post by indy on Nov 3, 2010 0:10:37 GMT -5
I hope they get dropped from every cable carrier, then they might actually have to put some programming on that's worth watching.
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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Nov 3, 2010 0:15:19 GMT -5
I have comcast and still get it, but boy I gotta tell ya, it isn't worth watching anymore. I remember coming across the channel back in the early 2000's and thinking "there's no way that there's a channel just for gaming and stuff!" But it was!. Cinima Tech Portal The old X Play G4tv.com Judgement Day (a real friggin review show. They even reviewed comics for goodness sake!)Portal Arena Battle Bots Cheat Filter Players I remember watching this and literally laughing to tears because of how pissed Tommy was about that game. Just came across itlast week actually.
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Post by indy on Nov 3, 2010 1:11:03 GMT -5
On the subject of G4, anyone know where I can watch cinematech? I ing loved that show. And Filter. And Judgement Day.
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Post by Happy Pizza on Nov 3, 2010 10:03:41 GMT -5
This is now a TechTV nostalgia thread: I miss the golden years of Extended Play. After Kate Botello left we got Sessler by himself for a while...and were then introduced to Morgan Manjaw.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Nov 3, 2010 18:22:07 GMT -5
Sounds good to me!
I'll never forget the first time I saw Extended Play. My parents got a satellite for the first time, and I was channel surfing all the new channels, and I discovered there was actually a show on tv about VIDEO GAMES!? It was great, and it didn't insult my intelligence or try too hard to throw in a couple dick jokes or whatever. Not that it was some super serious show or anything, but it was...balanced, I guess?
I remember the merger between G4 and TechTv. It wasn't bad at first, I liked that more game-centric shows were being shown, along with The Screensavers and several technology/future shows. And Icons! Then..things started changing. Screensavers lived on for a little while longer, but Leo Laporte left, and it felt kind of pointless...it was HIS show, after all. Then they kept adding eye candy to their roster while the people I liked all started leaving. The channel just started to remind me of MTV too much, like they were trying really hard to get a demographic of "cool" people to buy into their shtick. Then they played more and more shows that had nothing to do with the channel at all, and yeah, that was about it for me. "See you around E3, G4!" That's been my motto for awhile.
tl;dr Adam needs to get his own show elsewhere.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Nov 3, 2010 21:23:00 GMT -5
"The old G4" ugh. There's hardly any channel on tv that airs what it was known for.
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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Nov 3, 2010 23:11:16 GMT -5
"The old G4" ugh. There's hardly any channel on tv that airs what it was known for. It's a big deal because we don't have an alternative that can provide such unique programming like the old G4 did. I see what you're getting at, but with channels like MTV and VH1 not showing much music, you can turn to FUSE or one of the many other channels that do show just music shows and videos. There's no "other one" for G4. What's worse is that the demographic that alot of the original content and programming was geared towards is now bigger than ever. Yet, they continue to take away actual tech/gaming based programming in favor of reruns of shows that almost every channel has had in syndication. When people complain about MTV not showing music anymore, I'll tell them to tune into the many other stations that do. But there is no other like G4 was. So I understand why people miss it.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Nov 4, 2010 2:26:45 GMT -5
The only good thing about that channel is Chris Hardwick. Uh...
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Post by Mr.GT on Nov 5, 2010 7:56:04 GMT -5
Sounds good to me! I'll never forget the first time I saw Extended Play. My parents got a satellite for the first time, and I was channel surfing all the new channels, and I discovered there was actually a show on tv about VIDEO GAMES!? It was great, and it didn't insult my intelligence or try too hard to throw in a couple dick jokes or whatever. Not that it was some super serious show or anything, but it was...balanced, I guess? I remember the merger between G4 and TechTv. It wasn't bad at first, I liked that more game-centric shows were being shown, along with The Screensavers and several technology/future shows. And Icons! Then..things started changing. Screensavers lived on for a little while longer, but Leo Laporte left, and it felt kind of pointless...it was HIS show, after all. Then they kept adding eye candy to their roster while the people I liked all started leaving. The channel just started to remind me of MTV too much, like they were trying really hard to get a demographic of "cool" people to buy into their shtick. Then they played more and more shows that had nothing to do with the channel at all, and yeah, that was about it for me. "See you around E3, G4!" That's been my motto for awhile. tl;dr Adam needs to get his own show elsewhere. I can honestly say that the only time I turn on G4 is when E3 coverage is on....and that's it. It's an emergency backup when IGN or some other sites feed crashes. And I agree with Sessler having his own show somehwere else. He's the only one with an actual knowledge of video games and knows what the hell he's talking about. G4 has pretty much turned into.... "Ok...So you know little about video games.." "But I have boobs...." "THE JOB IS YOURS!"
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Post by Captain d00m - Mr. 3000 on Nov 5, 2010 15:37:33 GMT -5
Anybody else watch the Feedback podcast? Just an hour of straight videogame news, presented by Sessler/Abbie Heppe (A girl who actualy knows what shes talking about)/and others who know what theyre talking about. Sure, its not the same as how awesome the old G4 was, but its still a good hour to watch.
But yeah, G4 has whored itself out. A grand total of like 4 hours (30 mins of which is gaming, ala X-play) of programming is tech/nerd/what the demographic should be, the rest is bullshit.
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Post by No Brokeback on Nov 6, 2010 5:34:23 GMT -5
Anybody else watch the Feedback podcast? Just an hour of straight videogame news, presented by Sessler/Abbie Heppe (A girl who actualy knows what shes talking about)/and others who know what theyre talking about. Sure, its not the same as how awesome the old G4 was, but its still a good hour to watch. But yeah, G4 has whored itself out. A grand total of like 4 hours (30 mins of which is gaming, ala X-play) of programming is tech/nerd/what the demographic should be, the rest is bull****. Although Feedback is great (as well as Sesslers 5 minute podcasts) nothing beats Giantbomb and it's great video game content. The podcasts The quicklooks the humor I don't think any website will beat out that one for quite some time. of course, these podcasts are usually over 3 hours long, but still great lol Language on this one..is pretty intenseThe only reason i started getting into this website, is because I thought one of the guys (I think he comes on at 3:40) sounds like Seth Rogan, and it always humored me, that in their podcasts, I'd imagine Seth Rogan being informative about video games
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Post by Keyboard Cat on Nov 6, 2010 9:48:14 GMT -5
Sounds good to me! I'll never forget the first time I saw Extended Play. My parents got a satellite for the first time, and I was channel surfing all the new channels, and I discovered there was actually a show on tv about VIDEO GAMES!? It was great, and it didn't insult my intelligence or try too hard to throw in a couple dick jokes or whatever. Not that it was some super serious show or anything, but it was...balanced, I guess? I remember the merger between G4 and TechTv. It wasn't bad at first, I liked that more game-centric shows were being shown, along with The Screensavers and several technology/future shows. And Icons! Then..things started changing. Screensavers lived on for a little while longer, but Leo Laporte left, and it felt kind of pointless...it was HIS show, after all. Then they kept adding eye candy to their roster while the people I liked all started leaving. The channel just started to remind me of MTV too much, like they were trying really hard to get a demographic of "cool" people to buy into their shtick. Then they played more and more shows that had nothing to do with the channel at all, and yeah, that was about it for me. "See you around E3, G4!" That's been my motto for awhile. tl;dr Adam needs to get his own show elsewhere. I can honestly say that the only time I turn on G4 is when E3 coverage is on....and that's it. It's an emergency backup when IGN or some other sites feed crashes. And I agree with Sessler having his own show somehwere else. He's the only one with an actual knowledge of video games and knows what the hell he's talking about. G4 has pretty much turned into.... "Ok...So you know little about video games.." "But I have boobs...." "THE JOB IS YOURS!" If only this wasn't an April Fool's joke.
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Post by K5 on Nov 8, 2010 17:22:53 GMT -5
G4 hasn't been worth a crap for years.
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Post by Captain d00m - Mr. 3000 on Nov 9, 2010 15:38:47 GMT -5
Anybody else watch the Feedback podcast? Just an hour of straight videogame news, presented by Sessler/Abbie Heppe (A girl who actualy knows what shes talking about)/and others who know what theyre talking about. Sure, its not the same as how awesome the old G4 was, but its still a good hour to watch. But yeah, G4 has whored itself out. A grand total of like 4 hours (30 mins of which is gaming, ala X-play) of programming is tech/nerd/what the demographic should be, the rest is bull****. Although Feedback is great (as well as Sesslers 5 minute podcasts) nothing beats Giantbomb and it's great video game content. The podcasts The quicklooks the humor I don't think any website will beat out that one for quite some time. of course, these podcasts are usually over 3 hours long, but still great lol Language on this one..is pretty intenseThe only reason i started getting into this website, is because I thought one of the guys (I think he comes on at 3:40) sounds like Seth Rogan, and it always humored me, that in their podcasts, I'd imagine Seth Rogan being informative about video games Yeah, Giant Bomb is awesome too. I got into them from the Mega64 podcast, lmao.
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Post by Y2Breaker on Nov 14, 2010 3:17:53 GMT -5
b4 the tech tv merger the channel was worth something now its just land of the castoffs
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