G4TV:Take the Plunge?

Me and a few friends were multi-playing MP:H First Hunt while "watching"(Background music,really) Attack of the Show. Out of nowhere some guy says they plan on showing the Phantom next week. Well we were excited for a while and I thought about ordering G4 now. My friend finds the network lone entertaining show to be X-Play. I figure I'll ask you guys on TNL what your thoughts on G4 are. Does it suck or is it worth the extra 2 dollars I'll be paying a month for it?

(Please No comments on the original Techtv. I want to know about the network now)

It has Tommy Tallarico on it.

G4TV is the worst thing to happen to video games since the Gamecube. I highly suggest that you do NOT spend the 2 dollars.

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Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone

It has Tommy Tallarico on it.

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Yeah, but it also has

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...chmentid=15751

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Originally Posted by epmode

Yeah, but it also has

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...chmentid=15751

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Is That a Inside joke or are you serious?

143% serious.

There's a WWE chick as a judge on that show.

G4 has X-Play. And Icons.

X-Play and Icons.

Other than that, I despise it.

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BullSHIT this is the worst thing that has happened to videogames since Gamecube. G4 is the greatest channel in the history of mankind.

Every chick on that channel is hot now except for on Electric Playground. Props to them for actually GETTING that we don't want chicks that are 'nerd hot,' we want chicks that are HOT HOT.

i would stick my penis in Tina Woods holes.......many times.

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

i would stick my penis in Tina Woods holes.......many times.

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I already have.

I like Electric Playground. It was the first videogame show that I caught weekly (Saturdays or Sundays on The New VR [weird canadian news network]). It was fairly big and had good production values so I watched it. I didn't really mind all of the skits because I thought they added some personality to the show and the reviews were usually pretty good. Tommy and Victor usually gave two kind of extremes and worked off each other well (I don't believe for a second that TNL's Tommy T is not Josh's joke account).

I don't watch it as much now. They changed the format to be more about previews and upcoming games. The reviews now have their own show. I enjoy watching that a lot more because it cuts to the chase.

I watch Space in Canada frequently so I catch it on that station.

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Originally Posted by Tommy Tallarico

I already have.

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Quit damaging the goods.

Here's my take on G4. I had naver watched the channel until Feburary of this year, when I got Direct TV in my apartment. From then until May I literally watched nothing but G4, day in and day out, and here is what I've come to learn. The vast majority of the stuff on G4 is total crap, but its still watchable (with some horriffic exceptions). Even when the stuff they show is lame, it's still worth watching when nothing else is on. They don't really show anything of value, most of the shows are just mindless fluff. One of the big problems I have with G4 is that for a video game channel, they air a ton of shit that has nothing to do with video games at all (like the fucking whip set), not to mention the endless string of repeats. The idea of an all videogame channel is a good one, but these guys simply waste the potential.

Out of all the shows they air Judgment Day with Tommy Tallarrico (!) and Victor Lewis are the best thing on the network (which is oddly enough, one of the few shows not produced by by G4tv), they're reviews are actually worth something, unlike Xplay, which while a fun show to watch, is more disposable fluff. Attack of the Show is another pointless show, but given time it will grow on you. Icons, the video game history show is fantastic, and g4tv.com is enjoyable. Every other show features a bunch of people who just read off the teleprompter and don't know what the fuck they are talking about.

Anyway, when I came home for the summer I actually started to miss G4 (since it was pretty much all I was watching on tv), but my parent's direct tv plan didn't carry it. I called up direct tv, and they said that for me to get it my parent's bill would rise around five dollars or so.

But in the end I declined their offer, and as a result I've barely watched any tv lately.

Spend the extra money on the Boomerang network. Hanna Barbera, Popeye and Looney Toons all day long.

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Originally Posted by Regus

Out of all the shows they air Judgment Day with Tommy Tallarrico (!) and Victor Lewis are the best thing on the network (which is oddly enough, one of the few shows not produced by by G4tv), they're reviews are actually worth something, unlike Xplay, which while a fun show to watch, is more disposable fluff.

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Thank you for the compliment. I think it's obvious to everyone that, regardless of your personal feelings towards me and how loud and obnoxious I can be, the shows I'm on are the standouts. When people watch G4, they're usually only thinking of the wasted potential of the channel and what they would do if they controlled it rather than enjoying what's actually on.

G4 killed Unscrewed, thus it sucks.

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Originally Posted by Tommy Tallarico

Thank you for the compliment. I think it's obvious to everyone that, regardless of your personal feelings towards me and how loud and obnoxious I can be, the shows I'm on are the standouts. When people watch G4, they're usually only thinking of the wasted potential of the channel and what they would do if they controlled it rather than enjoying what's actually on.

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The thing about it is that the shows seem like they're on the right track, but the hosts are all too sarcastic and judgmental. How many times has that Kevin Periera on AoTS made a joke about something (possibly alienating viewers who liked that something) only to say "No but seriously..." after as if everything is a big joke? It gets on your nerves. Morgan Webb is another one who is needlessly sarcastic about a lot of stuff. Sara on AoTS has this exact kind of attitude as well. It's condescending.

Lose these "No but seriously..." hosts (although I understand why Morgan Webb is around).

In some ways I miss the old Screensavers and Fresh Gear where they'd cover other aspects of technology. Leo Laporte and that Scotish guy had a very friendly repoire with one another and Leo did a great job of not sarcastically dismissing something as though he's trying to seem hip in high school.

Canada still gets Call for Help with Leo Laporte, which is probably the best show aside from Judgement Day and EP on the network.

All special interest channels are garbage because there just isn't enough niche content to fill a whole channel. The fact that videogame-related content gets old faster than anything else only makes it worse.
Having hot girls on the shows doesn't really help much, though it certainly doesn't hurt.

Icons alone is worth $2 a month. I enjoy G4TV.com (the show). X-Play is OK, but only because Johnny Xtreme is TO THE MAX!!1

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Originally Posted by kedawa

All special interest channels are garbage because there just isn't enough niche content to fill a whole channel. The fact that videogame-related content gets old faster than anything else only makes it worse.
Having hot girls on the shows doesn't really help much, though it certainly doesn't hurt.

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I dunno, when it comes to video games, I'd trust the opinion of some pasty nerd a little more.

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Originally Posted by kedawa

All special interest channels are garbage

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Yeah, fuck comedy central, CNN, the history channle, and Cartoon Network, fuck them in their special interest asses.

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Originally Posted by Videodrone

I enjoy G4TV.com (the show).

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What.

:bang:

PLEASE BELIEVE! It's the Whip Set Sweepstakes!

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

Yeah, fuck comedy central, CNN, the history channle, and Cartoon Network, fuck them in their special interest asses.

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I don't really consider comedy, news or history to be special interest. I was thinking more along the lines of stuff like Animal Planet, which has about 4 hours of programming a day. Maybe it's different in the states, but most of the specialty channels in canada are complete garbage.

Food Network is another channel that used to have like 2 shows and now has a whole days worth of content. It can be done, you just have to step back and look at it. Since G4 owned TechTV they have no excuse. TechTV had a lot of shows that varied and talked about different things.

Robot Wars still sucks.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

Robot Wars still sucks.

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Yes it does. RC cars with hammers lost their apeal a long time ago.

I didn't get the appeal to begin with. Hit your lawnmower with a hammer, that's as entertaining as robot wars is.

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Originally Posted by Chux

PLEASE BELIEVE! It's the Whip Set Sweepstakes!

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I see you out there, with that ten year old cassette player...

I havent seen a videogame-related TV show since GameProTV was on Saturday mornings 9 or 10 years ago.

Man that show sucked.

Holy Shit, I remember that show. Everything was so outdated, wait, sounds like G4.

X-Play gets a 2









out of 5

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Originally Posted by Regus

I see you out there, with that ten year old cassette player...

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The whip set is going to be the end of western civilization.

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

Yeah, but I can't stop saying "Please Believe" then something else, due to that damned whip set.

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Originally Posted by Regus

I see you out there, with that ten year old cassette player...

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Come on Dog..

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Originally Posted by Chux

Yeah, but I can't stop saying "Please Believe" then something else, due to that damned whip set.

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The way he says sweepstakes is hilarious.

That's what I'm saying.

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Originally Posted by Chux

Yeah, but I can't stop saying "Please Believe" then something else, due to that damned whip set.

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Bang

Bang
Bang

Bang

Vrooooooom!

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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I think my head exploded and then I was in a comma for a week after seeing that commerical. Really, what the fuck?

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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I like the Devry ones with the CGI monkey that hops out of the TV and calls the gamer on the couch a knucklehead.

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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That is a fantastic commercial and i would be totally fine if that was the only commercial they broadcast. If they could somehow include the burger king mascot it might be the greatest commercial ever created.

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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Especially when one of them isn't even using the controller buttons, just both analog sticks.

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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YES this is my favorite commercial! I look forward to seeing this shit on the daily!

duUUUUDE

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Originally Posted by Do You Like Erotic?

YES this is my favorite commercial! I look forward to seeing this shit on the daily!

duUUUUDE

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Daily? More like hourly.

I ordered the network and pretty much had a marathon of it.

Impresions:

Some of the shows were funny(especially X-Play and Anime Unleashed) while other shows were a waste of time(Attack of whatever.Oh and Judgement Day, The Episode I saw was boring.)

The commercials. Gah. Makes me want to go to ITT Tech for my game design degree Duuude.

I'll probably keep it on until my cable provider gets the anime network. Then G4 hits the bricks....Duuude

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Originally Posted by Javon_McCloud

That is a fantastic commercial and i would be totally fine if that was the only commercial they broadcast. If they could somehow include the burger king mascot it might be the greatest commercial ever created.

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This is the truest news.

I only opened up this thread because I wanted to comment on this commercial, but everyone else beat me to it.


"And mom said playing these games would never get me anywhere!"

I watch it at work. Its entertaining enough to pass time...There are good shows on that station, but there are som REALLY shitty ones (who the hell watches robot wars?!).

Icons, Attack of the show, X Play and Formula D are some of the shows I catch on that channel.

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Originally Posted by avatar

I ordered the network and pretty much had a marathon of it.

Impresions:

Some of the shows were funny(especially X-Play and Anime Unleashed) while other shows were a waste of time(Attack of whatever.Oh and Judgement Day, The Episode I saw was boring.)

The commercials. Gah. Makes me want to go to ITT Tech for my game design degree Duuude.

I'll probably keep it on until my cable provider gets the anime network. Then G4 hits the bricks....Duuude

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Just wait until you see the same shows repeat every week. I think some of their shows are close to 3 years old, and they still run them in rotation.

Xplay , Icons, Judgement day are the only real reasons to have G4. Luckly it comes with Direct TV. But I remember the days when all we had was "Gamespot" and "Extended Play" so I don't complain.

They should put The screen savers on DVD!

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Originally Posted by EMAGDNIM

Formula D

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You are a part of the problem.

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Originally Posted by Ex Ranza

Especially when one of them isn't even using the controller buttons, just both analog sticks.

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...on a Playstation 1 controller.

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Originally Posted by Zerohero

Extended Play

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Extended Play was twice the show XPlay is. They didn't have any of the bullshit and focused more on games.

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Originally Posted by Melf

...on a Playstation 1 controller.

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but you can use them with a ps2.....c'mon theyre not that behind the curve ;)
i like how playing a game "tightens up the graphics". and whats with the end? it says something like "not recommeded for massachusetts" and some place else. lol.

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Originally Posted by Korly

"And mom said playing these games would never get me anywhere!"

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The guy that delivered that line, looked like he was trying to keep a straight face while doing so.

What I hate about these commercials, is that everyone is talking about how they are getting paid to play videogames. Isn't that the job of game testers?

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

it says something like "not recommeded for massachusetts" and some place else. lol.

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Texas!

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Originally Posted by Andrew

Extended Play was twice the show XPlay is. They didn't have any of the bullshit and focused more on games.

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Not really. The reviews themselves were written by the same people they are on X-Play, and most of the time were just as laughably bad. The only difference was that the off-topic skits in Extended Play on average were a lot funnier (Sessler vs. The LARPers for example) and Adam was much better as a sort of gaming curmudgeon than the complete spaz retard he is now.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

The guy that delivered that line, looked like he was trying to keep a straight face while doing so.

What I hate about these commercials, is that everyone is talking about how they are getting paid to play videogames. Isn't that the job of game testers?



Texas!

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Yea I saw that and was like why are they showing this in Texas then?

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Not really. The reviews themselves were written by the same people they are on X-Play, and most of the time were just as laughably bad. The only difference was that the off-topic skits in Extended Play on average were a lot funnier (Sessler vs. The LARPers for example) and Adam was much better as a sort of gaming curmudgeon than the complete spaz retard he is now.

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By bullshit I meant Morgan Webb. The Shinobi review Extended Play did was the funniest thing I've seen on the network (huge scarf skit)

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Originally Posted by Ex Ranza

G4 has X-Play. And Icons.

X-Play and Icons.

Other than that, I despise it.

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I agree, tho I do watch attack of the show. It still has shades of The Screensavers...

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Originally Posted by Andrew

By bullshit I meant Morgan Webb. The Shinobi review Extended Play did was the funniest thing I've seen on the network (huge scarf skit)

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There are quit a few episodes where they do things that are actually "funny". The Star Wars skit had me laughing.

But by far the funniest skit I ever seen was on Judgement day. Victor and Tommy where debating about this really bad game (forgot the name). Tommy gave it a 1 (generously) but Victor said he said the detial in custumization deserved to rate it at least a 5. Tommy got mad and said if you give this game a 5 I'm leaving. Victor gave it a 5 and Tommy walks of the Camra and next thing you hear is his car speeding off in the background while Victor finishes the review. FUNNIEST REVIEW EVER!



http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.as...n=media&email=

G4 is embarassingly not funny. Only thing I have seen that was funny was Johnny Extreme.

Their tremendously crappy acting is very embarassing.

If you keep trying you're bound to get one or two things right.

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Originally Posted by article

This, of course, is difficult for a longtime print and online columnist to say.

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That's because they don't WANT to say it. They don't believe it. The review also says they don't use as many cliche's as they used to. This may be true, but they still have a long way to go. I heard Morgan Webb use the term "frothing demand" on their E3 coverage deal.

I wouldn't bother with G4, at all. It's by far, the worst network on cable, IMO. X-Play's really the only show worth watching, as all of the other shows lack inspiration or common sense.

As for Judgment Day, I'm very convinced that they don't actually play the games before they review (see the Ikaruga review) them.

I'm pretty sure the Victor guy plays them.

Morgan Webb is hot. And so is that guy from Attack of the Show...but he's gone now :( Supposedly to start his own webshow with past members of techtv? That will be interesting, but will probably fail.

Oh well...

And yeah, the commercial mentioned above is the best thing ever.

SYSTEM.ORG -- Kevin Rose's site.

http://www.systm.org/ actually.

Sex. I need to check it out. They even have a psp format, which is pretty cool. Kevin is so neat!

I'm going to be keeping an eye on SYSTM.org. Kevin Rose was a good host and focused more on a lot of hardcore modding and stuff like that. I found it a lot more interesting and knowledgable than anything Attack of the Show does.

If G4 didn't come in and completely ruin all of the old Tech TV shows it could be a pretty decent network.

Fresh Gear, Tech News, The Screen Savers, Unscrewed, X Play, Attack of the Show, Judgment Day, Reviews on the Run, Icons, Electric Playground and Call for Help would be a great lineup of shows.

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Originally Posted by Regus

The best worst commercial on G4 is that god forsaken Westwood College Online ad were the two guys are jamming on the controllers and the boss walks in and goes "Are you guys done testing this game? I have another game I need designed" to which they reply "We're almost done with level 2, now we just need to tighten up the graphics". There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels.

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I never watch G4 but one day I stoped on it to see what was going on there and...

it was that commercial. That was the last time I went to that channel.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

The guy that delivered that line, looked like he was trying to keep a straight face while doing so.

What I hate about these commercials, is that everyone is talking about how they are getting paid to play videogames. Isn't that the job of game testers?



Texas!

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Because you can't spit in Texas and not hit a game developer who won't tell you that the commercial is as full of shit as it seems and that you're trashing on your ass watching G4 a bunch you probably won't find yourself working with videogames except for selling them at TRU.

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What I hate about these commercials, is that everyone is talking about how they are getting paid to play videogames. Isn't that the job of game testers?

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Yeah, sure. It's all "HEY GETTING PAID TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES LOL" at first . . for a little while at least.

Then 6 weeks later and you're still on the same version of Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue that you were when you started.

I imagine testing games is even worse than testing applications, unless it's a good fighting game. I could see that being kinda fun.

So now that Kevin Rose is gone, who's on Attack of the Show?

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Originally Posted by Korly

So now that Kevin Rose is gone, who's on Attack of the Show?

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I think they have decided on Chris Gore of Ultimate Film Fanatic on IFC fame. He is usually on there Tuesday for "DVD Duesday?"

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So now that Kevin Rose is gone, who's on Attack of the Show?

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Adam Sessler I think.

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Originally Posted by Javon_McCloud

I think they have decided on Chris Gore of Ultimate Film Fanatic on IFC fame. He is usually on there Tuesday for "DVD Duesday?"

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Really? I thought I saw Sessler the other night....

Yeah...but he was a guest of the week...so I guess they will ust go through G4's various TV hosts till they find a replacement...

He was a guest host until they get someone else.

Ahhhs. I should be their special guest.

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Ahhhs. I should be their special guest.

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Well, TOO BAD.

'Cause a Tom Flup, 'Alien Hominid' guy and the boss of Newgrounds, is taking that role, missy.

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I will be co-hosting Attack of the Show on G4TV for the week of July 5th! That's right, four days of Tom on TV! Please watch or else they'll think no one likes me! July 5th - 8th @ 7PM EST, 4PM PST!

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I'll have to apologize for that awkward beginning. I couldn't think of anything witty enough to bump the thread with. But hopefully this news will get some folks on the board interested.


Anyway, I'm having trouble finding more info. on his arrival on the G4tv website, so this is all the info that I care enough to dig up, personally, which was enough to get me exited about the show. But it's the rest of you that I'm worried about. :P

I hope the kid doesn’t get overwhelmed with gush about how phenomenal his flash games are/was. Kevin Pereira, the show's permanent host, better behave himself and just address the guy just like an average joe instead of a ‘flash uber-god’. I've got nothing against Pereira personally, but Tom’s gotten enough good publicity with his own web site, I’d figure, and Kevin's already shown me that he has a bad habit of hacking his way through interviews with sunshine remarks about his guests.

But I'll still watch, just to see how Tom behaves in public, and with 25 cameras, all streaming live footage, plugged up his nose. It should be fun.

Wait a sec...Did anyone watch the show with the Phantom???!!!

I watched it. They showed a crappy GUI running on the box and it played a custom build of Thief. It was the only game on the network.

The Phantom is going to suck. They pretty much admitted it wasn't going to be next-gen capable and it seems only a future version will be worth the purchase.

Ahhh figures...it was on the back burner for so long. I could have seen it coming...

Oh well...