G4 to host gaming championship

A-Bomb

source: joystiq

i wish i has G4 *cryingface*

Jayman

Super Moderator

G4 became such crap after they ended their "partnership" with TechTV.

I miss the days of "Screen Savers", "Filter", and all the other great shows. At least they still have AOTS and X-Play though.

But now that station is just a crappier version of Spike TV.

And now, here it is...your moment of Carlin (10/13/2008)


Anything but the Present

America has no now. We're reluctant to acknowledge the present. It's too embarrassing.

Instead, we reach into the past. Our culture is composed of sequels, reruns, remakes, revivals, reissues, rereleases, re-creations, reenactments, adaptations, anniversaries, memorabilia, oldies radio, and nostalgia record collections. World War II has been refought on television so many times, the Germans and Japanese are now drawing residuals.

Of course, being essentially out of shit, we sometiems feel the need to dress up this past preoccupation, as with pathetic references to reruns as "encore presentations".

Rated R Phenom

Olivia Munn, Morgan Webb, Krisitn Holt, Alyson Haislip. Four reasons why G4 is better than TechTV ever was.

A-Bomb

yeah i watch it at sum friends house and i have noticed it has become shit, thanksgiving they had a cops marathon?? how is that gaming

Dr. Doom

Neal Tiles got rid of the gaming shows (except X-Play), because he thinks it got low ratings. How do I know that? Read the pages that he answered from G4 viewers. Here's the links:

G4 - Open Source April 2008
G4 - Open Source May 1, 2008
G4 - Open Source June 1, 2008

Most of his answers are ridiculous and I can careless about CGS airing on G4, I got DirecTV.

James Deuce

WC Moderator

I used to watch it...but it is really boring now...If I have a game and it is in a "Cheat!" episode, I might give it a watch.

A-Bomb

there needs to be a new gaming channel 24/7 games, even better then the old G4

Dr. Doom

That's what everyone wants, but they're too damn lazy to do it. They rather spend money on channels focusing on pop or celebrity culture. I'm killing for them to create a tech/gaming channel. Here's what the channel should include:

- Hire Gamespot, IGN, GamerTV, or whoever, to host a X-Play related show, previewing, reviewing, and game talk.
- Host gaming tournaments, of course
- In the mornings, air cartoon shows like The Super Mario Super Show, The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, TMNT, and so on.
- Have a show like the Screen Savers.
- Have a show like Call for Help.
- Tech reviews
- Any old G4/techtv show that were on its respectful channel that doesn't include trash that made G4 today.

Your thoughts?

Jayman

Super Moderator

I think it would work. Video games are becoming more mainstream nowadays. They work with the movie industry to produce games almost on-time for when the movie it's based on releases in theatres.

Plus, you have games like Halo that sell more copies than the top-selling films of all time. It's a given that in this day and age, people would watch a video game channel.

And now, here it is...your moment of Carlin (10/13/2008)


Anything but the Present

America has no now. We're reluctant to acknowledge the present. It's too embarrassing.

Instead, we reach into the past. Our culture is composed of sequels, reruns, remakes, revivals, reissues, rereleases, re-creations, reenactments, adaptations, anniversaries, memorabilia, oldies radio, and nostalgia record collections. World War II has been refought on television so many times, the Germans and Japanese are now drawing residuals.

Of course, being essentially out of shit, we sometiems feel the need to dress up this past preoccupation, as with pathetic references to reruns as "encore presentations".

A-Bomb

that would be the only channel i would watch