Remember when G4 was actually about video games?

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#1 white_wolf922
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I just caught tonights episode of Xplay and it reminded me how much I used to like G4 back when it was actually about video games instead of endless cops and cheaters reruns. The only good shows left on it are Xplay and Attack of the Show. So, am I the only one who misses old G4 and wish they would bring it back?

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#2 uberspotter
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I do not know this game G4. Is it old ? If you want good game, try Crysis. Very good.
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#3 CHOASXIII
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Yeah I wish they would bring back the older stuff but really I would like to see them make new programs that pertain to the interests of everyone.

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#4 Alter_Echo
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I have always hated G4 even before they were what they are now because of what happened to TechTV.

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#5 judog1
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G4 use to be amazing. It would be a channel that I could watch all day, everyday. Now...I can only watch an hour tops... I really don't want to see all of these episodes of COPS.
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#6 Kcube
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It was cooler when it was just games.

I feel this way about TRU tv as well..90% of the shows are just staged.

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#7 mems_1224
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cheaters is awesome. other than that G4 sucks. i cant stand morgan webb and that other guy. xplay sucks
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#8 timmy00
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All I can remember from G4 is cops. :P

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#9 travisstaggs
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I use to love the shows Judgement Day, AotS, Cinematech (or something like that), and X-Play.

Now the only thing I watch on the channel is X-Play and that's only sometimes.

AotS just seems lame to me now.

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#10 branketra
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XPlay was cool. They also showed anime. All throughout the late hours they would show trailers and gameplay. I liked old G4.
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#11 white_wolf922
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XPlay was cool. They also showed anime. All throughout the late hours they would show trailers and gameplay. I liked old G4.BranKetra
Yeah it used to be my number one channel, but now it is almost unwatchable.

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#12 LoG-Sacrament
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ive never seen the "old" g4, but their idea of video game content now is endless call of duty and halo coverage or their various substitutes.
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#13 branketra
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[QUOTE="BranKetra"]XPlay was cool. They also showed anime. All throughout the late hours they would show trailers and gameplay. I liked old G4.white_wolf922

Yeah it used to be my number one channel, but now it is almost unwatchable.

To be honest, I don't even watch tv anymore. Last I watched G4 was last year. I like Ninja Warrior, but that was about it for G4. They showed movies like Predator, but so did a bunch of other channels.
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#14 deactivated-5d1cb98d088e5
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Yeah, remember this?

I enjoyed eye-drops, and cinematech particularly, along with "Extended play" before it was "X-Play".

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#16 branketra
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cinematech particularly

BATTOSAI76

That's it.

I remember that one show where people would play team games for prizes. I wanted to go on that show.

Also, robot wars. People would spend months developing their death robots and one might stall at the start or just get smashed by the competition.

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#17 UnknownSniper65
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Yep, I remember when G4 had shows about Video games and Scifi had an actual science fiction show.

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#18 ZenesisX
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That channel is unwatchable to me now. A lot of the old shows were cancelled except for X-play and Aots.

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#19 Radioheader
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I still watch it sometimes but it has gone downhill a little. The tech stuff is great, but when cops and cheaters start coming on... Seriously???

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#20 Blue-Sky
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TechTV was the S***

I used to watch on my cousin's cable, but the time I got the channel it was changed into G4 :(

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#21 ThePlothole
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I remember when it was two separate channels: the general tech network TechTV and the dedicated gaming network G4TV. I always preferred the former.
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#22 lamprey263
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I stopped watching X-Play, they never updated their program info so my cable company treats ever episode like a new episode, and records it on my DVR, and all I get recorded is re-runs so I stopped watching it entirely, now I only hit up X-Play on the web like once a month.
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#23 Rath_01
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Attack of the Show is still pretty good but pretty much everything else on G4 is garbage now.
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#24 dercoo
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well they are bringing back anime this summer with Ironman and Wolverine.

So I'm not complaining much

Can't wait to see actual gore when logan cuts someone in half:D

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#25 white_wolf922
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I neve watched TechTv, but I did watch the good part of G4TV, shows like Xplay, cheat, Icons(which I loved), G4tv.com, judgment day,etc. I wish they would bring those shows back.

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#26 fueled-system
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victor lucas just said electric playground and reviews on the run/judgment day could make their way back to the states soon so maybe it will come back to games

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#27 darkfox101
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When I was a kid I was so excited that I found a channel about video games. I tried so hard to like it, but a small kid like me that is so easily entertained became extremely bored to death. Then G4 QQ about being takin off of Direct TV. Hah.
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#28 Jolt_counter119
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Never liked G4, I want Tech Tv back.

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#29 shoot-first
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Yes, I miss the old G4. I don't even get the channel anymore because of stupid DirecTV. :|

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#30 white_wolf922
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Yes, I miss the old G4. I don't even get the channel anymore because of stupid DirecTV. :|

shoot-first

You're not missing much. Its mostly cops and cheaters all the time.

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#31 HeavenSparks
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G4 is now linked with the other channel, which I think is cool because I love the office!

Who remembers X-Play when it was about the laughs and not really about the game reviews, those were the times. That show was great when the drunk link would just storm in during the show haha.

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#32 white_wolf922
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Yes, I loved drunk Link. I also liked the episode for a star wars review where they had Adam and Morgan fight a sith lord and in the end they lose badly and have to get saved by that cursing puppet. Do you remember the episode where they tracked down the burial ground of ET games? Dang, I miss Xplay.
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#34 Avian005
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Ah...the old G4. My uncle and I used to watch it all the time/

  • X-Play
  • Screensavers
  • G4TV.com
  • Judgement Day
  • Cinematic
  • Filter

Good times, they also hadmuch better GOTY award shows. Now I only watch X-Play and Attack of the Show.

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#35 shoot-first
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Ah...the old G4. My uncle and I used to watch it all the time/

  • X-Play
  • Screensavers
  • G4TV.com
  • Judgement Day
  • Cinematic
  • Filter

Good times, they also hadmuch better GOTY award shows. Now I only watch X-Play and Attack of the Show.

Avian005

I love those too, but I did enjoy watching Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke as well.

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#36 raiden509
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I listened to a interview with Keven Pierra a while back saying to keep shows like Xplay and Attack of the Show on air . G4 has to run garbage like cops to pay the bills.

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#37 white_wolf922
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I listened to a interview with Keven Pierra a while back saying to keep shows like Xplay and Attack of the Show on air . G4 has to run garbage like cops to pay the bills.

raiden509
That sucks. I really would have thought a videogame channel could have done well, maybe I was wrong?
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#38 judog1
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[QUOTE="raiden509"]

I listened to a interview with Keven Pierra a while back saying to keep shows like Xplay and Attack of the Show on air . G4 has to run garbage like cops to pay the bills.

white_wolf922
That sucks. I really would have thought a videogame channel could have done well, maybe I was wrong?

You would have thought so, but they tried to gain to broad of an audience and it ended up hurting them. They really needed to make up their mind about what the channel was going to be focused on.
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anyone remember portal

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#40 white_wolf922
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[QUOTE="dreDREb13"]It used to be really great. X-Play was hilarious and fun, AotS was cool, and they didn't replay Cops and Cheaters for five hours. I loved this episode of X-Play

That one was a classic.
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#41 white_wolf922
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[QUOTE="white_wolf922"][QUOTE="raiden509"]

I listened to a interview with Keven Pierra a while back saying to keep shows like Xplay and Attack of the Show on air . G4 has to run garbage like cops to pay the bills.

judog1
That sucks. I really would have thought a videogame channel could have done well, maybe I was wrong?

You would have thought so, but they tried to gain to broad of an audience and it ended up hurting them. They really needed to make up their mind about what the channel was going to be focused on.

Good point. I think if they had focused on their niche audience and catered to them they would have been successful. Not CBS successful, but still successful enough to be making a good profit.
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#42 ImaPirate0202
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Used to watch it everyday in High School. Can't even remember the last time I've watched it now. Screen Savers turned to **** and x-play became way to arrogant for me to stomache.

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#43 scoots9
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Good times...:cry:

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#44 Da_lil_PimP
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Only good thing about G4 now is that they cover all the conferences at E3.

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#45 jsh020
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yah it was when games used to have large variety and werent just all 4 hours shooters, and music was also awsome and movies werent just hollywood sequals.

other words EVERYTHING SUCK NOW

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#46 TF626
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I miss it when it was TechTV. Only two shows I watch is X-Play, AOTS, and sometimes Cheaters, and Ninja Warrior. Personally I liked it a lot better when it was TechTV

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#47 PlzDuntBanMe
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[QUOTE="uberspotter"]I do not know this game G4. Is it old ? If you want good game, try Crysis. Very good.

Haha, this made me lol.