Bon voyage, G4! And don't come back!

Written by Modojo on Tuesday, October 17, 2006

So you might have read the news today that Comcast is basically giving up on G4, the first "network established for gamers". Apparently, it's just not making any real revenue for the company.

To me, G4 was a clusternut to begin with. A failure. They take some shows that were actually good and revamped them all to hell. Attack of the Show was once of the best shows going until, surprise, it became just another love-fest that spoke to everyone but the core audience that was attracted to begin with. Don't even get me started on Filter. Or Cheaters for that matter. Such a glorious show, watching couples fall apart. Meh.

The only successes that I see were Arrested Development, which will no doubt go to Comedy Central or somewhere BETTER, and Banzai, which should go on Spike TV right next to MXC and TNA Impact. Past that, it was just a bunch of people trying to talk the game vibe but never really feeling it. It felt like a waste, like they were talking DOWN to you instead of trying to relate. Even the hotness of Morgan Webb (and, yes, there were times she was hot) couldn't save us from Adam Sessler's psychobabble and the annoyance of Kevin Pereira.

Really, begone with it. The good people who are at the channel will find better gigs elsewhere. Blair Butler? She'll find a good comic book gig of some kind. Olivia Munn? Onto more acting gigs. Webb? She already has a future secured at FHM, so that's no biggie.

Three and a half years the channel's been around, and it's only attracted me for, what, reruns, Happy Tree Friends, and Cinematech. That's...about...it. Sad.

- Robert Falcon

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submitted by Zen
posted October 20, 2006

Shoot me in the face, but I liked Kevin Periera. I honestly can't think of a better television personality off the top of my head. Well, I'm lying: Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Kevin ROSE. But he's at least in my Top 5. I will miss Attack of the Show, but most importantly I'll miss Game Makers (even if it was only ever reruns), Cinematech, and their coverage of TGS and E3. (Well, not E3 anymore.)

X-Play on the other hand, was always, ALWAYS terrible. Adam Sessler speaks in devil tongues that I find inaudible, and Morgan Webb was never hot. She shouldn't be out of work though, she'll undeniably make oodles of loot as a Morticia Addams look-a-like.

submitted by Dantastic
posted October 18, 2006

While I share the common feeling that G4 turned into a completely unwatchable network, it's still sad to see it go. I was watching it the other day and they had back-to-back episodes of Game Makers. The first was an excellent profile on the creator of Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner. The second was on Mark Cuban?? It was these kind of attempts to try to branch out to a more MTV audience that completely killed any integrity the network had with gamers and tech nuts. Even X-Play had turned into a collection of unnecessary jokes and terrible skits. I'd like to say good riddance with the whole network but it's sad to see what used to be a quality network in its TechTV days.

submitted by Rocksteady
posted October 18, 2006

While I agree that G4TV has become one of the worst TV channels out there... there was a time that it was good, if not maybe great. When Screensavers was transitioning into Attack of the Show, X-Play wasn't too "high end" and Cinemetech, Filter and Icons made their way around often.

However when they started adding shows like Bonzai!, The Man Show, and god damn Star Trek (which was played NON STOP) it just crumbled to pieces. All the good people left, and were replaced with eye candy who know jack shit about games.

So yes, they won't be missed.

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