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theprof00 said:
they care too much about ratings now. Soon they won't even be a gaming channel they'll just be another usa or tnt.

They used to have a lot of great shows.
judgement day, cinematech, code monkeys, aots, icons....

Those are the shows I remember, good times..



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G4 was removed from my cable package and I thought I wouldn't have been able to survive. The Internet was just as good a substitute anyway.



@jung
more than anything, I miss judgment day with tommy tallarico., even though I always disagreed with him.



now G4 is just as boring as the NASA channel.. That's pretty bad.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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a quick wiki and....

"In September of 2005, former DirecTV executive Neal Tiles[9] had replaced G4 founder Charles Hirschhorn as the channel's CEO. Also reported was a managerial decision to decrease G4's emphasis on video game coverage, in favor of a shift toward a male general interest programming format. Its website address in lieu of the slogan "Videogame TV" was introduced and gradually replaced the existing logo over the next few months. Variety.com reported, "Now, under the aegis of Comcast and new president Neal Tiles, G4 is evolving into a lifestyle channel, peppered with videogame culture, as opposed to wall-to-wall games." "We're going through a change. Guys like to play games, but not necessarily watch a bunch of shows with games on the screen," Tiles says. "So what we're doing now is expanding G4 from a network solely defined by videogames to one inspired by them."[10] In addition to its programming, G4, along with Earth911 recently launched an electronic waste recycling campaign called Gcycle.[11]"




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"The numerous changes to the network's programming brought on a storm of criticism from longtime TechTV/G4 fans across the internet, many claiming that the channel has strayed too far from its gaming and technology roots, and accuse the channel of solely relying on shows like X-Play and Attack of the Show!. With most of the remaining G4 original shows having been severely altered, many saw this as G4's ongoing attempt to be a competitor to other male-oriented networks such as Spike,[23][24] thus losing any unique identity.[25] G4 and Spike no longer share the cable/satellite syndication rights to Star Trek: The Next Generation. The merger and the attempt at male-oriented appeal[26] caused negative reaction on the fanbase's end."



And, that was probably a good idea. I used to watch G4/Tech TV to see shows like Cinematech and Icons. I enjoyed learning more about the history of my hobby, and seeing games that were beyond what I had at home (ie PC games). As time went on, it would take a lot more than that to hold my interest.

Playing Games > Watching games



kevin is a douche but olivia munn is hottt



Olivia does nothing for me. Sarah Lane was hotter. Geeky hot!



They got rid of cheat so i only watch them for x-play but not that often.