Patryn
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Adam Sessler leaves G4/X-Play #1

So says Patrick Klepek:

Looks like @AdamSessler is no longer with G4 and X-Play. Good luck with whatever's next, Adam! Hope we get to work together again someday.

This is pretty huge. Wasn't he responsible for most of the integrity that X-Play had left?

Wonder what's up with G4 now.

Kotaku confirms that he has left. Also, yikes:

Originally Posted by Kotaku:
According to our sources, Sessler is leaving due to a contractual dispute, and the departure was not on amicable terms.
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Here comes the Giant Bomb cycle.
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Welp, there goes the only person I liked at G4.

Edit: well Feep is at G4, but he is a writer.
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wherever he goes, i will follow.
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I hope he commentates fighting games full time.
StevieP
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What's a "G4"?
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Originally Posted by Patryn: View Post
If this is true, that's huge. Wasn't he responsible for most of the integrity that G4 had left?
Fixed
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Can't wait to see where he ends up.

He was pretty much the face of G4TV.
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Originally Posted by _dementia: View Post
I hope he commentates fighting games full time.
was coming here to post this
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Adam Sessler leaving G4 #10

. http://kotaku.com/5905119/adam-sessler-out-at-g4

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Longrunning gaming personality Adam Sessler is no longer at G4, the TV host's representative said today.

Here's a statement from Sessler's representative:

Television personality Adam Sessler and TV network G4 are parting ways, with Adam's last episode as host of G4's "X-Play" airing on the network today, Wednesday, April 25. Adam has been hosting the show since it first aired as ZDTV's "Gamespot TV" in July 1998 and he also served as Editor In Chief of games content at G4. His current projects include starring as himself in the Summer 2012 movie "noobz" and consulting with a film production company on theatrical feature adaptations of video games. Adam intends to stay in front of the camera and continue as a key voice within the games industry. He also sings and is available for weddings and bar mitzvahs.
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Sweet, now we can a Morgan Webb-only show, awwwwwww yeah
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Been watching the guy for almost a decade now from TechTV Extended Play. Loved Soapbox, X-Play, and Feedback podcast.
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Sessler was the only reason to ever watch anything G4 related.
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Originally Posted by Skiesofwonder: View Post
Welp, there goes the only person I liked at G4.
All I really had to say about this, hope he finds some place good.
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I refuse to believe.
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I heard they have an empty cubicle at the Giantbomb offices.
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X-Play has no "integrity", at least no more than any other "gaming journalism" outlet. Sessler leaving will change nothing. I've sort of started to disagree with him more and more as time goes on.
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Shacknews or Gamespot would be good just so we can get him on Weekend Confirmed/Giant Bomb podcasts.
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I wonder if Geoff Keighley has a spot for him at GTTV/Spike...
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I really do wish him well. He's the last part of G4 that was reliable and credible. I'm sure he'll pop up somewhere and be fine.
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Hallelujah, now I won't have to listen to Morgan Webb to get through to Sessler!
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Originally Posted by StevieP: View Post
What's a "G4"?
They run COPS reruns and other reality TV show programming.
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Well, I'm not crying over it.
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Good for him. That station/channel lost it after that whole TechTV thing. Hope he finds something better.

Hate that channel so much now.
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This is pretty good news. It will be great to hear a more serious Adam and not the G4 personality crap.
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where would he even fit in. tho adam sessler is pretty great.
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He is an awesome guy, hope he finds some place good.

After this there is no point in watching G4
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Morgan weeps..?
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Originally Posted by _dementia: View Post
I hope he commentates fighting games full time.
A dream come true if it ever happened.
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Whatever's next for him, I wish him the best.

I didn't have a lot of interaction with him when I wrote for X-Play, but he was always very cool and down-to-earth when we did meet.
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Wow, shocking. He is G4.

Alright, guys, cue up 1 more hour of Cops
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Could never stand him back when I first saw him on Gamespot TV...
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I bet he woke up and remembered the 'Super Mario Galaxy isn't 3d enough' and he knew he had to resign.
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He is probably going to Polygon.

That seems to be where all the game writers are going in the mass exodus.

The real question is, where will they all go in a year when Polygon goes under as it inevitably will. Will they all try to go crawling back to their old jobs?
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Maybe because of the beard thing? It was like Felicity cutting her hair.
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I wish him well, he was always my favorite G4 guy.
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Originally Posted by StevieP: View Post
What's a "G4"?
A horrible collection of Campus Police episodes
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I've added Kotaku's confirmation to the OP. Can a mod please change the title to reflect that it's not a rumor?
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Hope he finds a more respectable place, which would really be anywhere considering what G4 is today.

Best of luck to him.
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That's a huge loss for them.
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Good. I think he was the only person left who had things to say that you would want to listen to. Excited for what he does next.
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Originally Posted by cr_blah_blah: View Post
Here comes the Giant Bomb cycle.
Which would be tres cool to hear him go at it with the other guys.
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Originally Posted by zlatko: View Post
A dream come true if it ever happened.
Chris Hu/Sessler commentating EVO finals please!
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Then I will petition him to perform at my wedding next year.
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This is crazy. I mean, Adam has been hosting this show for nearly half my life. That's just, mind-boggling
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G4 lost the only good thing they had left.
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Finally! Looking forward to actually following his work now.
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Originally Posted by robut: View Post
Chris Hu/Sessler commentating EVO finals please!
Yipes/Sess would be perfect IMO
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Originally Posted by _dementia: View Post
I hope he commentates fighting games full time.
Coincidentally, I hear skisonic will be taking his place at X-Play
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Never understood why people rate him. He just seems to be on some pedestal because he worked at a television network. Whenever he's said something controversial or provocative I've disagreed with him.