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Adam Sessler leaves G4/X-Play
- Thread starter Patryn
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Wow...Awesome
Can't tell if this is him trying to get that out to Sess personally or if this is his way of defusing anything before it starts....
The Elite
BOSS
Bombcast or Weekend Confirmed would be good for me.
I don't think anybody would ever try again to start another gaming network, because they all heeded the lesson of G4.
Which is that, given a choice, if a gamer's in front of a TV it's probably to play games, not watch a network. Any programming would be competing with the very medium it's covering/promoting.
Time to kickstart that long-planned NeoGAF TV. A NeoGAF LLC production.
RPGCrazied
Member
Nobody worth caring for. Maybe Morgan and Kevin.
anotherVegan
Member
A thousand times this. I liked TechTV a lot, even when it was ZDTV. It was a quirky little network with fun, yet informative shows about tech, not just video games. Once G4 ate it up and fired all of the staff, it had a few shows like The Electric Playground and Arena that were pretty interesting, and had to do with games. Now they show nothing but reruns of Cops, Campus PD, and Cheaters, and most of their programming has nothing to do with games at all. The one show that does, X-Play, turned to crap in no time with sloppy writing, un-funny jokes, and pretty horrid reviews.
I was, however, a fan of Adam Sessler, as whenever he had the chance to actually speak his mind (in interviews and whatnot), he actually sounded intelligent, and seemed to be the only closet Nintendo fan among the entire G4 media world. I wish him well, and hope that he goes to a place that takes gaming seriously, and doesn't reek of horrible.
Buttonbasher
Member
Good idea.
The Elite
BOSS
Morgan is good. She gets way too much grief from the web.
Kevin bugs me at times. A bit over the top. I'm sure he's a good guy though.
NeoGAF Gold members get it for free right?
distantmantra
Member
I was going through my DVR's settings the other night and noticed that I still had it set to record Cinematech if it ever aired again.
it's like a G6
mysteriousmage09
Member
I see what you did there.
Sessler will land somewhere else really quickly. Tough luck G4, you lost your last ace.
The Elite
BOSS
I didn't see it until you pointed it out. lol
RPGCrazied
Member
How about just canceling the network?
Yup. Gaming and TV is just not a good mix anymore.
My money is on him joining Polygon and helping them create one of those new content channels Youtube is doing, similar to Geek & Sundry. Vox already has one for their other major property, SB Nation, so no doubt they'll want to do the same for Verge/Polygon.
SolidSnakex
Member
I think this means I won't be watching G4 at all anymore.
I used to watch ZDTV all the time, but I didn't like the merge with G4 at all. I also used to watch AOTS quite a bit, but kind of lost interest after Olivia Munn left that show, the dynamic just isn't the same without her. And now with no Sessler on Xplay I don't really have anything to watch on their anymore, too bad. I hope Adam gets a new gig soon so I can keep following him.
I used to watch ZDTV all the time, but I didn't like the merge with G4 at all. I also used to watch AOTS quite a bit, but kind of lost interest after Olivia Munn left that show, the dynamic just isn't the same without her. And now with no Sessler on Xplay I don't really have anything to watch on their anymore, too bad. I hope Adam gets a new gig soon so I can keep following him.
What lesson? That gamers don't want to watch 23 hours of COPS and Cheaters a day?
G4 hasn't truly been about gaming in a long, long time. I'm talking about when it launched with shows like G4TV.com, Icon, Arena, Pulse, etc. When pretty much every show was about gaming in some form.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I would think Adam Sessler would be great for periodic appearances on CBS Sunday Morning doing stories/reviews on video games. CBS/Giant Bomb would be ideal.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
only time I really disagreed with him was about RE5 I think.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
Which is why I'm amazed that it exists and anyone watches it.
I can't imagine a scenario where the G4 brain trust, having spent the better part of a decade burning everything to the ground, just shows up and decides to call it quits.
If Comcast didn't own it, I doubt it would still be around.
But it really shouldn't be around. It's been dead for years, they just need to bury it.
Please no. I like Sessler and I would hate for him to go to IGN.
Fuck that place.
PinkCrayon
Member
^ pic needs to be bigger.
Never really liked Sessler, so whatever.
Never really liked Sessler, so whatever.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Shadowhaxor
Member
Wonder if we'll see him over at Vox Games, er... Polygon.
RPGCrazied
Member
It was called Filter.
Wasn't Cinematech originally a TechTV show?
Escape Goat
Member
Should have got rid of Kevin P. Guy is the most annoying interviewer ever.
RPGCrazied
Member
No.
God damn it, we should have a GAF Youtube channel with content. I'd contribute.
Who the hell is that beautiful woman?