Yeah, I agree. Although, I do think X-Play and AOTS have gone steadily downhill, and at this point I honestly have quite a bit of disdain for them both, despite really liking them several years ago. Nevertheless, Adam and Kevin never stopped being smart, well-informed, and passionate dudes, and I think that shined through the shit of G4.
Yeah, it's really a shame that G4 went the way it did. It was such a novel idea, and I'm curious if it was profitable or not. I mean, a lot of its shows were dumb, by today's standards, but back in the early 2000's, they were pretty cool, at least to me.
Cheaters was usually just a cool look into other games, and learning weird stuff about them. Arena was basically the predecessor to all the Justin.tv stuff that has blow up, kind of, showing off team based gaming that was usually pretty fun to watch. X-Play always was interesting, Adam and Morgan had this weird chemistry that seemed to work very well. Attack of the Show was that daily show that had enough different stuff in it to warrant a watch, since Kevin and the co-hosts were usually interesting. Icons was a hidden gem, in my mind, because it basically gave a brief view into gaming's biggest stars, whether people, franchises, or systems.
It was overall a pretty cool network, and it's a shame that it has basically become the COPS network. I'm guessing that it's not long now before it collapses in on itself and goes off the air all together, maybe X-Play will become a daily show on another network or something, but nothing else of value will be lost. (Also, I'm not saying X-Play is good today, just that it's probably still a ratings magnet.)
I actually caught an interview he was conducting on AOTS with a woman whose name escapes me right now, and she had just started with YouTube producing content for them. I obviously don't remember much, but I do remember how envious he looked of the whole thing. Like he couldn't believe he was hosting AOTS, while these types of opportunities were out there.
And I still stand by my statement Vince McMahon buys the network.
I'm down for this if CM Punk hosts.