Let's be honest, it was only good for a year, maybe two. Then it started trying to cater to the dudebro audience. TechTV mogged it, at least before the merger.

>>713064572 (OP)
iunno. only had it for a year or so way back

>>713064572 (OP)
Definitely. Stuff like Icons and Cinematech were the best shows on the channel. It felt like it catered towards people who actually liked video games, but then the dudebro culture creeped in.

I liked Code Monkeys, even if they barely did anything with the video game visuals after the first season.

>>713064572 (OP)
Watched it for the literal video game programming, tuned out whenever a host was speaking or Cops wasn't on.

>>713064830
Even X-Play was good for a short while, but then it started going down hill quickly.

>>713064572 (OP)
Extended Play was great.

>>713064987
As soon as these niggas added half star ratings it was over.

>>713064572 (OP)
There is nothing wrong with the dudebro audience. I remember what being stuck up and pretentious in the 2000s and early 2010s gave the industry: people shitting on gameplay-first games because they were stupid fun, in favor of pushing "artistic" games for midwits to feel mature for playing instead of actually being video games

>>713064572 (OP)
>Good to OK era
I did like old Attack of the Show.
Cheats was fun.
X-play was fun.
Cinematech was god-tier.
Arena was hot garbage.
Icons was god-tier.
Code Monkeys was ass.
Ninja Warrior was fun late night, when it was the Japanese version.
Filter just wasn't my thing, not bad though.
Everything else I just don't remember.

>Shit era
Cheaters is the worst show to exist.
Cops is an entertaining show for an hour at best. Why did they fill all the slots with them?


If you remember any of the original programming, it's time to get your first colonoscopy.

>>713065401
Yeah, even X-play fell into that a few times.

>>713065575
>him and op didn't even mention ZDtv
grim

>>713065715
>the era where women showed off their hips and stomach the most was when fridge bodies were "sexy"
I fucking hated the 2000s.

>>713064572 (OP)
Attack of the Show was really the tipping point, where you knew the channel would never get any better and only get worse.
Even at that period in time, putting "epic fail" segments on TV was how-do-you-do-fellow-kids as fuck.

>>713065934
What a massive faggot, low rise > high rise

>>713066172
high rise yoga pants were a mistake, it's all women wear now

>>713065767
I used to watch ZDTV with my dad when he was working towards his microsoft certification. I still remember when xplay was gamespot tv. good times

>>713066263
Anything high rise was a mistake, tummy is better than cleavage

gongo

It was a good channel in the PS2 era. I remember the runup to the 360 launch when Cinematech would have 360 games every episode it seemed like.

After the PS360 era started it really took a nosedive. But I chalk that up to YouTube in general making it obsolete.

>>713066172
You fucking buffoon, the complaint is about pudgy cookie dough tube bodies of the 2000's, not hip huggers. Jesus fuck you people are illiterate

>>713067910
>girls literally just wouldnt eat or do any sort of exercise
Thank god that's over

>>713064572 (OP)
Only good shows were Cinematech, Portal, and Pulse for Ronilyn Reilly's tits.

>>713068389
the tight gap on the one behind ffs

>>713064572 (OP)
>Then it started trying to cater to the dudebro audience.
Well, more it started existing for the sole purpose of being propelling ugly ass Olivia Munn's career.
>TechTV
I remember when it was ZedTV or whatever.