Thread 724827029

>zoomers missed out on this
I feel kinda bad for them

the only thing worth watching was olivia munns tits (rip)

>>724827029 (OP)
it used t be cool to have to discover games through G4 or a magazine, finding it in some store.

I miss TechTV.

i liked looking at thoses weird clips of japanese games that come on at midnight. pretty surreal

>>724827029 (OP)
As fun/cool as it was, it was the beginning of the corporatization of video games, so basically a net negative.

>>724827029 (OP)
I don't. G4 was fucking shit. And they killed TechTV, so fuck them. The Screen Savers was infinitely superior to the absolute cancer that replaced it.

I'm a 2000 anon and I grew up on this.

I never really cared for it. I sure acted like I enjoyed it cause hey, I was 15 and it was "the video game channel," but in reality it was pretty much just white noise I put on after school if nothing better was on.
I mean cinematech was a nice sampler plate for games you probably wouldn't ever play and icons was a solid enough documentary series for its time, but xplay and AOTS were always kinda ass. I think the only time I truly enjoyed watching it was in its zombie years where they mostly aired Ninja Warrior, and even then I mostly saw it was a makeshift replacement for my truly beloved MXC.

>>724827124
This still hurts

>>724827029 (OP)
>the revival is already forgotten

>>724827029 (OP)
They still can

https://kick.com/4gtv

Fridays is all day attack of the show. Also going on YouTube and watching all the G4 e3s is a crazy good look into how the past was.

>>724827029 (OP)
If you add a Y to it it will say G4Y which looks like GAY which primarily means homosexuality in our day and age which means I cannot support this material

>>724827029 (OP)
the worst part about the rise of short-form content is how lazy it is. this shit at least had design and style behind it

>>724829053
lel. big if true.

>>724827029 (OP)
The only watchable parts of G4 were the legacy elements leftover from TechTV.
The E3 coverage was a big deal, but only because you couldn't watch live coverage on the internet back then.

>>724828723
i cared for it abit. it was surreal seeing games on tv at the time. xplay was alright for reviewing games

Crack sessler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1kmbjCrUJQ
honestly the most nostalgic part of this video is that I definitely did the same thing as this uploader with my parents DVR. Kids these days will never understand what it's like to tell your mom that no you can't delete the 1 minute "episode" of Kids Next Door, that isn't an accidental recording that's the Six Flags commercial it's really funny MOM YOU DON'T GET IT

>>724827029 (OP)
g4 was shit
techtv was better

>>724827029 (OP)
have you actually gone back and watched g4? it’s pretty damn cringe and bad once the nostalgia wears off. attack of the show is still pretty watchable though, but only because kevin and olivia had legitimately great chemistry

now, techtv on the other hand? kino to this very day

>>724829490
>>724829653
was techtv airing at the same time or after g4? was it the one with the science shows?

I remember my dad saying adam looked like a bitch boy and this show wasn't funny and a waste of a cable bill

>>724829067
that was one of the biggest problems with the reboot, on top of a shitty selection of new blood. there was no style, no sense of production design; no, dare I say… soul?

>>724827029 (OP)
At least they got to experience the revival and see the absolute state of gaymers

>>724827029 (OP)
nah g4 sucked
mtv (90s) > spike > g4 = mtv (00s-20s)

>>724829779
before. techtv got bought and they became g4techtv which then they dropped the techtv because they gutted all the old programs

>>724827029 (OP)
>Portal is no longer lost media as of earlier this year
FUCK YEAH SEAKING

>>724830631
mushroom mushroom

>>724827029 (OP)
Why don't we make something new for them?

I liked the show where teams played each other in Mech Warrior,SOCOM, fighting games, and maybe Full Spectrum Warriors a few times, that was about it.

>>724830921
Arena.

>>724831018
That’s the one. I know it was just a step towards the esport cancer we have now, but it was MY esports cancer goddammit.

>>724827029 (OP)
TechTV was better, and right after the merger G4 still quickly declined in quality despite getting ahold of some good stuff

>>724829779
G4 took it over like a parasite, they wanted to get into more homes by doing it, they kept a few of the popular shows like X-Play from TechTV but dropped or mutated the rest.

>>724833351
well it was run by comcast

>>724827029 (OP)
It was already going full retard by the time it was G4.

The only funny part of G4 was how this was back when western game reviewers didn't even try to hide just how insanely racist they were
>Japanese game
>Ugh, it's like, wow, so JAPANESE
>Says nothing else about the game
>2/5 stars

>>724832272
The goofy VR America's Army, or whichever army shooter it was, was entertaining to watch at least

>>724827029 (OP)
Think about it, all of the things you grew up with will be totally forgotten in 100 years. None of it matters. Focus on the future.

>>724833519
whenever I think of xplay I remember an episode that spent the entire runtime promising they'd show scenes from some japanese porn game and then at the end when they finally did it was just a promotional trailer that didn't give any goods
>no shit retard it was on TV they have standards and practices
I was 12 and horny and had already seen video game boobs by that point on the internet, you think I knew that shit back then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8KFxi07S0
They really did

>>724833519
>not liking Japanese tropes/game design/anime aesthetic makes you "insanely racist"
Fuck off and kill yourself SJW faggot

>>724828828
It was DOA the second that retarded dyke opened her mouth

>>724833634
the 2 things I most remember are wondering if my cable box had a channel 0 and it was techtv. The other is some girl who worked the computers for screen savers or whatever posted an artsy pic but didn't crop it correctly so people uncropped it and she was topless. her name was cat schwartz

>>724833519
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOvj1DGwu5A
Never forget, although it can somewhat be excused because of that awful track list

>>724833589
That's not true. And you sound like a depressing and horrible person and I bet people hate you.

>>724833895
You don't care about what people did 100 years ago. Why do you think it will be different this time?

>>724833736
the whole concept was retarded as hell, massive budget and something like 300-400 writers to launch a tv network well past when tv was dying instead of keeping the scope reasonable and building a brand.

there was no way it was going to be profitable, the dipshit hating on the audience didn't help things.

they should have kept the streaming thing going, making youtube content from said streaming, then spread out to multiple streams people could funnel into and a 24/7 rerun stream for the no lifers, essentially becoming a modern tv network without being tied down to something their audience doesn't subscribe to.

judgment day > xplay

>>724833970
Only a retard like you would think this way. Your lack of education really shows. The past in many ways still influences and continues to this day or lives on in many modified ways to this day. So why don't you do everyone a favor here and just end your depressing life because in the next 100 years no one is going to care about you anyways.

>>724833713
>SJW
Is this 2014?

>>724833519
I actually went back to find their review of the first monster hunter when it first came out back then and was surprised when they ended up giving it a 4/5.

>>724834113
Most people already forgot about G4, anon.

>>724829830
Based dad

>ahead of their time
>Slowly fade away
>Make a comeback
>Still somehow failed miserably
It's impressive

>>724834369
At least it had Olivia.

>>724833986
>It's a Tommy has an autistic fit about footsteps episode

Literally all G4 had to do was make a twitch channel and show reruns of old footage from their archives (cinematech, x-play, AOTS etc) and it wouldve done well enough to make them some money. Fuck me though right what do I, an old viewer know about what people want to watch

>>724834401
>>724829920
I think her outburst caused it to go downhill.

>>724834660
By then G4 was already dead

>>724834529
It was only revived because the grandson(?) of the CEO of Comcast wanted to advertise his esports team.

>>724833986
xplay had better reviews but judgment day was more entertaining to watch because tommy and vic were two complete polar opposites when it came to gaming

>>724827029 (OP)
zoomers don't have anything really. I feel bad for them too.

>>724834401
even at its peak of popularity they werent making enough to profit. the whole thing was doomed

>>724834660
They had a resurgence on nostalgia alone. Apparently they hired way more people than they needed and were bleeding money. With how many hosts they put on each show I believe it.

>>724834138
>you must stop using a term that aptly describes a specific behavior because a more vague, retarded and gayer term replaced it in the normie zeitgeist
Are you reddit?

>>724834867
they had like 300-400 writers not even counting the hosts.

>>724834920
Are you a faggot? The answer is yes.

>>724834803
Lmao really? either way they must not like money and im hoping that if they sell the archives or still have them that they preserve everything

>>724827029 (OP)
Funny how they got into the anime boom late enough that they were digging from scraps of whatever was left over, and still managed to find some gems.

>>724835482
>Betterman
>boogiepop phantom
>Dual Parallel trouble adventure
>Read or die
>Geneshaft
>Gungrave
>LastExile
>Armitage 3
>silent Mobius
>Soultaker
Peak next to Toonami at the time

>>724835886
BASED

>>724828545
Cinematech was the perfect show for being hungover on Sunday mornings.

>>724835847
r.o.d. the tv was fucking great

G4's golden age was very brief until it became the cops rerun channel.

i miss the e3 coverage. hell i miss e3 in general. i know it was shit in its last years but its so much better than summer game fest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1kmbjCrUJQ

>>724836248
>before it became the cops and cheaters rerun channel
FTFY

>>724833634
I remember G4 even aired some adultcon expo footage, even including a segment on hentai.

>>724833519
It was really funny when people on twitter found out about Adam Sessler's reviews on G4 and started trying to cancel him over it. He got super pissed and started going on long all-caps rants about how all the people yelling at him were "trump supporters" somehow. I have no fucking clue how he even came to that conclusion.

>>724829920
>>724834401

>>724828801
>>724834307
>Morgan Manjaw
>Looks like Eve Lawrence
Those were the days

>>724837378
i don't even remember what she said. the revival was hilariously bad and i'm surprised it lasted longer than a single day

>>724827029 (OP)
How old do you think zoomers are?
I was born in 1998 and absolutely watched G4 as a kid.
>n-no! ur le zillenni- ACK!!!
No such thing. Generation Z officially starts in 1997.
I know millennialcucks have no accomplishments in life and now need to pretend to have pride in things they think are exclusive to them, but they're not. Zoomers experienced DVDs, zoomers experienced VHS (I still have my copies of Terminator 2 and Commando on VHS that I recorded off of cable), zoomers experienced cable TV in the 2000s.
You are not special. Now pay off that student loan debt lmao.

>>724827029 (OP)
Millennial here, I hated G4 because they killed TechTV. Watching Call For Help with Leo Laporte trouble shooting early 2000s Windows XP tech was peak comfy.

>>724837693
something about only watching for oversexualizing women and how old G4 was better and that they should bring it back. obviously touched a nerve and the dyke lost it, thus resulting in their immediate downfall. iirce some anon on here posted some old photos of her claiming to have known her back in highschool and proving she was a nepo baby. Sadly dont have the pic anymore but it was nothing surprising as the old photos showed how even back then she looked like a dyke in the early to late 2000's

>>724837835
>call for help
>Leo Laporte
not knowing about the Leo wife incident, oh boy

>>724837739
you would've been 10 in 2007 so the idea that you were watching vhs tapes is a bit far fetched unless you grew up in a really old fashioned home

>>724837739
>DVDs
>Delete scenes
>Alternate endings
>Commentary
>Easter eggs
>Blooper reels
Man, we lost out when streaming became the go to way to watch movies

>>724827029 (OP)
Was it G4 that had that machinima in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory's co-op mode?

>>724838059
nta but DVDs didn't overtake VHS until 2002, so it's not far-fetched that his parents would've simply held on to their VHS player and tapes instead of just throwing them out for no reason.

>>724838178
yeah
secret agent bob and special agent steve
or some variant of the <word> agent titles

>>724838178
I forget the name but I always remember the “thorax the impaler” bit if I’m thinking of the right one, I think it was part of a few xplay episodes?

>>724836731
I think losing his job and drug abuse caused his mind to go to some dark places.

>>724838178
Part of X-play but I can't remember if was around before the G4 buyout of TechTV

>>724827029 (OP)
I only know one G4, if you know what I mean.

>>724827124
Kristin Holt's legs were worth it too, and it was only occasionally but Diane Mizota did some cosplay that was pretty good for teenaged me

>>724838462
There's an episode of Portal that begins with Diane intro'ing an episode of Filter then it pans out to show Dave standing to the side just staring at her with his mouth hanging open. Then it cuts to Dave waking up from a dream lulz

>>724836084
There was something so zen about it's presentation. Also I liked the episodes that had a speed run of Zelda 1 or something in the corner

>>724834493
My favorite.
I also love how he gave the Charlie and the Chocolate factory game an almost perfect score

For me it's the girl from the first season of Pulse
>>724830631
Oh shit, I'm going to rewatch some of this. Back then this show was the only exposure I had to MMOs so it was super interesting to me.

>>724833986
i remember being absolutely shocked when they gave this game a 10
still havent played it yet

remember to vote for shin maygami ten say nocturne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJrEwEMIpM

Anyone else's dad walk in on them watching this crap. I loved this show but I am positive it ruined me

>>724827029 (OP)
Normalfagcore, g4 was trash

>>724828351
This, g4 was trash and killed a far better network.

>>724838873
It's an awesome fucking game, almost has like a cool Zelda adventure vibe to it even though the game's aren't very similar, my favorite in the trilogy and one of Ubisoft's best games easily

>>724827029 (OP)
I'm a zoomer and I grew up on this the fuck?

>>724839442
Millennials think zoomers are still 10 years old
They're a generation of eternal manchildren who live in the mid 2000s.

>>724839442
same
these balding cornsyrup faced miserable fucks don't realize how old some of us are

>>724828351
>>724839136
TechTV felt like the future. Weird feeling I know but younger me watching this felt like I was "In the Know" and it was cool to get all tech and some nerd stuff.

>>724837958
>not knowing about the Leo wife incident, oh boy

QRD?

>>724838873
back when ubisoft was a highly respected company, good times.

Still laughing that they tried bringing this network back and the woke retards killed it in a heartbeat lmao.

>>724840952
This network was doomed from the beginning, even ignoring the woke shit. Not saying it helped (the woke feminist rant obviously gave it a ton of bad press), but trying to launch a traditional cable TV network when most of your audience millennial/zoomer consumes their content through streaming mediums like Twitch and on-demand Youtube videos, was braindead retarded.

>>724840352
leaked nudes and sexting in 2012 with his then partner Lisa after breaking up with his ex-wife, then in 2021 had a massive leak involving his radio show and podcast

>>724838059
nta but I was born in 96 and I watched stuff on VHS.

>>724827029 (OP)
suicide mong