All Channels
Popular
100°

Remember G4? Too Bad It Died

Remembering the Television station for what it was......not what it has become.

Read Full Story >>
solastgen.com
zeal0us5208d ago

You know its bad when your 50+ father,uncle and or cousin who care nothing for gaming, is watching this channel.

You would think DirecTv pulling this channel from their lineup would be a wake up call, but nope G4 still going in that same horrible direction.

Emilio_Estevez5208d ago

I can't really see the channel going on forever unless things change. DTV dropped it because it had some the worst ratings of all the channels.

darthv725208d ago

we had ZDTV which became TechTV. Screen savers was one of my favorite shows. That and Extended Play which became X-Play.

They never had the G4 network but when G4 and TechTV merged the techTV became G4. Sad really as shows I like such as AudioFile, big Thinkers, Fresh Gear and of course the screen savers were canned.

I just cant stand attack of the show and xplay is not as informative as it once was. Its more about attitude now as well as childish behavior.

Some may not remember the ZDTV shows like I do. Cant say that G4 made as much impact on my tech knowledge like TechTV did.

Ilovetheps55208d ago

I liked this channel a while ago. But then they started changing what they showed. Showing tons of Cops, cheaters, Campus PD and stuff of that sort. They went the wrong route. When it got taken off of Directv, I wasn't that upset. It just wasn't that good anymore.

Silly Mammo5208d ago

Reality shows seem to be the route that all subject specific channels go. MTV, VH-1, Food Network, History Channel, etc.

Ilovetheps55208d ago

Yeah it's really sad to see that. The channel used to be great until it went down that road.

rockbottom30765208d ago

I think the president for G4TV was one of the people that brought Cops to FOX.

RufustheSage5208d ago

I'm still saddened by TechTv, I miss that channel a lot!

digitaleraser5208d ago

Exactly...the channel died the moment it was first renamed G4TV and they cancelled its flagship show The Screen Savers (among other programming). The only good show they never cancelled was X-Play, which is apparently the show the new owner bought the entire channel for.

Silly Mammo5208d ago (Edited 5208d ago )

I used to occasionally watch Attack of the Show and I enjoyed their E3 coverage, but that's really all I'd tune in for....oh and I'd get sucked into a couple of Ninja Warrior episodes.

LX-General-Kaos5208d ago

Tech TV was my fav of the bunch. NO talking, just pure gameplay with decent music.

Show all comments (23)
50°

44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

New report from Skillsearch found that 22% of those surveyed had been laid off within the past 12 months.

Read Full Story >>
gamesindustry.biz
Cockney27d ago

Well if that 44% left im sure there would be a lot less redundancies

40°

Stop Killing Games on the latest European Commission public hearing

It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.

Read Full Story >>
rockpapershotgun.com
50°

"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI

Read Full Story >>
gamesindustry.biz
lodossrage28d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman27d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb27d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.