There are many things to be said about the television channel G4. Supposedly it was once known as a channel for gamers with entirely original programming. From cheat code shows to game reviews, it had some interesting shows.
Today, while it does try and create it's own original programming, most gaming content has been condensed in to the still-alive show "X-Play", which acts more as a general gaming news show rather than a review series. I suppose that has its advantages, but as far as I've seen, it's mostly the hosts and maybe a special guest or two talking about what we already know about recent or upcoming games. You'd think that they could offer us some new information or something.
There are some semi-related shows too. "Attack of the Show" is another that is still going, though they mostly talk about technology and geek culture. Also fine, but not every episode has a gaming segment; just the ones that premier close to a major game release. For some reason, we also have a few game shows from Japan (complete with subtitles) that can be interesting, but most of them are reruns, and once you've seen them all, you won't be seeing anything new for about half a year.
Speaking of reruns, I heard that gamers really, REALLY love the show "Cops". I heard they also really, REALLY love the show "Cheaters". No? I could have sworn otherwise, because if it's not the early evening or mid-day, one of these two shows will be always on. ALWAYS. For multiple hours on end.
Is it possible to have a channel with original content for gamers? Maybe, because it was relevant at one time. I'm not sure if it can be recreated in today's world, but it's something that I'd like to see or at least attempted once again.
It was the beginning of the end when Olivia Munn left, then Adam Sessler. Now they don't even have the rights to E3 and Comicon. Gone are the glory days of G4TV, but worry not ...GTv on Spike isn't terribad but it isn't G4.
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