tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post2076147555487706769..comments2023-08-04T03:20:33.393-06:00Comments on Musings of a Sega Racing Fan: How To Save G4 Television (Not Really)Eric4372http://www.blogger.com/profile/09095046432310137155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-55754344028312904202012-05-15T13:06:24.799-05:002012-05-15T13:06:24.799-05:00BTW, start another blog already, you got mad ranti...BTW, start another blog already, you got mad ranting skills.Eric4372https://www.blogger.com/profile/09095046432310137155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-40306647874275476702012-05-15T04:17:28.121-05:002012-05-15T04:17:28.121-05:00Yeah, I just read that whole thing and you're ...Yeah, I just read that whole thing and you're about right--no wonder their station failed miserably. I can't bother commenting all that much cause you're right--they half-assed a lot of things such as Judgment Day and Cheat (the worst idea for a gaming show IMO, look on the Internet for cheats, morons). And even if they did everything I said, they'd have to do it near flawlessly and there's no shot cause of all the pinheads running that channel. But since the gaming culture is so messed up as it is, I would hate whatever they put on TV anyway. Who cares, I'm only trying to be "nice" to G4 for once. Websites do a much better job of gaming "news" nowadays so there's no point.Eric4372https://www.blogger.com/profile/09095046432310137155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-88622901572522383822012-05-14T22:10:56.195-05:002012-05-14T22:10:56.195-05:00Judgement Day. I seriously doubt these guys actual...Judgement Day. I seriously doubt these guys actually reviewed most of the games they supposedly have. For one thing, where could they possibly have the time to? Even if your being paid to write game reviews, you can only get to so much ya know. It's not like watching a few movies every week. We're talking massive time wasting thingamajobs. 50 hour games, incessantly. Obviously, they must have a crew that all play whatever games, and then the two tools come on and spout whatever generic review they get paid to do. They tried REALLY hard to hide this fact, even at the expense of their own benefit at times, such as Tallarico's take on a game that he himself worked on, Advent Rising. The game was pretty much universally panned, so he must have figured that he could use this opportunity to PROVE his objectivity by pissing all over it. Not like it mattered, considering Majesco has been in a world of pain for a long time now. Whether he got hired by them again simply wouldn't matter. And Victor whatsisnuts wasn't so annoying, but more just seemed like too much of a wannabe. Every time he came on screen, you'd be like, get the fuck off the screen, ya goob. <br /><br />Same thing with X-PLay. Though, Sessler IS the only person that has ever truly belonged on the network. The man is bonafide game nerd. Morgan Webb is more eye candy, of sorts, and oooh, she played Zelda as a kid, so that makes her a supergamer or some shit. Get the fojuckbuck dumping shitslapping hell outta here. Still not as annoying as Munn, though. Altogether, the show was kind of hit or miss, more of something you'd watch because you're sick of staring at the wall all the livelong day. <br /><br />As far as a gameshow is concerned. It's all shit unless you go fucking crazy with it. I've got an intensely bizarre gameshow that I've been wanting to make for some time now. It's not for the faint of heart. In other words. Not happening on tv. Just think of it as something akin to the movie Enter The Dragon, except with more boobage and pain. No Bruce Lee, though. : ( Haha, I'll make it someday, when I can string up a little more cash. But it will be for my own insane pleasure, and no one else's. My point being, when it comes to any regular game show these days, you gotta crank up the notch. A video game oriented game show? Starcade was neato in the 80's, but these days you need to crank that shit up a hundred notches. Anything otherwise would just be grape flavored turdcicles. People will undoubtedly try. And fail miserably. Over and over again.<br /><br /><br /><br />I think that about covers G4 as far as I'm concerned. Only good for watching E3 keynotes if you live in Antarctica. They can keep their marketing bullshit out of our hobby.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531504948166707363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-64617060617954234992012-05-14T22:10:06.283-05:002012-05-14T22:10:06.283-05:00Arena was just plain boring. Seriously, the show s...Arena was just plain boring. Seriously, the show sounds way better on paper, but in effect, just a royal pain in the ass to watch. I just kept thinking, if I want to see this shit, I'll just go play a few friends in a tourney or something. And not in the food show enticing kind of way. Like if you're watching Gianna big boobs making some crazy ass salad and think, oh man, I need that in my mouth right now, oh and that salad looks fucking great, too. No, instead Arena just made you wanna turn off the TV. It was kind of funny to see Pereira all caveman looking on the show, before he got all hollywoodized for Attack of the Show. What wasn't funny was seeing him on AOTS laughing at all his jokes all the time, and just being a general tool. And Olivia Munn has always gotten on my nerves something fierce. The blonde chick that used to be on the tech tv show was way better, matter of fact the tech tv show on all fronts was way better. Munn was just so obviously herknjerk material for teenage boys up late at night with the tv on before bed. Even when i was 15 years old wacking it 8 times a day, I would have much prefered the sarah chick. And not because I prefer blondes. I do not. I are barbarian and prefer brunettes. That's how obnoxious Munn was. I haven't been paying much attention, but it seems she's in movies now. GREAT. And the Daily Show? How'd that happen? Yet, I have a feeling her 15 minutes are just about up. She's a talentless hack in her thirties. That's usually the kiss of death for most female attention whores. <br /><br />I can't remember much of the sports show. It seemed to focus mainly on Madden games. Which is probably why I would always shut that shit off. <br /><br />There was a show called Web soup which started about the same time as Tosh.0. Not that that matters, they're both rather pointless, and worse, obnoxious.<br /><br />I don't remember a racing game show at all. I know there was racing oriented shows on there, but perhaps not necessarily about racing games.<br /><br />Icons was pretty good, as was Cinematech and Filter. Good might be too strong a word, but watchable for sure. They would even have speed runs on there. Altogether, it was alright, but mainly because there weren't any annoying people on it. There weren't any people on it at all. AS IT SHOULD BE. Like all the Youtube jackheads doing video game commentaries, or talking into the camera. Just shut your fucking paphole. Show the game. Shut up. Simple. If you feel the need to comment on something, use annotations or something. Nobody wants to hear some numbnut barking over a game they're trying to listen to, or some other shitdip trying really hard to be funny, making the stereotypical funny sounds, and whatnot. Shut. The. Fuckle. Upple. Got it? Haha, sorry, man, I'm frothing at the mouth over here. Like Pringles, once ya pop, you can't stop. Shit, I've been watching too much Pringles presents cheatfuckingskullboppingpringles again.<br /><br /><br />Players was one of the most inane shows in the lineup. People asking celebrities what games they played. Hey, celebrity, what brand of toilet paper do you tend to wipe your ass with? DON"T GIVE A FUCK. That's what.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531504948166707363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-5211012753086073962012-05-14T22:09:11.974-05:002012-05-14T22:09:11.974-05:00G4 has tried most if not all of your suggestions a...G4 has tried most if not all of your suggestions at one time or another. When it first came out, it sucked, but at least it had lots of variety. They had a sports game show, an mmo type of show, a radio talk show with two hot obnoxious women, and Seanbaby half the time. Seeing that tool on the show is half the reason i just can't stand his ass, the other half being his writing style. There was Arena, which was just fucking boring. Cheat was only helpful if you lived in antarctica, because everyone else has THE INTERNET. The advertising was insidious as well. On Cheat, in particular. Pringles was apparently the only advertiser, because fucking pringles cans were laid about all over the studio in seemingly random locations, but more importantly, the show was titled Cheat: Pringles Gamers Guide. kinda like in this video, except this video is tame compared to some of the episodes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJs3OqtmZ_0&feature=relmfu Later on they would get a LITTLE too hog wild with them crisps. When the show came back from commercial breaks they would play an interstitial where the word cheat would be slowly unscrambled one letter at a time. One time I even remember them just unscrambling the word eat, and then it paused for a few seconds for great pringle eating effect, don't ya know. You can see an example of that in this vid, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgGWIzZnRxU&feature=relmfu So incredibly shameless. I guess the show was alright, and Cory Rouse was kind of amusing in a fucking bizarre kind of way. I would often times just sit and stare incredulously at this hilarious piece of odiousness. Rouse was replaced with Kristin hotchick whatever her name was. She was kind of obnoxious, as well. That's ok, she fit right in with everyone else on the network. I guess she was probably the least obnoxious person around, personality wise, anyhow. I was more miffed over the idea of not seeing some nerd on the show, and instead now there's eye candy. Get the fuck off the screen, lady, and bring back the nerd that knows his shit, possibly. Well, she didn't have any boobs really, so she wasn't all that candilicious, I guess. Haha, I'd still bone her eight ways to sunrise, though. I completely agree with using sex to sell video games, as you might remember from some of my previous ranting, but not in some overt way. I HATE that shit. Mainipulative horseshit. I say just have a channel with lesbians reviewing games whilst perpetrating ass to ass dildo penetration on each other, butt sans product placement . Let's just be blatantly honest about it, and instead use sex to review games completely free from the wrath of game advertisers. Fuck em. Fuck them all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531504948166707363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-61136545054662837742012-05-08T19:47:09.307-05:002012-05-08T19:47:09.307-05:00Oooo yeah, I remember watching Arena once or twice...Oooo yeah, I remember watching Arena once or twice. And Judgment Day a few times. Also, they aired those Formula D shows a few years ago which was kind of cool but not gaming material. Yeah, G4 was a weird specimen years ago, now it just plain sucks.Eric4372https://www.blogger.com/profile/09095046432310137155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9013533765370589846.post-21555946368293482212012-05-08T18:36:44.277-05:002012-05-08T18:36:44.277-05:00Agreed on all accounts. Even when G4 started out,...Agreed on all accounts. Even when G4 started out, it was all or mostly game-related television. I was cool with TechTV back then even with the switch to G4. As a car fan, I was cool with Street Fury before it got dumbed down one season. With point #6, I remember an old show called "Arena" which involved teams playing a series of games. Very much agreed on all or most points in this post.<br /><br /><a href="http://johnbmarine.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">johnbmarine.blogspot.com</a>John B. Marinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414422109024974482noreply@blogger.com