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[CrisKre]

I like X-Play. What we should be REALLY discussing is how fucking annoying Tomy Tallarico is. I HATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE that prick. And really, I don´t hate a lot of people.

 

[xsarien]

Only to people who take this hobby deathly seriously. Really, if you don't think anything on the show is funny, you're either not watching very often or actively intending to dislike it.

That said, I'd watch Meet The Sess religiously.

I take this hobby about as seriously as I do an episode of Seinfeld. It's just that when jokes are forced, they cease to be funny.

 

[Drinky Crow]

Tallarico rocks.

Aggravating fanboys and especially ManaByte should be EVERY HOST'S A-1 priority.

Really, they should just make a show called "ManaByte Takes the Piss" and have a bunch of snotty supernerds drag on Star Wars for hours, playing gag reels of the "skin like sand" and Jar-Jar quotes ad nauseum while mumbling about the sorts of tools that gobble such drek up. I'd be a fan overnight!

 

[masud]

Tallarico rocks.

It all makes sense now.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

It all makes sense now.

:lol

I loved your work on the Earthworm Jim soundtrack, Tommy! Good stuff!

 

[xsarien]

Tallarico rocks.

Aggravating fanboys and especially ManaByte should be EVERY HOST'S A-1 priority.

I don't think it's about aggravating, because if it were that, I'd actually watch the show. Subversive shit appeals to me, but the real kind. Invasion Iowa-level punking of hundreds of people. That's entertainment.

Among many, many other things on the show, yes. It's a good and sometimes great show. If I didn't think so, I wouldn't still be working on it. It's unfortunate that a lot of hardcore people don't like it, but the majority of that group has never liked any videogame TV show, so it's not exactly surprising.

The problem is "TV show dedicated to video games," and seems to be endemic to G4's approach in general. On paper - and in practice - there's absolutely nothing wrong with television with a central theme of technology, but there is something wrong with 24 hours of television shows about, say, PDAs. It's why everyone is so fucking steamed about TechTV basically disintegrating. It offered *balance* to G4. You can't have 24 hours of video game talk, simply because there isn't that much to talk about without repeating yourself.

About two bosses ago, I was asked, "What do you think about a show focused on video games?" My response was short, to the point, and killed the idea where it stood. Dedicating a whole 22 minutes to nothing but talking about video games the way the shrieking harpies on Extra and Entertainment Tonight talk about Hollywood just isn't terribly interesting. It's hardly enough time to get into the guts of an issue, and like watching two other people play VF4, you'd rather be playing the games, not listening to people talk about what games are "cool," or which ones suck for about 3 minutes.

Interviews - extended, lengthy interviews - with game designers? Great idea, I mean it. I haven't watched Icons, but I would if I had the time. Get a nice roundtable set up with people who've been in the industry for years? Awesome. Al Lowe would probably be hysterical. But a TV show dedicated to previewing and reviewing games just seems excessive, and almost an antithesis to what video games are about, interactivity.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Aggravating fanboys and especially ManaByte should be EVERY HOST'S A-1 priority.

Fanboy I am not. The show's just not that good.

Although the fact that it annoys Manabyte does give me a level of appreciation I didn't have for the show until now.

 

[Alex]

The Xenosaga bit made me laugh, that was great.

 

[border]

I don't think X-Play was ever really funny....at least not the skits. There is obviously room for humor in a game show, just not that one =P If G4 won't hire Dave & Steve, maybe they could at least get David Mandel for writing duties? Or are professional writers too expensive?

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

I watch X-Play all the time(Well, when flipping back and forth from my ballgame). It entertains me for what it is, but the show would be a whole lot funnier if the hosts weren't so sarcastic. Less sarcasm, more WIT.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

I have to admit, I laughed at the skit with changing camera angles and Adam was falling in the bathroom. That was funny.

For the most part though, the show isn't - and I watch it (very quickly mind you with my TiVo) just to see if they cover a game I might be interested and Morgans beautiful bosom.