Looks like G4 has officially put the final nail in the coffin for TechTV. They merged the two stations a year or so ago and that was ok, except that a lot of TechTV viewers who don't care for games got really annoyed about it.
I watched a bunch of G4TechTV over the holidays on my in-law's satellite and I thought they did a pretty good job of balancing the game side of things with the Call For Help and Screen Saver type shows (ie. general technology questions).
Even then I thought that there were a few shows that even I wouldn't watch. I mean, who wants to sit there and watch a bunch of geeks playing Unreal on a LAN with a commentator yammering away like it's the most exciting thing to watch. Not me, that's for sure. I like the game news and reviews shows and things like Icons that delve into the history of gaming and the guys who put the games together... Those I like. Watching other people play games... I don't like.
Anyway, seems like they're now dropping the Tech TV name altogether. I hope they still have shows like Call For Help and The Screen Savers, because they are genuinely interesting shows that help gamers and non-gamers alike with their computer troubles.
Having a beauty pageant of gaming girls is not something they should waste their time on. Nor can I fathom why having an entire series devoted to drift racing belongs on a videogame network. Sigh.
As long as they keep Judgement Day, Reviews on the Run, X-Play and Electric Playground on, I'll be happy. Not that I get to watch TechTV that often, but those are actually good shows (although the X-Play hosts are either really annoying or just very good at acting like they're very annoying).
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