It's great for background noise when you're working on something else, and very entertaining to watch in it's own right. I'm referring of course to G4 Video Game TV, the channel specifically for gamers. I don't get to watch it often, but I almost always enjoy it…
The programming on G4 is a real mixed bag, some of it is very good, and some is very bad. Plus the constant ads for the armed services trying to recruit youngsters hooked on first-person shooters is annoying. But the channel definitely has its highpoints.
Like X-Play, featuring the zany Adam Sessler and the attractive Morgan Webb. When I first saw this show I figured it would basically be paid advertising for various games. But since then, having heard Adam and Morgan rip a new one in more games than I'd care to mention, I feel a lot safer putting stock in their reviews. Harsh, sarcastic, and funny, both of them often make me laugh at the same time they are saving me money by warning me away from games that suck. I cracked up just the other night when Sessler concluded his review of a dreadful PSP game by saying “…it's about as much fun as having a root canal… through your ass.“
While not as funny as Sessler, Webb has her moments and as an added bonus, is fun to look at. What is it about women who play video games, and play them well, that is so attractive? I loved her pictorials in Maxim Magazine (not safe for work, duh.)
Another halfway decent show is Cheat with Kristin Holt. Cheat is basically walkthru-TV, giving you tips and advice on how to beat certain levels of certain games. This is one of those shows that makes good background noise, but can give you strategies for beating games.
G4 is adding a new block of late-night programming called Barbed Wire Biscuit starting August 29. I've seen some previews and some of this looks pretty funny, as well as offensive and crude. Right up my alley basically. I'm particularly fond of Happy Tree Friends wherein animated forest creatures face grisly demise and injury. You can see some videos of this on the HTF site, but be warned, it's very nasty. My guess is that Barbed Wire Biscuit is basically an answer to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
Anyway, I'm enjoying G4TV. Check it out sometime if you haven't already.