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G4: The Pong Channel?

Posted by chrisd on from the tired-of-the-fireplace-channel dept.

CoffeeNowDammit writes "Care to watch other people play Pong? You may be able to do so with the debut of G4, a new US cable channel (via participating Comcast cable providers) devoted entirely to video-gaming. G4 will air a marathon of Pong.. 24 hours a day.. see ball, see ball bounce.. for an entire week. Story is here . What a country." This has got to be a joke, right? A fake press release? Please, tell me it's a joke.

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  1. Hopefully not a joke by seinman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, hope it's NOT a joke. I absolutly love watching others play video games. But that's probably because I suck at them myself. Either way, i'd pay for this channel in a heartbeat.

    Oh wait, nevermind.... disregard the above post. I was too stoned to realize what i was typing.

  2. It's no joke by Hee+Hee+Hee · · Score: 5, Funny
    They're putting this up against C-SPAN, and the Home Shopping Network. I've heard that they hope to have 30% market penetration in three months.


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  3. Another Slashdot mispelling by satanami69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This was obviously for the new Porn channel, not Pong channel. Why on Earth would someone from Slashdot submit a story that had nothing to do with porn and everything to do with nostalgia game play?

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  4. Ad breaks? by tunah · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will there be ad breaks? I just know I'm gonna be in the bathroom when the most exciting goal is scored...

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  5. They must have meant porn... by EvilNTUser · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of their beancounters when someone else actually reads the market study they've obviously been adhering to and notices that they've mistakenly read that a "pong-marathon" would be good for ratings instead of "porn-marathon" :-)

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  6. spoiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    > see ball, see ball bounce

    Thanks for spoiling it! chrisd: all your plotlines are belong to frontpage.

  7. and next week.... by explosionhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Squint in amazement at our week long marathon of text based MUD's.
    All your favorites, all day, all week long. Don't touch that dial.

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  8. Yet Another Slashdot mispelling by Britney · · Score: 4, Funny
    You cannot imagine how disappointed I was.

    I had hoped that this was a chance to watch a bunch of PINGs.

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  9. Don't you mean Pn0g? by LittleGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've heard of some weird fetishes, but whatever moves your joystick.....

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