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G4 Drops TechTV Name

Posted by Zonk on from the *headdesk*-*headdesk*-*headdesk*-*headdesk* dept.

MrM writes "According to the latest press release from G4techTV, G4 will drop the TechTV name in mid-February 2005. This comes as a major step to the old TechTV viewers, as the focused content has become gaming-oriented once more. G4 also released a copy of their "redesigned" logo, but quickly pulled it off the web after release." The article also includes details of "two new series, "Formula D" and "Girls Gone Wired." Formula D appears to be coverage of Drift Racing (because obviously gamers love that), and unfortunately Girls Gone Wired appears to be exactly what you'd expect: Guys ogling video game characters in a beauty pageant.

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  1. Uh oh... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    The dumbing down of G4 starts.

    Soon you'll have "Trading CPUs" where neighbours trade machines for a day and soup them up and "What Not to Warez" where a couple of leet kids go through your hard disk and erase downloaded software.

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    1. Re:Uh oh... by stupidfoo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Queer Eye for the 'Pretending to be a 14 Year old Girl' Guy?

    2. Re:Uh oh... by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

      A good show might be "Windows Eye for the Linux Guy".

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    3. Re:Uh oh... by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 4, Funny
      Dumbing down starts? I don't think you can get any "dumber" than G4 already is. The poor TechTV souls...

      At least not until the yet-to-be-announced merger of G4 and SpikeTV.

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  2. Well Duh. by allenw · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are obviously trying to steal "back" the viewership from Spike TV. That whole Video Game Awards thing means war!

  3. Re:"Girls Gone Wired" by Israfels · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's because there's more virtual women than there are ACTUAL women that are into technology.

  4. And the verdict is out! by ZeeExSixAre · · Score: 3, Funny
    Girls Gone Wired appears to be exactly what you'd expect: Guys ogling video game characters in a beauty pageant.

    "She's not even real!"
    "But she's hot..."
    "But SHE'S NOT REAL!!!"

  5. comcast board meeting transcript: by Packet+Fish · · Score: 3, Funny

    comcast board meeting transcript (spring 2004):

    TechTV guy: No, I think our game content is fine the way it is. Plus our rating have never been higher.

    Comcast G4 guy: Fine, I didn't want to own your network anyway. I'll just go start my own network with my own shows, with black-jack, and hookers. Infact, forget the shows.

  6. Re:words fail me by hoggoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> a digital beauty pageant featuring the hottest 2D and 3D women on the planet"
    > Thats just sad...

    Yeah, how stupid just featuring video game women, overlooking such hotties as the Little Mermaid and Jane Jetson.

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  7. Re:Not a huge surprise by Punk+Walrus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pure tech is too hard to translate into a full channel, and if you dumb it down to reach a wider audience, the core people who would watch a pure tech channel can't stand the content.

    One fix may be daytime "4 n00bs" programming, and then after, say, 8pm, when those people are watching CSI or some reality TV, have more hardcore stuff.

    8am: Anime for the jobless
    9am: Anime for the stoners
    10am: TechVision presents: Gadgets for the kitchen
    11am: Alton Brown
    12nn: Squared Foot gardening: Gardening for people in apartments
    1pm: Shojo anime
    2pm: Anime for stoners: repeat (they won't know)
    3pm: Anime for teens
    4pm: Anime for preteens who want to be teens
    5pm: Anime for kids who want to be preteens
    6pm: Robots that fight with each other
    7pm: "Call for Help" - for newbies
    8pm: New Gadgets
    9pm: Gamer's Hour
    10pm: "Call for Help" - for case modders/tweakers
    11pm: "Call for Help" - Linux/BSD (this may need to be 2 hours)
    12mid: "Disclaimer" - Hacks for Hackers on the Edge of legality
    1am: "Look what we found on Bittorrents!
    2am: "Don't do this at home"
    3am: Anime for stoners: repeat (they won't know)