Kevin Rose Leaving G4 to start Internet Only Show

Quantum Jim writes "Kevin Rose, one of the famous contributors and co-hosts of The Screen Savers, is leaving this week to concentrate on a new technology howto show called Systm. The Systm will be an internet-only show distributed free (as in beer AND speech) in a number of formats: Theora, Xvid, WMV, H.264, and PSP (what's that?). There will be bittorrent trackers available too! If only I had broadband..."

Comments

Too cool for vowels.

[Anonymous Coward]

Kevin Rose is too cool for vowels. Pretty soon he'll have his name changed to Kvn Rs. That shit's leet.

Re:Best of luck to him...

[xlr8ed]

he and Morgan Webb were the only things worth watching

You're half right

techno

[LinkDJ]

the systm.. is down..
the systm.. is down..

Re:Of course he is leaving...

[the_2nd_coming]

and leo should lose 30 pounds and die his hair.

Latest Dialogue with Kevin's mom.

[Anonymous Coward]

Mom: So kevin, how's your job at the Sceensavers?

K: I don't work there any more?

Mom: What?

K: I'm doing something new!

Mom: What's that?

K: I'm a PODCASTER!

Mom: A Broadcaster? That's nice.

K: NO.. POD caster.. POD as in iPod!

Mom: You sell ipods?

K: No..

Mom: What's it got to do with Ipods?

K: well, they can listen to my new show on ipods.

Mom: Oh.. that's nice.
Does it pay more?

K: It's a new venture, I expect to generate revenue from ads.

Mom: So, you have advertisers lined up?

k: Um..

Mom: Are you making any money yet?

k: Um...

Mom: what's with all the stuff you moved into my basement? You're not moving in there are you?

K: Um..

Mom: And what's with that microphone? Could you get it out of my face, I'm trying to talk to you?

k: *runs* OK peeps, stay tuned to my next podcast, brought to you buy Redbull, Vodka, and our biggest sponsor.. Mom!

Re:Its about time!

[Golias]

Of course, the problem is that anybody who knows how to get this show doesn't really need a "howto" show about computer technology.

Perhaps he should have done a show on how to meet girls or something.

Just a thought.

Re:Best of luck to him...

[Anonymous Coward]

Two Thirds

Re:Its about time!

[Anonymous Coward]

Step 3: Debt?!?!

Re:G4 must suck behind the scenes too

[Saiyine]

cajones the size of bowling balls

You've said that he has very big lockers. I suppose you meant cojones.

idiots

[jk0]

whoever decided it would be a good idea to post this story the day of the first systm release deserves to be taken out in the woods and shot.

Re:Please leave, thanks.

[alc6379]

Perhaps I should have posted AC, but I wear my current 30% Flamebait, 30% Insightful, 20% Troll moderation with pride. My gripe isn't so much with Kevin, per se, but the popularity of his kind-- so much fluff, so little obvious technical knowledge. I'd much rather hear a discussion on the technical merits of PCI-E vs older architectures, rather than seeing some d00ds trip out over a case modded out with a glow-lightning static ball, or pimped-out with the latest blowhole cutting and side window etching.

While that might be cool to some, there are "cooler" things in my book. Why waste time on lame "Dark Tips" like setting a system's floppy drive on fire, or why a CD-ROM with some obscure 1337-h4X0r bootable distro is more "deviant" than another 1337-h4X0r on a floppy, just because it can go through a metal detector? Why not talk about how many great bootable Linux distros there are out there that could actually have you be productive, rather than just have some kind of 1337 factor? That's just an example, though.

But, he does represent to me the stripping away of what little of TechTV/ZDTV was left. Back then, every show was informative, even the shows that were somewhat silly. Never once would you have seen some dorks lighting a floppy drive on fire be labelled a "Tip", and never would you see a commercial with some chick's ass shaking to advertise the new "my ricer is pimped out" show.