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Exclusive: G4 Rewind Interviews X-Play

G4 Rewind got an a chance to interview team X-Play thanks to executive producer Wade Beckett. Below are our questions (including some thought up by G4 Rewind forum posters) and the answers from Wade, Adam and Morgan.

Adam Sessler


G4 Rewind:
Congrats on your latest promotion to editor-in-chief, how much does the new title change your work load?

Adam Sessler: There's a point at which you're working hard enough that any increase seems nominal in its burden Pretty much I'm still overseeing the content on the show and website but, as ambitious as we always are, we'll find ways to make it more challenging.

G4R: You've been with X-Play since its inception, 10 years now, which is quite a long time especially in the revolving door business that is television. Have you ever been tempted to move onto other projects?

Adam: I don't want to sound coy, but not really. Some of the joy of the show and how it's evolved is that many of my interests, be it comedy, game industry news and demos have been incorporated into X-Play. In addition, back in the ZDTV days I always assumed that the only reason I still had the job is that no one was paying attention so I've sublimated that attitude into a pleasantly sedentary existence.

G4R: If you had unlimited resources and time, what would be your ideal next step for X-Play?

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Mirror Universe: Giga Gaming TV

While in the US we have G4 and GamePlay HD, in Germany gamers have "Giga" their own digital cable based 24 hour gaming network.

Trying to figure out exactly what Giga is isn't an easy task, especially since their site is totally in German and the wikipedia entry isn't translated too well, but you get an idea of what they offer.

They have a lot of G4-esque shows, including a show dedicated to Wii, 360,PS3, WoW and even a show about retro games. My personal favorite is a mysterious show called "ROFL TV." They also have a very Screen Savers-esque show with a man who I've determined is some sort of mirror universe Kevin Rose, who sports a beard.They even have interactive elements including forums and a chat room and they clam to have over 1,200,000 members.

Apparently, Giga started as a gaming show on German NBC in 1998, but later got it's own channel in 2005.

If you'd like to see an example of what they air (including bearded german Kevin Rose), you can check out mogulus.com/g4tv. I'm not sure why they are using/stole the G4TechTV name at that link (which could have been done by a fan), but it's still Giga.de branded.

-KnuxSonic


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