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[[File:x-play-show.jpg|frame|''"Now appearing on [[TV
'''''X-Play''''' is what happens when a [[Sketch
The show started in 1998 (on what was then called ZDTV) as ''GameSpot TV''; it was hosted by Adam Sessler and Lauren Fielder, the latter of which left in 1999 and was replaced by Kate Botello. In 2001, the show was renamed ''Extended Play'' (at around the same time ZDTV was renamed TechTV). Shortly after Botello left the show, it was hosted by Sessler alone, and it was filmed San Francisco's Metreon arcade until 2003 -- when the show was renamed ''X-Play'' and Morgan Webb came aboard. Along with Webb came a brand new studio and the beginning of the show's focus on game-related sketch comedy alongside its reviews. The show was retained by G4 after that network purchased TechTV in 2004, and even though it was basically left intact (a fate far better than other TechTV shows (and even most G4 shows) received), its focuses swung frequently for the next few years as G4 went through its frightening [[Network
On April 26, 2012, [http://kotaku.com/5905119/adam-sessler-out-at-g4 Sessler abruptly left G4 over what's believed to be a contract
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* [[Badass Long
* [[Bias
* [[Broke the Rating
* [[Butt
** Sessler (before the 2008 retool) was this since the show's inception. And so are the [[One-Scene Wonder|
** And "Roger: the Stan Lee Experience" uses Bob Kane as one.
* [[Catch
** "We ''hate'' [[Escort Mission|escort missions!]]"
* [[
* [[Deadpan
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: On the episode where they reviewed the North American version of ''[[
** Their review of ''[[Tales of the
** Their criticism of the graphics of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', which were:
{{quote|Thought to be phenomenal (at least in the FMVs) for their time.
Squaresoft's first ever experiment with 3D graphics. }}
** More recently, their review of ''[[Resonance of
** At E3 2011, Sessler said that ''Heroes on the Move'' was not yet released, even though the game was renamed ''[[Playstation Move
* [[The
** Also used as a form of [[Stylistic Suck]] for the intern training video which has clearly not been updated since "Like a Virgin" was a number one hit.
* [[Enforced
** Near the end of the [[Tech TV]] era, they were forced to plug G4's award show, ''G-Phoria'' on occasion, and mention that it's brought to you by EB Games and Jeep, even though they hadn't moved to Los Angeles to be with them yet. In addition, Sessler and Webb's appearance at ''G-Phoria'' on July 31, 2004, was their first time as G4 employees, just two weeks after the final San Francisco episode was filmed. Their first appearance, ever on G4, was two months ago, on May 12, 2004, during that channel's E3 coverage.
* [[Every Episode
** '''1998-2001:''' "Until next time, bye-bye."
** '''2001-2003:''' "Until next time, game... over."
* [[Fan
** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Stop doing cartwheels...]] [[Screams Like a Little Girl|AHHHHHHHH!"]]
* [[Fanon
* [[Fan
* [[
* [[Four Point
** Near the end of Sessler's tenure on the show, they introduced half-star ratings because they felt they were giving too many perfect scores.
** Sort of pointless, though, considering the show is famous for giving practically every single game they review, no matter how much they call it utter crap in their ranting about it, a "[[Memetic Mutation|3... out of 5]]".
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* [[A God Am I]]: Who is this "Bob" of which you speak. I am Thor-Axe the Impaler.
* [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]]: The topic of one episode, with Sessler and Webb going on a road trip to find the supposed burial site of the excess ''E.T.'' cartridges.
* [[He Who Must Not Be
* [[Hilarity
* [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]]: Gives the quote at the top of the trope's page.
* [[Hypocritical
* [[If I Had a Nickel]]: "But first, we start with World War II; oh, if I had a nickel for every time I said that, I could finally afford to buy myself a pony."
* [[Ms.
* [[Murder
* [[The Musical]]: Two actually. The first is a tribute to the viewers of the show called ''On the X-Play Board...'' which makes fun of viewer reaction to the scores certain games receive and their responses on the G4 message boards. The second was a full episode musical about Sessler and Webb [[Deal with the Devil|getting an
** The irony is that they ALREADY had their own video game on the ''X-Play'' page. It was a side scrolling beat-em up where Webb uses her fists as a weapon, Sessler uses Slippy the Fish as his weapon.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: ''X-Play'' wishes all of its viewers a "Happy Non-Denominational Winter Season".
* [[Put on a
** Lampshaded when Sessler was forced to get some of the characters to help co-host an episode when Blair and Morgan were unavailable. [[Hilarity Ensues|Guess what happens when the characters help out during the episode.]]
* [[Reckless Gun
* [[Running
** Early episodes of ''X-Play'' had jokes based on Sessler's obsession with fudge.
** [[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome|TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES! TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES! TWO MEN ENTER! ONE MAN LEAVES!]]
* [[Self-
* [[Shout-
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''"When America needs a hero...when freedom stands alone...when justice needs to be upheld, there's only one place to turn. Through the cover of night, America's top agents will defend our liberty from those who wish us harm. Let us join Special Agent Bob and Secret Agent Steve: two of the finest official unofficial Splinter Cells."''
** And within Splinter Cell: Co-op Theater is it's own show within a show (within a show), Grabnar The Wanderer.
* [[The
* [[Small Name, Big
* [[Sour
* [[Take
* [[Take That, Audience!]]: The show's received [[Internet Backdraft|a lot of flak]] for blatant unprofessionalism with their reveal of the Viewer's Choice for 2011, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'', implying they think it won due to the fanbase's anger at them not nominating ''Skyward Sword'' for Game of the Year. See the offender in all of its glory [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9x6mN7C3gU here.]
* [[This Is
** Webb: (about ''[[50 Cent|50 Cent Bulletproof]]'') So why was this game even made? Cash, my friends. '''Cold. Hard. Cash.'''
** In the review for ''[[Star
** Averted, however, while reviewing the PSP game that is based on ''[[300]]''.
* [[Too
* [[Troll]]/FlameBait - Certainly, they do seem to get caught up in the flame wars they so heartily make fun of sometimes--see the aforementioned "Your Childhood Sucks" segment, for instance. At some points it seems they forget that they are at least ideally supposed to avoid bias in their reviews, which tends to fuel the problems with the [[Unpleasable
* [[Valley Girl]]: Webb in the eighties flashback episode.
* [[Video Game Movies Suck]]: Addressed in-universe. They've talked about this topic several times. They once had a segment called "[[Martin Luther King Jr|I Have a
''We give this [[All The
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