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'''''X-Play''''' is what happens when a [[Sketch Comedy]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] a video game review program. It was the only show to survive the TechTV/G4 merger, one of the last two original shows the network had (alongside ''[[Attack of the Show]]''), and was one of the highest-rated programs on G4.

'''''X-Play''''' is what happens when a [[Sketch Comedy]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] a video game review program. It was the only show to survive the TechTV/G4 merger, one of the last two original shows the network had (alongside ''[[Attack of the Show!]]''), and was one of the highest-rated programs on G4.

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 Decay]]. The show became essentially a half-hour version of what G4 was before the merger. It is now comprised of news, previews, reviews, interviews, and even a hints segment called "Cheat!" (which itself was a half-hour show on G4 years ago). The sketch comedy has also been done away with, for the most part; this might have something to do with the fact that the show's former head comedy writer, comedienne/[[One of Us|comic nerd]] Blair Butler, became a G4 on-air personality.

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* [[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 Sparta]] - Several examples, though far less [[Large Ham|hammy]] than the actual quote itself from ''[[300]]'':

** Webb: (about ''[[~~Fifty~~ Cent|50 Cent Bulletproof]]'') So why was this game even made? Cash, my friends. '''Cold. Hard. Cash.'''

** 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 Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]]'', "In what should be the most badass moment of the entire game, you're reduced to ''slowly'' rotating a faraway ship into some arbitrary position so you could ''slowly'' pull it a couple of feet down before fending off a wave of TIE Fighters. Then you do it '''all. Over. Again.''' This isn't even interesting, let alone awesome.

** Averted, however, while reviewing the PSP game that is based on ''[[300]]''.

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