X-Play

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X-Play logo, 2003-2006

X-Play (previously GameSpot TV and Extended Play) is a video game review show on television. The program airs on G4 in America, on G4TechTV in Canada, Fuel TV in Australia, and Jack TV in the Philippines. The show is hosted by Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb. Sessler is the original host of the program; he has co-hosted in the past with Lauren Fielder and Kate Botello, respectively. X-Play began on ZDTV in 1998 as GameSpot TV where Sessler co-hosted with Fielder for the show's first year, then co-hosted with Botello up through 2002. The show was renamed to Extended Play in 2001 after ZDTV changed to TechTV and the partnership with Ziff Davis' GameSpot ended. Botello left in early 2002, and Sessler hosted the show by himself up until April 2003, when Webb joined the cast and the show was renamed to X-Play. It is the only original TechTV show to entirely survive the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV. It is the highest rated show on G4.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

The show revolves around Sessler and Webb's banter between reviews and previews of popular video games, and quirky sketches generally centered around a specific theme. The humor on the show is inconsistent, tending to fluctuate between highbrow educated references and lowbrow juvenile jokes, the latter typically (but not always) being to the dismay of Webb.

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History

G4 Studio #3: X-Play "Old" Los Angeles Set

GameSpot TV, Extended Play and X-Play all originated in San Francisco, California. Over the show's eight year history, it has gone through numerous changes, in more than just name.

GameSpot TV

In the days of Gamespot TV, the show was filmed on a simple ZDTV studio set consisting of faux-brick walls, randomly positioned TV monitors (running the GameSpot TV logo and assorted videogame footage), and functioning Gauntlet Legends and arcade game cabinets. For the occasional special episode, filming would move off-site to another location, such as the Sony Metreon arcade, and numerous game conventions such as the Classic Gaming Expo and E3. Each episode would start off with "Game News", where Adam Sessler would give a brief overview of top news stories on the GameSpot website. Game reviews were run in a segment known as "The Grill" (games were graded on GameSpot's official .1-10.0 system), "Spotlight" showcased special content such as interviews with industry leaders, and "Game Breakers" featured strategy guides and hints for various recently released games. New episodes would debut on weekend mornings at 10 :00 a.m. eastern.

Extended Play

When GameSpot TV converted to Extended Play, the show moved entirely to the Metreon, and took on a very simple style and format. Filming consisted of co-hosts Sessler and Botello and a small single camera crew, the show featured strictly game reviews and game hints, and the 10-point grading system changed to a 5-point system. New episodes debuted once a week at 9:00 p.m. eastern. Like GameSpot TV, certain special episodes would be filmed elsewhere. In August 2002, the series became a daily program with a mix of repeats and first-run episodes airing Monday-Friday at 4 p.m. ET, with the Friday at 9 p.m. berth also kept. After the departure of Botello, Sessler continued to host at Metreon by himself until the change to X-Play in April 2003.

X-Play San Francisco

When X-Play debuted, the show moved back to the TechTV studios from the Metreon, and Morgan Webb came onboard as co-host, leaving her previous hosting duties on TechTV's The Screen Savers and Call For Help. X-Play had a larger scale than that of Extended Play, but it still maintained an extremely simple and spartan style. Filming was done in TechTV's Studio B, home to the sets of Call For Help and TechLive. The filming setup was increased to three cameras; a main floor camera, a Jibcam for high angle shots, and a black-and-white handheld DV camera, which would be cut to suddenly and intermittently throughout episodes.

X-Play's primary set consisted of a single couch, coffee table and television (with working game consoles) positioned in the middle of the large studio floor, but hosts Sessler and Webb would migrate around various areas of the studio, normally not even going to their actual set until the end of the program. Each episode would typically conclude with Sessler and Webb playing one of the consoles on the TV. The show's format consisted primarily of game reviews and previews (with some previews being conducted as live in-studio demos by Morgan and Adam), with an occasional game-related sketch thrown in for comedic value. Unlike its predecessors, X-Play had more of an edge, containing some adult language and more mature subject matter. As a result, it was paired in a programming block with the network's other new show, Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. X-Play originally ran new episodes five nights a week at 11:30 p.m. ET, but it was moved up to 11:00 ET soon after.

X-Play Los Angeles

TechTV was purchased by G4 in May 2004, and X-Play moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The show was filmed in a small studio set resembling a lounge or "rumpus room". The set contained an anonymous functioning arcade cabinet (adorned with X-Play logos), a sofa and a coffee table (the latter ostensibly built with Tetris blocks), a bar counter and stools, and two chairs positioned in front of a plasma TV. The TV was used at the show's introduction to run preview footage of the games featured in each episode. Sessler and Webb would move back and forth between the different areas of the set throughout the show. Use of this set was discontinued after the May 1, 2006 episode.

X-Play Los Angeles 2

On April 21, 2006, G4 introduced a new X-Play logo on the show's website. The new logo used brighter colors than the former, and is meant to resemble a video game control pad and console. This new logo replaced the original designed by TechTV at the show's inception in April 2003. On April 28, 2006, video of [a new X-Play opening sequence] (complete with new logo) was leaked onto the X-Play message board. The sequence featured Adam and Morgan, styled as Anime characters, fighting against one another in various video game settings, such as a First Person Shooter and a Jet Combat Simulator. Originally, members of the board dismissed the video, believing it to be nothing more than a fan's elaborate hoax. It was later discovered that the opening was designed by [BUCK Broadcast Graphics], who previously created some of G4's other graphics packages.

On April 29, 2006 G4 announced that, following the network's May 9-12 coverage of E3 2006, X-Play (and Attack of the Show) would relaunch, with both shows getting new graphics and new sets. In the case of X-Play, these changes started on May 8. Upon first hearing word of this relaunch, visitors of the X-Play message board started expressing serious worry that one of the changes made to the show would be G4's firing and subsequent replacement of Webb and Sessler. This was obviously not the case, as evidenced by the new opening and episodes, Adam and Morgan remain as the sole hosts of X-Play.

The new set is a large, black, open area containing assorted TV monitors, a video wall, large glass marbles on the floor, a large 3-D hanging X-Play logo, and a video globe that displays the logo (and other assorted footage) during the hosts' banter. There are no chairs or couches to sit on, the hosts stand the entire time and move around the set, entering it at the show's introduction, and leaving it when a review begins and when the show concludes.

Reviews and coverage

The video game reviews on X-Play use a five-point rating scale;

5 - Perfect. A must-own game.
4 - Great. The game may have a couple of faults, but it's still worth buying.
3 - Average. Nothing special, possibly worth a rental or purchase for casual fans of the game or genre.
2 - Poor. Can only be recommended as a rental for serious fans of the game or genre.
1 - Terrible. The game is very poorly designed, to the point of actually being unplayable.

Games that score a 5 and many that score a 4 are compiled for both an annual holiday buyer's guide episode known as the Non-Denominational Winter Season Buyer's Guide, and an end-of-the-year "Best Of" show that categorizes the games according to system or genre (racing, platformer, etc).

X-Play is also known for its in-depth on-site coverage of video games at annual conventions including the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Tokyo Game Show, and Electronic Entertainment Expo (E³), although the latter two events have been covered by the entire channel since TechTV merged with G4. Similar to the holiday review guide, an annual Best Of E³ episode showcases buzzworthy games for all of the current systems, leading up to what X-Play believes to be the most promising game of the year. The show has also been known to cover the Game Developers Conference (GDC).

X-Play contains edgy, mature, sometimes controversial subject matter and strong language (as it has since its' original TechTV days), but new episodes now debut on weekdays at 4:00 p.m. ET. X-Play lost its 11:00 p.m. ET time slot on April 10, 2006. Due to the increased workloads of Webb, Sessler and the rest of the X-Play staff (And Star Trek 2.0), there are only three new episodes per week; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Trademarks

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Lando Sessler & Morgan Windu at Star Wars Celebration 3 in 2005

The disembodied voice announcer begins each episode with an often over-the-top introduction to which the hosts usually respond or comment (these comments are widely varied ranging from total non-sequiters to Gilbert and Sullivan references and current events). In March 2005, production assistant and original disembodied voice announcer Jason Frankovitz left X-Play. After a period of experimentation with various joke announcers, a legitimate new announcer was chosen.

Sessler used to occasionally say "Dik-Dik", and in the days of TechTV regularly wore a "Dik-Dik" t-shirt on-air. This is in reference to the manga and anime Ultimate Muscle, which contains a character named Dik-Dik Van Dik, whose Japanese name is "Gazelleman." Sessler has said in interviews that he likes the phrase "Dik-Dik" because it's a subtle way to legally use questionable words on TV. Due to a G4 policy stating that all on-air talent must be supplied with a stock wardrobe (as opposed to TechTV, where personalities were allowed to wear their own clothing on-air), Sessler no longer wears the Dik-Dik shirt on X-Play.

Celebrity "impressions" are done once in a while, via cut-out images of celebrities with a moving jaw section. Past impressions have included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Segal, Bob Dole, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise, John Madden, Paris Hilton, Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, OJ Simpson, Pete Rose, The Beatles, Barry Bonds, John Malkovich, Andrew Dice Clay, Ozzy Osbourne, Stan Lee, former FEMA Director Michael Brown, George Lucas, Adolf Hitler, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Shaquille O'Neal.

During reviews, cropped images of kittens are often used to censor particularly violent or grotesque sequences. In a similar fashion, images of puppies were used in a review of Dead to Rights 2 and images of babies were used in a review for .

Sketches and segments

Sketches are sometimes shown between reviews. These sketches normally deal with video game related topics. For example, one episode had a sketch about poorly done Japanese-to-English translations in video games, while another documented games you should never buy. Adam and Morgan are often seen playing recurring character roles in many of these sketches.

SHOCKED! with Shad Grimgravy

Sessler's trademark character is Shad Grimgravy, an excessively flamboyant, poetic and melodramatic Rip Taylor-esque "news correspondent", who humorously covers various video game topics, such as the aforementioned Japanese-to-English language sketch, violent games, children's educational games, the Dance Dance Revolution phenomenon, and the strange web games that are created by companies such as Hershey's and Frito-Lay to try and attract customers. Sessler created the Shad Grimgravy character himself, and personally wrote all but one of the Grimgravy sketches; the "strange web games" segment, which was written by both Adam and Morgan.

Morgan Von Webb

Morgan Webb's darker alter ego is Morgan Von Webb, a mad scientist with a deliberately bad German accent. Currently, Morgan Von Webb has made 3 appearances on the show;

"Webb of Destruction", where Morgan tests the physical durability of three game consoles (GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2) to see which system(s) could still successfully function afterwards. Her tests included dropping a 20-pound weight on each of the consoles, striking the consoles with a 20-pound sledgehammer, and dropping them each off a 15-foot-high ledge. The PS2 was the first to be eliminated, failing to boot up after having the weight dropped on it. The Xbox was eliminated in the "drop off the ledge" test, it was rendered unplayable after the system's entire front side and power switch shattered. The GameCube was the only console to completely survive, successfully booting up after all three tests. Afterwards, Morgan seductively proclaims that "Ze losers must be punished", and she proceeds to destroy the Xbox and PS2 with the sledgehammer. Immediately following the segment, Morgan and Adam, sensing that some viewers would question the validity of the segment, revealed that they actually performed these tests twice, as to ensure that the results were not a fluke. On both occasions, the outcome was exactly the same as stated.
"RPG Radiculopathy", starring Adam as Morgan's test subject, who has played so many role-playing games that he starts confusing and incorporating events from his games into real-life experiences. For example, after trying unsuccessfully to get into a nightclub in real life, Adam initiates a turn-based RPG-style battle with the bouncer. The sketch culminates with Adam fighting in real life against a character of his own imagination (Ratty Handpuppet), who ends up biting Adam's head off (parodying a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
X-Play's April 23rd (2006) Marathon, in an interstitial segment between episodes of the show. Von Webb and Shad Grimgravy are sitting together in a living room discussing X-Play and the instructions of [the show's drinking game]; Morgan expresses doubt that her alcohol tolerance is high enough to play with the game's recurrent rules. Shad ends up revealing that he's currently a vagabond, and then proceeds to inform Morgan that the sofa they're sitting on can unfold into a bed. A revulsed Von Webb fires back with a stern "Nein!".

Sensitive Sess with Adam

A parody of daytime talk show dramas and a contradiction of the segment's own title, Adam interviews and viciously mocks gamers (played by X-Play' staffers) who have been unfortunate in life, such as Ted (played by Michael Leffler), a gamer who lost his thumbs at E3 in Atlanta in 1998 (the younger Ted was played by Robert Manuel), and Billy (played by Robert Manuel), a Pokémon card player with no friends that happened to cross paths with a violent Yu-Gi-Oh! card-playing street gang at a local playground. After the gang physically assaults Billy, Sessler steals Billy's wallet. (Ted makes a quick cameo appearance in the background of Billy's segment.)

Games For Cheap Bastards (formerly presented by Games that scored a 4 or 5 in the previous year (or a 3 for games that Adam and Morgan feel are worth a second look) that have since been reduced in retail price to $20 or less are reshown in this segment. Games For Cheap Bastards appeared to have been discontinued for some time, but in April 2006 it made a return to X-Play, sans the EBGames sponsorship.
Various parodies (or rather, opposing segments) of this segment have been created. In 2005, there was one titled Games for Rich Bastards. The segment featured games that boasted considerably larger price tags ($70 and up), such as Steel Battalion, a mech simulation game notorious for being sold pre-packaged with an immense $200 40-button control panel. The segment also featured one of Adam's personal favorite games, the Japanese version of Rez, infamous for its "Trance Vibrator" peripheral. Another segment that would normally follow the regular Games for Cheap Bastards segment is a short jocular dialogue titled "Even Cheaper Games For Even Cheaper Bastards", where Adam and Morgan suggest old, outdated freeware or shareware games (such as Stickybear Typing or Minesweeper) to gamers who don't have even $20 to spend. Even Cheaper Games would be sponsored by something funny such as Frozen Bean Burritos. On June 20th, 2006, a new parody of Games For Cheap Bastards was introduced, called Games For Bastards, featuring games that would aggravate people (most of them due to their high difficulty).

Weird Games (formerly presented by EBGames)

Odd or unusual games, such as Katamari Damacy and Cubivore, are featured in this segment. Like Games For Cheap Bastards, this segment also appeared to have been discontinued, but it returned in April 2006, minus the EBGames sponsorship.

Crazy Adam's Import Game of the Week

In a vein similar to Weird Games, Adam, portraying a stereotypical southern car salesman, pitches and showcases odd games that are unavailable in America (typically Japanese-based games such as "Zombies Vs. Ambulance" and "Women's Swim Meet"). Adam occasionally interrupts the game's feature to scream about his "LOW LOW PRICES!!!" and how he's "still crazy!", and his "assistant" will sing a jingle after the game preview. This segment began in April 2006.

It Came From Xbox Live

In this segment, recorded dialogue is taken from players over Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live and superimposed over talking cartoon heads.

MMOs Revisited

Massively multiplayer online role playing games such as Star Wars Galaxies and RuneScape are re-reviewed, factoring in all of the changes that have occured since their inception. Began in July 2006.

Gamefly

Some reviews where a game rates an average 3 out of 5 rating are suggested by Adam and Morgan as rentals on the Internet game rental service Gamefly. Gamefly segments are usually delivered in a sarcastic and intentionally stilted way to start out with, as either host wonders if there's another way to play the game without paying to purchase it in the manner of "as seen on TV" product ads. Eventually, the other host leads into the description of the Gamefly service.

Spoiler Theatre

In this segment, Adam and Morgan showcase and spoil the endings of current-generation games that have been on the market for some time. Past games have included Metroid Prime, Def Jam: Fight For New York, , Digital Devil Saga, Half Life, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Resident Evil 4 (GameCube version), and Kingdom Hearts. There is also an occasional "Insignificant Spoiler Theatre," with the endings of largely plotless games like Katamari Damacy.

Games We Wish We Could Forget

This segment involves Adam or Morgan talking about a painful game they would care to not remember playing at all, such as Dragon Rider and . Premiered in July 2006.

Golden Mullet Awards

In a polar opposite of X-Play's yearly "Best Of" special, X-Play also has a yearly special showcasing the absolute worst video games (that scored a 1 or 2) of the past year; the special is known as The Golden Mullet Awards. It was named after the shoddily-designed 2003 video game , as the game's main character had a blonde mullet hairstyle. Each installment of the awards show is highlighted by Adam and Morgan wearing tacky-looking dress clothes and each of them donning large mullet wigs. Although Adam and Morgan have declared the later-released Drake of the 99 Dragons to be even worse than Aquaman (with nearly every video game review site being in agreeance), they have kept their awards titled as the Golden Mullets. The game Big Rigs still holds the worst score ever given to a game in any X-Play segment with a "0" out of 5 and the description as "the worst game ever made".

On the X-Play Boards

A music video performed by the X-Play staff in homage to the frequent users of the X-Play message boards (with complete [lyrics] and [video]).

Games for Skilling and Lay

On May 25, 2006, in the Trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, both former Enron executives, Skilling and Lay, were found guilty on numerious charges regarding insider trading among others in the Enron scandal. Jeff Skilling was convicted of 19 of 28 counts of securities fraud and wire fraud and acquitted on the remaining nine, including charges of insider trading. He faces an overall prison sentence of up to 185 years while Ken Lay was convicted of all six counts of securities and wire fraud for which he had been tried, and faces a total sentence of up to 45 years in prison. Their sentencing is scheduled to take place on October 23, 2006 at 1 p.m. As a joke to X-Play, they saw it fit to create the segment as a way to "help" Skilling and Lay deal with their jailtime with a few games to play after being sent to prison with titles that provide long hours of game time due to their addictiveness like The Sims 2 and Super Mario Sunshine and a few others. Guy Branum and Paul Bonanno play the two inmates in this segment.

The segment has aired twice, but it is likely that it will have to be discontinued, due to Lay's sudden death from a heart attack on July 5, 2006.

Picks and Pans (sponsored by A new segment with summaries of recent X-Play reviews that have aired in the last month, using "pick" for a good game to buy, while "pan" denotes a title to avoid. Segment began in July 2006.

Constant themes

Constant themes show up throughout the series. Such themes include:

Adam and Morgan's eternal hatred for card battle games such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, games based on anime series, Japanese dating simulation games, the repetitiveness of the Dynasty Warriors and Mega Man series, and the glut of redundant World War II strategy and first-person shooter games on the market. (with the exception of Call of Duty 2 and the franchise, as well as others).
Like the above, there is a constant hate (mostly by Adam) for the dreaded "escort mission" usually seen in first-person shooters where the player is forced to keep an NPC character, who has his, her, or its own health meter, from dying. Usually the NPC's A.I. is unsatisfactory, resulting in extremely "stupid" characters who put their own lives in harms way leaving the player with little or nothing to do about it. X-Play will often times stamp a blue sign over footage of the game of a crossed out picture of one figure holding an umbrella over another accompanied by Adam saying "We don't like escort missions."
Adam and Morgan's constant physical and mental abuse of the show's interns.
Morgan's infrequent physical abuse of Adam. Normally her attacks (such as slapping Adam's face or punching him in the shoulder) only come when Adam says something that offends Morgan, but on very rare occurrences she has been known to strike him without provocation.
The vitriol towards Adam and Morgan in viewer e-mails sent by Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha, Fullmetal Alchemist, and formerly the Gundam fans. Mainly, the hosts received furious hate mail in direct connection to each and every one of the fans' low reviews of anime-based games.
Occasional viewer mail from fans who legitimately took serious offense to either a certain game's score, or one of the show's sometimes controversial jokes.
X-Play's not-so-thinly veiled annoyance at all departments of G4, with subtle cracks at the network's acquired programming (The Man Show and Fastlane are constant targets) and the loud, disruptive in-show ad graphics that promote G4's other programming and in turn, block out X-Play's own graphics, subtitles and skits with both noise and video elements. This was lampooned in a review of the low-rated game Dragon Booster, which had intentional fake advertisements incessantly blocking out the review. G4 has since reneged on showing such intrusive advertisements during X-Play. Additionally, the entire G4 network was mocked in a "We Heart Communists" parody episode of X-Play, where Adam explained that a week prior to that episode, G4 "underwent a lot of changes" and became a Communist dictatorship. Soon thereafter, an opposing mockery was taken, with the makeup of the show designed as a jingoist parody of 1950's America.
Sessler is also known to make remarks (at his own expense) expressing his lack of bladder control, his bad luck with women, lack of education or social status, and hatred for his own life and anything Final Fantasy (although he did openly admit that Final Fantasy VI/III was his favorite 16-bit RPG). On rare occasions, his self-pity and melancholy manages to earn him Morgan's sympathy, but most of the time, it just annoys her.
Adam and Morgan making references to each other's numerous embarrassing moments on the show, including (but not limited to) Adam's infamous penchant for stapling his own crotch and striking himself in the temple with a hammer when he's bored with a game, Adam dressing up in a yellow womens' cheerleader outfit, Morgan being forced to don a chicken costume for a review of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, and Morgan's kiss with homicidal robot Adam V (Morgan attempted to justify this moment by alluding that she was inebriated at the time).
Countless guest appearances by fellow G4 personality Kevin Pereira, including, to name just a few, during X-Play's 2005 April Fools' Day episode, as a brief co-host where he shamelessly advertised Attack of the Show (much to Morgan's dismay), then again during the 2005 Holiday special, where he appears at the end of the show to deliver a Christmas goose (infected with Avian Flu) to Adam and Morgan and their guests. Throughout his appearances, he constantly shows obsessive romantic feelings for Morgan (who strongly rejects his every advance), and regularly inexplicably feuds with Adam.
Jokes about viewers doubting if Morgan is actually a gamer.
Frequent cheap shots towards numerous celebrities and Hollywood trends (Tom Cruise and Scientology are regular fodder).
The baseball steroid scandals are also occasionaly touched at (especially in baseball game reviews), with Jason Giambi and Sammy Sosa appearing in cut-out form chanting various things in each review they appear in. Giambi has a Viking helmet on his head, while Sosa is pictured wearing a knight helmet.
Since the release of Brokeback Mountain, X-Play has made countless references and jokes about the movie on a regular basis. At one point, Adam and Morgan apologized for this, and promised that the jokes would stop "when gay cowboys stop being funny", though Adam immediately expressed doubt that that would ever occur. In the same segment, Adam warns that they'll have to be more wary about their Brokeback jokes when the movie wins an Oscar and other film awards.
Since the character Ana-Lucia Cortez appeared in the ABC Primetime Drama Lost, Sessler and Webb have incorporated Michelle Rodriguez (The person who plays Ana-Lucia) jokes into various segments and reviews.
Blair Butler, host of the segment "Fresh Ink" on Attack of the Show!, became a temporary co-host with Morgan while Adam took a break and left the show for a short time, from May 22 through May 26, 2006. Morgan and Blair made various excuses for Adam's absence, such as his attending a religious retreat in Guiana, getting a degree in air conditioner repair, and being called into active duty. When Adam made his return on the June 1, 2006 episode, Morgan took the opportunity to make fun of the fact that Adam's week-long absence had broken his consecutive streak of X-Play shows hosted (making her the winner "700 to 1"), much to Adam's anger and dismay.
An exhausting number of original and parodies characters. See List of X-Play characters.
The use of kittens to hide the often grevious violence of certain games reviewed on the show. Most notable for this use is Resident Evil 4 and BloodRayne.

Video podcast

On November 11, 2005, G4 started offering a video podcast feed of X-Play. Short videos of popular segments and reviews from the show are offered freely for download for people to view on their computers and portable devices.

The Interns

The "X-Play Interns" have played a tremendous part in the show's segments and have become a fan-favorite. They are commonly seen wearing a white undershirt with the word INTERN scrawled across the chest in black permanent marker. Interns are accountable for much of the game footage seen on screen and need to be adept at game-playing and finding critical scenes/glitches/humorous text within games. In addition to having to perform in numerous segments, X-Play interns also play a role in other behind-the-scenes work at the show. Some of the past X-Play interns have eventually been hired full-time within the overall G4 company itself. The first intern to be hired was actually Jason Frankovitz who would become best known as the show's disembodied voice until he left in early 2005. Albert Iskander (known best for his role as "Leader of the Yu-Gi-Oh Gang") would eventually be hired as a Production Assistant for G4's "Video Game Vixens" and later for "G4TV.com". Gene Yraola would eventually work into G4's Games Editorial Department (the liaisons between the shows and the actual software/hardware companies). Eric Acasio got hired onto the X-Play staff as a production assistant. At the beginning of 2006 Emily Mollenkopf got hired onto the Attack of the Show staff as a production assistant.

From Los Angeles, California: Gene Yraola, Chuck Wilkerson, Eric Acasio, Albert Iskander, Chris Wilson, Issac, Geoff Pinkus, Brian Flores, Russ Brock, Emily Mollenkopf, Kenny, Megan, Alex Villegas, Stephan
From San Francisco, California: Chris Iverson, Kevin Theobald, Matt Ketterer, Desiree Peel, Jana Suverkropp, Blake Yoshiura, Kevin Yuen, "Jason Frankovitz"

The screaming intern, played by Robert Manuel, in reality is not an intern for the show but an actual producer and X-Play intern coordinator.

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