<![CDATA[Kotaku: X-play]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: X-play]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/x-play http://kotaku.com/tag/x-play <![CDATA[Ice T's Gears of War 3 Music Video Premiers Tonight]]> Ice T and Body Count's Gears of War 3 music video "Horde 2.0: Five Against All" will premier tonight on G4's X-Play at 6:30 PM ET/PT. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5826601&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cowboys and Pokemon]]> Forget Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, this parody has ten times the star power of Cowboys & Aliens. Pikachu, Charmander and Jigglypuff all make cameo's in X-Play's Cowboys & Pokemon. Ash Ketchum has no memory, a price on his head and one question - who's that pokemon? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5824919&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Adam Sessler]]> This ad for Gunnar's Retweet to Win-This Giveaway has me wondering if Gunnar's gaming eyewear comes in an opaque variant. I'd rather not see anything anymore. That Sessler is a far braver man than I. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5657266&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cuts Hit X-Play, Show Drops to Thrice Weekly [Update]]]> Deep cuts have hit G4's flagship show X-Play, sources tell us, and the five-day-a-week program has been cut back to three times a week. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5155419&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[AJ on X-Play - Yes, I'm a Girl, You Can Stop Speculating]]> A couple of weeks back, I climbed on a soapbox about the media frenzy surrounding video games in connection with real life violence or tragedy. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5137598&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Adam Sessler Gets The Boot... Up to Editor-In Chief]]> You see what happens when you interview Hsu and I on national TV? You get a promotion, that's what! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5112391&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[... ... ... Crecente Talks 2008 on X-Play]]> Adam Sessler was kind enough to invite me on to X-Play today to talk about the year in games with Dan Hsu. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5111961&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Giant Prinny And The Prinnymobile]]> Last night in San Francisco NIS America held a special party for their upcoming PSP game Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, featuring a giant drunken Prinny and the incredibly sexy Prinnymobile. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5108581&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Molyneux Teases Two New Projects On G4 Tonight]]> You can't keep a good hype machine down, especially one as efficient as Lionhead Studios' Peter Molyneux. The outspoken, excitable developer is teasing his next two projects on tonight's episode of G4's X-Play. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5106019&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[And The G-Phoria Winners Are...]]> Weren't those G-Phoria awards exciting last night? I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! Okay, I was at Walmart buying cat litter, but I did brush precariously close to some seats in the office furniture section. So what did I miss? Nintendo getting shut out of every award except best racing game for Mario Kart Wii for one...an award it really didn't deserve. Rock Band and Grand Theft Auto IV each came away with three awards, with Metal Gear Solid 4 and Call of Duty 4 taking home two each. For those keeping track, that's seven awards to games that were number four in their respective series. It was a year of damn fine sequels, wasn't it? Turok walked away with the coveted Uwe Boll Film Award, which seems far more fitting than Skate winning Best Sports Game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5034665&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[G-Phoria Awards 2008 Air Tonight]]> It's here, it's here! It's finally here! Tonight at 8PM Eastern time, X=Play presents G-Phoria 2008, the only video game awards show where the gamers vote for their favorite titles. Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will be putting their personal opinions aside and let the viewers decide which games deserve the awards, from the lowly Best Downloadable Content to the possibly highly coveted Game of the Year. They've even got a Game Most Deserving of an Uwe Boll Movie Adaptation award! Hilarity ensues. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5034312&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Devo Tracks Coming To Rock Band, Wireless Energy Domes Unconfirmed]]> Devo is coming to Rock Band. G4's X-Play got the exclusive word from the band's own Mark Mothersbaugh who reveals that three of the New Wave outfit's songs will be digitally distributed your way at a future date. The only confirmed Devo track is "Through Being Cool" which Mothersbaugh says has been re-recorded with extra guitar licks. Licks that, we assume, are hot(t). Note to self: buy this. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5010773&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sessler, Thompson Square Off On NPR Over Grand Theft Auto IV]]> X-Play co-host Adam Sessler joined Neal Conan on the NPR radio show Talk of the Nation earlier today to talk about the recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV. While the majority of the segment seemed to focus on relating GTA IV player experiences and informing the NPR audience on the realities, less so the media fantasies, of all things Grand Theft Auto, it took a dive about seven minutes in. That's when John "Jack" Thompson phoned in to drop his special brand of disinformation. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386340&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Crecente, N'Gai Talk GTA 4]]> I went up to Denver today to tape some segments for X-Play about GTA 4. One or two, like the one above, will be popping up online tonight but the bulk of it will be showing up on their one hour special about the game tonight. If you want to turn it into a drinking game, take a drink every time I say GTA and TEN drinks when I accidentally refer to Rockstar's game as Gran Turismo. Smoooooooth move Brian. In my defense, or maybe theirs, neither N'Gai Croal nor Adam Sessler seemed to notice the mistake. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384895&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sessler On Grand Theft Box Office]]>
We've touched on the subject before and have even come to the same conclusion, but there's something charming about X-Play's Adam Sessler delivery of the material in this installment of Sessler's Soapbox. Perhaps the best thing about these segments is that this is exactly how a conversation with Sessler goes in real life, only with varying degrees of slurring depending on how late at night it is. I still remember the first time I met him, when he put his arm across my shoulders and said...um. Well I couldn't quite make it out. The point here is Sessler kicks ass, regardless of whether you can make out what he's saying or not. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378078&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Game Developers Choice Awards On Tonight]]> For those who didn't attend GDC last week, there's another chance to catch the Game Developers Choice Awards/Independent Games Festival Awards megashow. Condensed to a 30-minute segment for an X-Play time slot, to catch the event, set your DVRs for G4 at 8pm (eastern) tonight. (You could watch it in real time, but we were pretending you had plans or something.) More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=362358&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gerstmann On X-Play Tonight]]> Jeff Gerstmann of Gerstmann-gate fame will be making his first television appearance since his dismissal from GameSpot tonight at 8PM Eastern time on G4's newly revamped X-Play. Gerstman will be on hand to discuss the lack of innovation in Japanese gaming, a topic that was recently brought to light via a Gamasutra interview with Konami sound director Akira Yamaoka. As expected, Gerstmann will also discuss his abrupt departure from GameSpot, because that's really the gist of why he's appearing on the show in the first place. Otherwise the little press blurb we got from G4 wouldn't have been sent with the title "JEFF GERSTMANN'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE". I hope I get half as popular as Jeff does when Crecente finally fires me. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=353820&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA vs Fox: Adam Sessler Weighs in]]>
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349374&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tonight, Bourne Game On G4]]> I've never gotten into the Bourne movies (I know, I really should, and I will watch them one day), but to those who have, Sierra/High Moon Studios' Bourne Conspiracy for 360 and PS3 will lift already lifted its skirt a little bit tonight last night on G4. X-Play aired never-before-seen in-game footage during an interview with lead game designer Rory McGuire for you to get all the Bourne fill that you can. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=345471&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[X-Play Awards BioShock Game Of The Year]]> Sometimes not having cable sucks, yet other times it is a blessing in disguise. In this situation? You decide! Apparently the X-Play Best of 2007 Awards aired last night on G4, and BioShock took home top honors in four categories, included the probably coveted Game of the Year category. BS (there's a fun abbreviation) also won for Best Writing, Best Soundtrack, and Best Art Direction. Meanwhile Portal took the Most Original Game and Best New Character (GLaDOS) awards, with the usual suspects such as Rock Band, COD 4, Super Mario Galaxy filling in the rest. Perhaps the only real upset here is Supreme Commander taking the award for Best Strategy Game in the year that Command and Conquer 3 and World in Conflict were released, but when you get right down to it that really is a matter of taste that I'm sure has sparked countless forum battles by those so inclined to start such. Hit the jump for the full list of winners. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=335453&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[X-Play Expands]]> What began back in 1998 as GameSpot TV before morphing to Extended Play and finally X-Play is undergoing yet another metamorphosis next month as the focus shifts from reviews to all-around gaming news show beginning on January 14th. Along with their signature video game reviews, the now-daily show expands to include sneak peaks, interviews, game demos, analysis, and straight-up gaming news. Other new features will include Tips and Tricks from Cheat! (Ah, the Pringles gamer guide *snicker* ) and X-Play Gamer Challenges, which will offer viewers compete on the air for fame and prizes.
"I couldn't be more excited about the direction 'X-Play' is taking," said Adam Sessler, host, "X-Play." "Reviews will still be a big part of the show, but now we're going to make sure that viewers are also updated regularly on everything else going on in the world of video games."
We kinda had that covered Adam, but thanks for the assist! Hit the jump for more info, including the new "X-Play Gaming Update Blog", which could save a lot of time by simply linking here. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=332986&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["X-Play Best of 2007 Awards" Nominees]]> It's that time of year again when everyone needs to name winners and losers. In my heart, we're all winners. OK, that's a lie. In my heart, about 3% of us are winners. And also in said (speculated) heart, some of these winners have won because they've gotten to play some of the incredible games from this year. X-Play has developed their nominee list for best of 2007 and will announce the winners December 17th on their show (of course). And while X-Play's Game of the Year picks are pretty standard: Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, it's tough for me to take any GOTY list seriously that excludes Portal and/or Orange Box. Still, they didn't completely miss the mark. Here's their whole list: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=330373&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Super Mario Massacre, Mario Gets 'M' Rating]]> X-Play is featuring this short on their Super Mario Galaxy show tonight. And we thought it was pretty funny up until the last shot, which sealed the deal for the post. But even in TV parody, it seriously disturbs us to see Mario as an evil serial killer. That's what Luigi's for—to finish off the flattened/disoriented turtles and mushrooms with a hunting knife after Mario has scrolled off the screen. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=322164&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[G-Phoria Awards Air Tonight]]> Don't forget, X-Play's annual G-Phoria awards is airing tonight on G4. The show announced winners in a ton of different categories, but the twist is that the winners are selected by viewers, or at least the people who hit up the poll on their site. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287418&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Clip: Bioshock on G4 X-Play]]> More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258900&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Physics of Gaming Jubblies]]> What better way to kick off a Monday morning than a borderline NSFW video about rendered jubblies? X-Play, one of the tattered remnants of game-related programming on the former TV 4 Gamers network, presents you with the evolution of breast physics in video games. There's no real nudity, but folks at work might think you just a bit more creepy than they already do for watching this. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=220801&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[World of Warcraft As IUD]]>
Our earlier World of Warcraft showed that all a hot Chinese girl needs to live a satisfying life filled of rampant bestial promiscuity is a can of Coke and a copy of World of Warcraft. But this ad, originally aired on X-Play, seems to illustrate the more proverbial truth: that World of Warcraft is an excellent way in which to enact a barren, sterile existence. Of course, that's what World of Whorecraft is for. Florian Eckhardt More »
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