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Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 03-26-2004 16:32

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1554943,00.asp

Curious to hear from those inmates who work for TechTV....

bitdamaged
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 03-26-2004 18:05

heh that would be me.

We're not too happy about it Here's another gloomy article. Basically all the G4 folk are saying that we're kind of screwed and that they're going to keep this more of a gaming channel and just use us to boost distribution.

They'll probably keep some of us but we'd have to relocate from San Francisco to L.A. Which most of us aren't happy about. This move actually makes business sense. However most of us are not convinced that chaning from TechTV to G4 is the right way to go. We think (and we may be biased) that we've got better programming.

Dunno though we'll see. But my resume has gotten dusted off.



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JKMabry
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: out of a sleepy funk
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-26-2004 18:21

Yikes, that's some shaky stuff there Mike. I wish you luck in the whole deal and at the same time say you don't need it I guess it never hurts tho.

Seems the days of working for a company and retiring with honor and a gold watch after 50 years is simply a thing of the past. I hope the history books record it so it might sound like a good idea to future a generation and cycle back around one day =)

Vegetta
Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate

From: Pittsburgh, Pa
Insane since: Jul 2002

posted posted 03-26-2004 19:01

This sucks. About the only thing I can stomache on G4 is Portal. The rest of the programming is mind-numbingly boring.



At0mic_PC
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Columbia MS USA
Insane since: Apr 2001

posted posted 03-26-2004 19:30

Don't know what it will do. There are some shows on techtv I like, and some I don't.

OH! I know! How bout you guys fund my show ideas!! I got tons of them!


The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. --Groucho Marx

Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 03-26-2004 19:37

I have to admin that I prefer the old TechTV format, when it was ZDTV. It was a lot more tech related and a lot less game related.......

Wolfen
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Minnesota
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 03-27-2004 10:13

I hope they keep the good shows like The ScreenSavers, Call 4 Help and Anime Unleashed. Those are my favorites.


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Patrick
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Houston, Texas
Insane since: Dec 2001

posted posted 03-31-2004 23:35

Well shit... I personally come home to watch Call for help, X-play, Screensavers among others. I find it odd to think of how exactly this G$ Techtv merge will work out. I would hope that the style of replaying the same god damn programs over and over wouldnt plague TechTv when it becomes part of it.

By the way Bitdamaged, what exactly do you do there?



Cell 650

At0mic_PC
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Columbia MS USA
Insane since: Apr 2001

posted posted 04-01-2004 00:01

A bit ( pun intended ) about bitdamaged. http://www.gurusnetwork.com/associates/bitdamaged.html


The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. --Groucho Marx

bitdamaged
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 100101010011 <-- right about here
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 04-01-2004 00:25

Actually that's a bit old. I've moved on where now I'm the lead engineer of the Interactive Television Group.



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Pugzly
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: 127.0.0.1
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 04-01-2004 01:01

Well then - you better get your bio updated! :-)

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