Adam Sessler Leaves G4

[HyenaThePirate]

In all honesty I don't know if anyone is (or should be) surprised by this. If you really consider it, the signs have been there a year or more and it was painfully obvious that Sessler was preparing to bounce. I knew he was probably transitioning out the moment they brought that charisma-less frat boy Blair Herter onto literally ALL of Sessler's projects, from X-play to Herter's takeover of the Feedback podcast. It was clearly a changing of the guards taking place where Blair was being groomed to be his eventual suck-sessor (yeah pun intended) and with that, the channel ceases to have any relevance to me. Morgan Web is simply not hot enough anymore to keep me coming back to the Cops/TNG channel.

 

[kommando367]

X-play used to be the main reason I watched TV.

I hate to see Adam leave it, but I guess it's for the best since G4 has only been going further down the drain for the past several years now.

 

[mjc0961]

Ah, they've moved on from Killzone 2. Now they were attacking him for Uncharted 3 last I checked. Some dispute over how he didn't find it as good as UC2, and the fans went ballistic.

His follow-up piece about how scores are stupid and he hates rating people's games like school papers was rather brilliant. I just wish more people who buy and play games would listen to it and stop being so god-damn obsessed with pointless scores.

Simple, get rid of MovieBob, add Adam Sessler and his soapbox to the Escapist! Problem solved!

(seriously, just getting rid of MovieBob alone would be a plus! XD)

Agreed.

 

[Goofguy]

I'm hoping he'll be able to quickly transition in to a new job. Any gaming site would benefit greatly from hiring him.

 

[lotanerve]

Well, there goes any of my reasons why I still occasionally check on G4. Now it's just another generic game site.

I really can't wait to see what he does next. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on whatever he does, because he was the only reason to check in on G4. He was a damn good journalist.

And I also support trying to hire him for the Escapist. Granted, it's understandable if the odds are slim and you don't get him, but damn, wouldn't it be so bloody awesome? Two awesome sources for gaming, joined into one!

agreed. However, if it was a contract dispute that came up, I interpret that to mean $$$ issues. And though a quality site, The Escapist is not financially the most fluid.

Even though I thing The Escapist would overall benefit with have Adam Sessler being a regular contributer to the Escapist, I don't thing they could afford him. Not with all that dirty laundry being aired of The Escapist's pay disputes with other contributers. (the latest being Extra Credits) While I do enjoy most of the past and former contributers (and became a Publisher's subscriber to show my appreciation) I think if The Escapist is attract established talent, they will have to work on their PR a bit more as a reputable site to work for. But you have to agree, they are great for scouting out unknown talented contributers, most of whom I never heard of before they contributed here.

 

[Aprilgold]

Hire him, escapist. Get this guy before it's too late, he was one of the only reasons I went on G4, and probably my favorite person in the industry.

I'll second that!

I don't think escapist could afford him....maybe penny arcade could though

Simple, get rid of MovieBob, add Adam Sessler and his soapbox to the Escapist! Problem solved!

(seriously, just getting rid of MovieBob alone would be a plus! XD)

Could we toss Jim* on the curb too? I think getting rid of him would be a bit of a plus, I still don't see why he can't just do what he does for the Escapist on Destructoid. Honestly, he can throw his weight around, physically and verbally to where he could more then likely get a job anywhere in the industry.

Having Adam do what he used to do without constraints would be nice. Still remember the Halloween episode where Aqua Man pulled a Jigsaw because the cast didn't like his game. Also, anyone remember Cheat! that show that was all about cheats and exploits in games? Does anyone else miss it?


*Wait Mr or Mrs Administrator, don't drop your hammer yet. He's already got a very good gig on Destructoid, so they could always throw him the opportunity to do his own show, so no harm done right?

Not that G4 was ever remotely good.

But it's probably a good thing to get rid of Adam Sessler. He was always annoying.

Edit: Am I the only one here who doesn't like Adam Sessler?

Adam always did well on Skits and, at least early on, highly cared about what he was reporting about. While reviewing he made plenty of jokes, he always had a flaming passion for gaming. Honestly, I like that better then a fat man in a red tie yelling at me for saying COD isn't a masterpiece [yes, you can go find the episode if you like] or that I wear very white makeup and are a douche for wanting games to have some actual meaning except for "GO SHOOT X!" or that I don't agree that the way to solve sexism is with more sexism. While that is his persona, a persona can still be personified as a dick. So either good job or more improvement man.

Sorry, still ranting from above a bit, but Passion VS Throwing Your Notoriety Around For Bonus Points will always end with Passion coming out strong. Adam said and has done some stupid shit, but its honestly nice to hear from someone who only wants the best of gaming, not to be the best of gaming.

 

[sageoftruth]

Wow. I completely forgot about the guy. I really need to catch up. Like the rest of you, I considered X-play (and Ninja Warrior) to be the only reason I ever watched G4. Those commercials and shows like Cops and Cheaters seemed so out of place in a network aimed at gamers.

 

[sageoftruth]

Not that G4 was ever remotely good.

But it's probably a good thing to get rid of Adam Sessler. He was always annoying.

Edit: Am I the only one here who doesn't like Adam Sessler?

Can't say for sure. Perhaps he was annoying. Still, he was surrounded my so many more annoying people on G4 that it made him look pretty decent by comparison. I guess we'll know for sure when we see him in a new setting.

 

[hermes]

Not that G4 was ever remotely good.

But it's probably a good thing to get rid of Adam Sessler. He was always annoying.

Edit: Am I the only one here who doesn't like Adam Sessler?

To be fair, I always thought there were two Sessler. One was the comedian that was just annoying and kept cracking jokes only teenagers would think are funny (personally, I blame the writers); and the other one was the insightful guy that had a good soapbox, was pretty educated, has a lot of background in gaming and was there despite the focus on "pretty faces" by the network.

The first one I will most definitely not miss. To the second one, I wish him good luck in the future.

 

[JMan]

So now Attack of the Show is the only reason I have to watch G4. I believe Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb were the only two people who survived the G4/Tech TV merger. Now Morgan Webb is the only one left from the Tech TV days I believe. Tech TV was when it was good with shows like Judgement Day, Cheat (When Cory Rouse hosted it), Filter (when it was a Top 10 only with video games), and none of the Cops, Cheaters, and Campus PD stuff.

I also like when X-Play had all of the off-stage comedy sketches where they treated the interns like crap or just did silly and random stuff. Eventually it just became too serious and lost all of it's comedic value.

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

Adam Sessler was one of the few good things left about G4. I loved his soapbox shows, and when he hosted feedback awhile back. I hope he find a good place to work after this.