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RIP G4, 2002-2012. G4 has finally gone the way of the Virtua Boy and Atari Jaguar, yesterday they announced that they are going to rename and rebrand the channel. They claim they're going to "take G4 in a direction reminiscent of GQ". I think that's TV speak for Boondock Saints and Entourage marathons as far as the eye can see.

Story time! Way way back in 2002 my parents moved from Seattle to Phoenix leaving behind the boat that they had lived in. Since it was free rent I moved back on board, the only hitch was that it was moored 30 miles away from Seattle in a super cheap dive of a marina. My reaction to feeling so isolated from my friends and hometown was to watch A LOT of TV. I was saving tons of money on rent, so I went with the $250 a month cable deal that at the time included a fledgling little network called G4.

G4 quickly became my favorite channel. There were video game reviews, video game trailers, shows where people played video games, shows were people told you how to play video games. It was awesome. I was super into it to, I was on the forums and would e-mail some of the shows.

Sometime in 2003 I moved back to Seattle and my super limited basic cable plan, so I said goodbye to G4 until I got married to my wife and her super deluxe cable plan in 2006. By then the network had changed so much it was unrecognizable. Sure Attack of the Show was still geared towards nerds but it wasn't G4TV. And Xplay was a shell of what it once was. Oh yeah, and the Cops reruns.. so many Cops reruns.

So rest in peace G4, you were a nerdy thing I once liked. You may be gone but the memories remain.

The CW is working on a Wonder Woman Pilot. Supposedly the series is called "Amazon" and will look at her early years of crime fighting. So really it's just Smallville Vol 2. I cant wait for season 9 when she finally puts on the real Wonder Woman costume!

22 Examples of Cartoon Logic. My favorite, while not shown, is Goofy and Pluto. Why does a Dog need a Dog?

Cristiano Ronaldo is to "sad" to score goals. Oh, F this guy. Long story short, Ronaldo scored two goals last weekend but he didn't celebrate because he's sad. I play soccer every week and you know how long it's been since I've scored a goal? Its been about 3 years. On behalf of defenders everywhere Ronaldo can get bent.

Ok, this is starting to get out of hand.

Hey Gangnam Style, Carly Rae Jepsen called and she wants here internet meme back.

I think I've used the Gangnam Style like 5 times in the last 10 days, that's is cray cray. Anyhoo, here are a bunch of nerds at this years Dragon*Con singing and dancing along to everyone's favorite K-pop superstar, PSY. I never did a cosplay post for Dragon*Con so I guess this kills 2 birds with one stone?

Spider-Man #700

I saw this alternate cover to the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #700 on tumblr and I had to post it here. It's got to be one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. For those not in the know, the New York skyline Spidey is swinging over is comprised of the most notable artists and writers for ASM over the last 50 years.

I'm not sure if this is one of those 1-50 variants that's impossible to get or not. Hopefully I can get my grubby little hands on this without having to take out a second mortgage on the house.

Easy as Pie, not the numbers the dessert

Hey Kids! Remember Sifl and Olly? I know 1999 is like a long time ago, but way back when MTV2 used to play music videos, there was a show on MTV about a couple of singing sock puppets that was awesome. Well it's back, in pog web video form. The only thing that could make me happier this morning is hearing that they're going to make more episodes of Clone High.

BTW, slap that ass 2 looks amazeballs. I can't believe how well rendered the asses look.

The PSYning

No, this hasn't gotten old yet.

Old School Vs New School

Here's a Freddie Wong made fan film where a bunch of new school video game characters get their asses handed to them by a bunch of old school video game enemies. It's an ok way to spend 3 minutes and 25 seconds.

My favorite part of this is when Assassin's Creed guy does like 2 minutes of parkour only to get blasted by an 4-bit tank. Or maybe it's how Master Chief just kinda stands around watching the whole thing. Way to get in there and mix it up!

David Wetherill is much better than I at Table Tennis

Here's an incredible table tennis shot from the 2012 London Paralympics Games. This is much cooler than anything I saw at the regular Olympics, seriously where's Bob Costas and Ryan Seacrest when something interesting actually happens?

Reach all new levels of Badassness

Early word on the street is that Pax was pretty cool this year. A friend of mine got a copy of Far Cry 3 and a free mohawk. Technically I think you got the game if you agreed to let them cut your hair in a mohawk, but I used to pay like 9 bucks at the Greenwood styling academy for a good mohawk, so a free mohawk is a good deal.

Anyway, Borderlands 2 has gone gold and is due in stores middle of this month. There are a lot of hands on at PAX videos out there but this extended trailer released a couple days ago is better than most. It's certainly better than watching the developers try and backpedal over this whole "girlfriend mode fiasco" they're still dealing with.

Long story long I think I'm picking this up. I love RPG elements in first person shooters and I'm still a big fan of split screen gaming. Plus you know, the bazillion guns. 59.99 for a bazillion guns is still a pretty good deal.