Despite getting the axe in America, the show still lives on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alright, let me take you back to 1995 in Canada. Victor Lucas and Tommy Tallarico start The Electric Playground. It was unlike any show that had come before or since. The show had interviews, news, and what I’m going to focus on in this edition of Remembering G4 is the review portion of Electric Playground titled “Reviews on the Run”. This had Tommy and Vic doing a very Siskel and Ebert style of being in a location and video projected on various objects. Now let’s fast forward to 2002 when G4 launches. It had shows dedicated to action games like Blister, sports with Sweat, and trailers\/cinematics in Cinematech. Reviews on the Run would eventually spin off from EP and in the US, G4 showed it from its launch in April of 02 all the way to 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The show had many segments including “Buried Treasure” in which Tommy or Vic would highlight a hidden gem of a game. These varied from handheld, classic, or PC. There was also “Classic Reviews” in which, as the title implies, a review from a previous episode would be shown. Then there was “Versus” in which two games of a similar genre would go head-to-head in a “which is better” route. Perhaps the most anticipated Versus in Judgment Day history was in 2004 when Halo 2 and Half-Life 2 both released and went head to head. You can watch below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n