History Series / XPlay

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--> "This is so uncomfortable.." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Stop doing cartwheels...]] [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AHHHHHHHH!"]]

* FanDisservice: Parodied in the "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Naked Raiden]]" sketch, much to Sessler's dismay.
--> "This is so uncomfortable.." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Stop doing cartwheels...]] [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AHHHHHHHH!"]]

* HypocriticalHumor: When talking about ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' in his Best and Worst Comic Book Video Games segment from 2007, Roger the Stan Lee Experience said, ''"Look at all my little creations running around learning to work as a team. It's just like Creator/JackKirby and I envisioned all those years ago. And when I say Jack and I envisioned, I mean '''I''' envisioned."''

** In the 2008 April Fools' Day episode, they did a "re-review" of ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII''. They basically took the originally review, but dubbed over their criticisms with a StrawFan blindly praising it and giving it a 6 out of 5.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: At the outset of one episode the Disembodied voice breaks off from his introduction of the hosts to ask what the hell he just said.

** In the 2008 April Fools day episode, they did a "re-review" of ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII''. They basically took the originally review, but dubbed over their criticisms with a StrawFan blindly praising it and giving it a 6 out of 5.

* FourPointScale: Averted. Their review system was deliberately balanced to include all spectrum of games and to be as helpful as possible. They had condemned the use of most other scales because of the tendency for most games to fall into the same ranking. Near the end of Sessler's tenure on the show, they introduced half-star ratings under the reasoning that they felt they were giving too many perfect scores. However, after going to Revision3, Sessler stated that the half-star ratings were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqeiN4pqTjo introduced out of the control of the hosts and review staff]] after the 2011 holiday break by network management looking to pacify a certain game company and to get the show [[ReviewsAreTheGospel more influence]] on Metacritic, a site Sessler has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QsXrswJ-yM criticized strongly]] for being used as a metric by gaming companies to withhold bonuses and pay to workers for games which didn't meet an arbitrary number.

** The show received [[InternetBackdraft a lot of flak]] for its blatant unprofessionalism with their reveal of the Viewer's Choice for 2011, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', implying they thought it won due to the fanbase's anger at them not nominating ''Skyward Sword'' for Game of the Year. See the offender [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9x6mN7C3gU here.]]

## [[RolePlayingGame [=RPG=]s]], mostly [[EasternRPG [=JRPGs=]]].

** And "Roger: the Stan Lee Experience" uses Bob Kane as one.

* TheGamblingAddict: Webb during the 2003 episode about Japanese gaming culture in Tokyo. She even ''thought'' about trading her airplane ticket back to San Francisco for more Pachinko balls.

* HypocriticalHumor: When talking about ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' in his Best And Worst Comic Book Videogames segment from 2007, Roger the Stan Lee Experience said, ''"Look at all my little creations running around learning to work as a team. It's just like Creator/JackKirby and I envisioned all those years ago. And when I say Jack and I envisioned, I mean '''I''' envisioned."''

* RunningGag: Plenty, but one of the earliest ones from a particularly bad snowboarding game: "What if it snowed in San Fransisco?"

* ShowWithinAShow

** And within ''Splinter Cell: Co-op Theater'' is its own show within a show (within a show), ''Grabnar The Wanderer''.

* TakeThatAudience: The show received [[InternetBackdraft a lot of flak]] for its blatant unprofessionalism with their reveal of the Viewer's Choice for 2011, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', implying they thought it won due to the fanbase's anger at them not nominating ''Skyward Sword'' for Game of the Year. See the offender [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9x6mN7C3gU here.]]
** An earlier instance was the 2008 April Fools day episode, where they did a "re-review" of ''CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII.'' They basically took the originally review, but dubbed over their criticisms with a StrawFan blindly praising it and giving it a 6 out of 5.
* {{Troll}}/FlameBait: Certainly, they did seem to got caught up in the flame wars they so heartily made fun of sometimes. At some points, it seemed they forgot that they were at least ideally supposed to avoid bias in their reviews, which tended to fuel the problems with the UnpleasableFanbase even more. Yes, a lot of fans were unreasonable, but it didn't help when they gave them an excuse.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Addressed in-universe. They've talked about this topic several times. They once had a segment called "[[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement I Have a Dreamcast]]" in which they describe how they would ideally like films based on games to be but then describe the ways the ways they will inevitably end up sucking.

'''''X-Play''''', the end result of what happens when a SketchComedy show meets a video game review program, became the only show to survive the [[Creator/TechTV [=TechTV=]]]/[[Creator/G4TV G4]] merger intact, one of the last original shows on the network (alongside ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'' and ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior'', the latter of which moved to Creator/{{NBC}}), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4 until its end.

* TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983: The topic of one episode, with Sessler and Webb going on a road trip to find the burial site of the excess ''E.T.'' cartridges.

'''''X-Play''''', the end result of what happens when a SketchComedy show meets a video game review program, became the only show to survive the [[Creator/TechTV [=TechTV=]]]/[[Creator/G4TV G4]] merger intact, one of the last original shows on the network (alongside ''Series/AttackOfTheShow'' and ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior'', the latter of which moved to {{NBC}}), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4 until its end.

'''''X-Play''''', the end result of what happens when a SketchComedy show meets a video game review program, became the only show to survive the [[Creator/TechTV [=TechTV=]]]/[[Creator/G4TV G4]] merger intact, one of the last two original shows on the network prior to its Esquire makeover (alongside ''Series/AttackOfTheShow''), and one of the highest-rated programs on G4 until its end.

As a nice little shout out to the show though, Adam and Morgan reunited at 2016 E3 to host the Bethesdia conference.

* UrbanLegend: According to an individual on Something Awful and 4chan, who claims to be a former G4 employee, the reason for Sessler's termination in 2012 was due to a cocaine addiction. Sessler has never stated whether or not this was true, or whether he actually has such addiction, and insists he has no idea why he was fired.

* UrbanLegend: According to an individual on Something Awful and 4chan who claims to be a former G4 employee, the reason for Sessler's termination in 2012 was due to a cocaine addiction. Sessler has never stated whether or not this was true, or whether he actually has such addiction, and insists he has no idea why he was fired.

* CatchPhrase: "Brutally honest review." They used it almost once an episode. Usually, but not always, a heads-up that whatever game they're going to review was going to be panned.

* TheEighties

* FanService: They frequently pointed these instances out during reviews to make a joke about them. They also occasionally did skits focused on it, such as one about the history of breast physics in video games.

* TheGamblingAddict: Webb during the 2003 episode about Japanese Gaming Culture in Tokyo. She even THINKS about trading her airplane ticket back to San Francisco for more Pachinko balls.

* FanDisservice: Parodied in the "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Naked Raiden]]" sketch... much to Sessler's dismay. "This is so uncomfortable.." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Stop doing cartwheels...]] [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AHHHHHHHH!"]]

* GamerChick: Webb; from the very beginning, she'd been accused of being nothing more than eye candy and not really a gaming fan, despite her never ending insistence to the contrary.
** From 2001 to 2003, prior to her tenure as ''X-Play'' co-host, Webb was seen as an on-air Correspondent on another TechTV show in ''The Screen Savers''. Among other things, she would often compete in the shows' weekly LAN Party every Thursday, playing ''Unreal Tournament'', and was one of that game's top players.

* FanDisservice:
** Parodied in the "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Naked Raiden]]" sketch... much to Sessler's dismay. "This is so uncomfortable.." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Stop doing cartwheels...]] [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AHHHHHHHH!"]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Crazy Adam, owner of the used games emporium. ''Crazy crazy crazy crazy CRAAAA-ZY ADAM!!!'' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison His character is pretty crazy, too.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Crazy Adam, owner of the used games emporium. ''Crazy crazy crazy crazy CRAAAA-ZY ADAM!!!'' [[BaitAndSwitchComparison. His character is pretty crazy, too.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Crazy Adam, owner of the used games emporium. ''Crazy crazy crazy crazy CRAAAA-ZY ADAM!!!''

** "Dik-Dik!"