History WebVideo / GameInformersReplay

* NoExportForYou: [[invoked]] Video games that have been subject to this are the subject of the Reported segment, such as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Also the reason they did a blind Super Replay of the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Overblood}}''; the curiosity about it was too intense to ignore.
* NonAnswer: Another character quirk of Dan Ryckert is to answer questions in this way. If he were to asked how a game like ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' played today, he might answer "it plays like a thing like other things from this time". Causing the ire of other cast members, he has been called out on it several times. Notably during the Replay of the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 game based on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.

* TheMedic: In the FiveManBand, Tim Turi is a cross between TheSmartGuy and TheChick. Despite having a strong competitive streak, Tim is often the one determined to keep the peace among the cast of an episode, acting as a mediator on several occasions. He is cited as being the "most nerdy" of the cast members due to his love of video game music. Once trained to be a cop.

* FiveManBand: The usual cast is made up of this, with Andrew Reiner as TheLeader crossed with BigBrotherMentor, Dan Ryckert as TheLancer crossed with TheBigGuy, Tim Turi as TheMedic crossed with TheSmartGuy and TheChick, Jeff Cork as TheLancer crossed with the TeamDad, and Ben Hanson and Jason O as the {{Sixth Ranger}}s.

* ACappella: Some of the editors are known to start singing made up songs or their best renditions of their favorite songs on cue.
* ButtMonkey: Every cast member gets made fun of to an extent, but Ben Hanson and Dan Ryckert are easily the most abused. Also Phil Kollar, but only after he left the show.
* DVDCommentary: Sort of. Released as an [[AprilFoolsDay April Fools]] joke, the crew recorded an episode of them giving commentary on one of their old episodes. [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/04/01/replay-replay.aspx It's synced so that, with headphones in, the new commentary plays in one ear while the old audio plays in the other.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode was supposed to be a retrospective of the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series on the original [=PlayStation=]. As a result, this episode looks at the first four installments of that series as well as the game ''VideoGame/CriticalDepth'' and ''VideoGame/RogueTrip''. The usual two segment formula was established in the second episode.

* FiveManBand: The usual cast is made up of this:
** TheLeader: Andrew Reiner. Also BigBrotherMentor. Not always a player on the show, but he is very much the mastermind, often leading the show's production. Due to his long history in the video game industry (he started at Game Informer in 1994), he often also acts as the wise one.
** TheLancer: Dan Ryckert was a cross between this and TheBigGuy. Known as "The Father of Replay" among fans (since he posted the first episode), he is just as important to the history and development of the show as Reiner. He is also one of the more charismatic cast members, and definitely the show's AntiHero, having referred to himself as a "Heel" on several occasions. His ability to be TooDumbToLive is played up for laughs. However, with his departure, someone will be filling this spot.
** TheMedic: Tim Turi is a cross between TheSmartGuy and TheChick. Despite having a strong competitive streak, Tim is often the one determined to keep the peace among the cast of an episode, acting as a mediator on several occasions. He is cited as being the "most nerdy" of the cast members due to his love of video game music. Once trained to be a cop.
** Phil's replacement, Jeff Cork, has taken the mantle of also being TheLancer crossed with the TeamDad. This due to his simultaneous egging on of Dan's [[TheSneakyGuy Sneaky Guy]] antics and his older age than many of the other cast members. Possibly has the most HiddenDepths of any cast member, having previously worked as a fireman.
** SixthRanger: Usually taken by either Ben Hanson or Jason O, the members who more than often than not just act as video producers. They're not always acknowledged on the show despite being in the background, making sure the recording goes well. Hanson has become known as the TeamPet and the go-to ButtMonkey when Dan is around due to his perceived weirdness and peculiar interests by the other members. On the other hand, Jason has become known as TheVoice when he isn't in an episode as a cast member. This is due to his habit of telling the editors to do something without the audience knowing, as well as his interjections that the audience can hear.

* SpecialGuest: Over the years, the show has had a few guests like Frank Caliendo and Riff Raff, along with people in the gaming industry like Randy Pitchford.

* TooDumbToLive: One of the highlights of the series was former cast member Dan Ryckert's ability to tell embarrassing stories about himself (or have stories told about him) while he takes all criticism thrown at him in stride. Stories include:

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Has happened a couple times, most notably during during their ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' episode during the VideoGame/BlueStinger Replay Roulette segment. Arguably a reason they eventually played the game for a Super Replay.
** This has been cited as a reason why an episode may be canned and redone at a later date. Not that it stops the cast from bringing up these episodes once in awhile anyway.

''Game Informer's Replay'', or just ''Replay'', is a weekly webseries run by the gaming magazine Magazine/GameInformer. The purpose is to revisit older video games from previous generations and play through them for about thirty minutes while the cast of the episode discusses the game. Often, a second segment is attached to the video; these segments usually focus on games not worth their own episodes. The second segments are usually more varied in nature and change format regularly.

The series started on January 17, 2010 and is still on going. An episode has been posted every Saturday without fail, with the occasional mid-week episode or bonus episode depending on what the circumstances are.

To give a brief history of the show: in early 2010, Game Informer editor Dan Ryckert was working on a retrospective of the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' franchise for the magazine. At the time, the magazine and website had just gone through a major redesign a few months earlier, with a host of new editors (Dan included) and equipmment brought in. The plan was to expand the website's video content, however at that point, they had only started a podcast. One day, as Dan was working on the feature and discussing the series with fellow editors, executive editor Andrew Reiner got the idea to record the conversation over gameplay footage. Andrew, Dan, and fellow editors Tim Turi and Nick Ahrens then went to the new podcast room, carted in a TV and a Playstation, and recorded their first episode. The rest is history.

During it's four year run (so far), the series has gone through a couple changes. Most notably are the evolution of the episodes through three different video editors. At the start, Dan Ryckert was the video editor, putting together many of the tropes to come in the series. Within the first year, he was replaced by Ben Hanson, who was Game Informer's first dedicated video production employee. In 2012, Ben was replaced by the current video producer, Jason Oestreicher. The differences between the three are noticeable the further the show progresses.

Currently, Replay is in Season Two (started in early 2012). While the first season consisted of the main segment followed by a Replay Roulette (a game picked at random), Season Two introduced new second segments. These include: Stress Test, which features an editor (usually Tim Turi) trying to beat a notoriously hard section of a game; Reported, which usually looks at games that have suffered from NoExportForYou in the United States (where Game Informer is based); and You're Doing it Wrong, which features editors taking turns playing certain parts of beloved games but in a different way than normal. A newer segment, Moments, looks at sequences of certain games that have gained notoriety for being either prolific of the time, or completely ridiculous. A couple one-off segments exist too; including Replay 2048, where the cast pretends that they're in the future, playing games on current generation video game consoles (and is currently their biggest OldShame), and Replay Real Life which features editors facing off in real life sports (which some fans have been asking back for awhile).

While the cast has included most editors working at Game Informer at least once (and beyond), there has been a definitive main cast since the beginning. At first, it consisted of Andrew Reiner, Tim Turi, Dan Ryckert, and Phil Kollar. When Phil left Game Informer, he was replaced by editor Jeff Cork. As of May 31 2014, Dan Ryckert has just left Game Informer as well, with no clear intention of what editor will eventually replace him.

Lastly, while Replay is a weekly show that looks at glimpses of older titles, a long form called Super Replay exists. Basically Game Informer's version of a LetsPlay, Super Replay goes through an entire game, an hour per episode. Usually, one editor plays the game while the other three make commentary on the player's gameplay, but this hasn't always been the case. For the past couple years, a competition called Super Replay Showdown has been held where editors compete against each other, each fighting for a game they want to do a Super Replay on. Past winners of this competition include ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' on NES, and SNES RPG ''VideoGame/SoulBlazer''.

Originally intended as a look at the best, most beloved games, both Replay and Super Replay have become just as known for their ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' brand comedy and the humor that comes out of the awful games they sometimes play. With the success of their surprise Super Replay of the obscure UsefulNotes/PlayStation horror game ''VideoGame/OverBlood'', the show has spawned a Facebook group entitled "I Watched the Entire Overblood Super Replay". The editors of the magazine often interact with fans on here and sometimes take suggestions from fans.

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''Game Informer's Replay'', or just ''Replay'', is a weekly webseries run by the gaming magazine GameInformer. The purpose is to revisit older video games from previous generations and play through them for about thirty minutes while the cast of the episode discusses the game. Often, a second segment is attached to the video; these segments usually focus on games not worth their own episodes. The second segments are usually more varied in nature and change format regularly.

Lastly, while Replay is a weekly show that looks at glimpses of older titles, a long form called Super Replay exists. Basically Game Informer's version of a LetsPlay, Super Replay goes through an entire game, an hour per episode. Usually, one editor plays the game while the other three make commentary on the player's gameplay, but this hasn't always been the case. For the past couple years, a competition called Super Replay Showdown has been held where editors compete against each other, each fighting for a game they want to do a Super Replay on. Past winners of this competition include ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', VideoGame/NinjaGaiden on NES, and SNES RPG SoulBlazer.

To give a brief history of the show: in early 2010, Game Informer editor Dan Ryckert was working on a retrospective of the ''TwistedMetal'' franchise for the magazine. At the time, the magazine and website had just gone through a major redesign a few months earlier, with a host of new editors (Dan included) and equipmment brought in. The plan was to expand the website's video content, however at that point, they had only started a podcast. One day, as Dan was working on the feature and discussing the series with fellow editors, executive editor Andrew Reiner got the idea to record the conversation over gameplay footage. Andrew, Dan, and fellow editors Tim Turi and Nick Ahrens then went to the new podcast room, carted in a TV and a Playstation, and recorded their first episode. The rest is history.

* NonAnswer: Another character quirk of Dan Ryckert is to answer questions in this way. If he were to asked how a game like ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' played today, he might answer "it plays like a thing like other things from this time". Causing the ire of other cast members, he has been called out on it several times. Notably during the Replay of the Nintendo64 game based on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Has happened a couple times, most notably during during their ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' episode during the BlueStinger Replay Roulette segment. Arguably a reason they eventually played the game for a Super Replay.

** TheLeader: Andrew Reiner. Also BigBrotherMentor. Not always a player on the show, but he is very much the mastermind, often leading the show's production. Due to his long history in the video game industry (he started at Game Informer in 1994), he often also acts as TheObiWan.

Originally intended as a look at the best, most beloved games, both Replay and Super Replay have become just as known for their ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' brand comedy and the humor that comes out of the awful games they sometimes play. With the success of their surprise Super Replay of the obscure PlayStation horror game ''VideoGame/OverBlood'', the show has spawned a Facebook group entitled "I Watched the Entire Overblood Super Replay". The editors of the magazine often interact with fans on here and sometimes take suggestions from fans.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode was supposed to be a retrospective of the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' series on the original PlayStation. As a result, this episode looks at the first four installments of that series as well as the game ''VideoGame/CriticalDepth'' and ''VideoGame/RogueTrip''. The usual two segment formula was established in the second episode.

* NoExportForYou: [[discussed]] Video games that have been subject to this are the subject of the Reported segment, such as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Also the reason they did a blind Super Replay of the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Overblood}}''; the curiosity about it was too intense to ignore.

Game Informer's Replay, or just Replay, is a weekly webseries run by the gaming magazine GameInformer. The purpose is to revisit older video games from previous generations and play through them for about thirty minutes while the cast of the episode discusses the game. Often, a second segment is attached to the video; these segments usually focus on games not worth their own episodes. The second segments are usually more varied in nature and change format regularly.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Has happened a couple times, most notably during during their SonicAdventure episode during the BlueStinger Replay Roulette segment. Arguably a reason they eventually played the game for a Super Replay.

* NonAnswer: Another character quirk of Dan Ryckert is to answer questions in this way. If he were to asked how a game like ''PerfectDark'' played today, he might answer "it plays like a thing like other things from this time". Causing the ire of other cast members, he has been called out on it several times. Notably during the Replay of the Nintendo64 game based on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''.

Originally intended as a look at the best, most beloved games, both Replay and Super Replay have become just as known for their MysteryScienceTheater3000 brand comedy and the humor that comes out of the awful games they sometimes play. With the success of their surprise Super Replay of the obscure PlayStation horror game ''VideoGame/OverBlood'', the show has spawned a Facebook group entitled "I Watched the Entire Overblood Super Replay". The editors of the magazine often interact with fans on here and sometimes take suggestions from fans.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Many references and "facts" over the years, since a lot of the commentary is done off the top of the cast's head. They've become increasingly good at looking things up on the internet, but even then some things are just wrong. Sometimes PlayedForLaughs.
** One RunningGag is the player's ability to overlook the most obvious signs pointing toward what to do next in a game. This usually happens because they were riffing with the rest of the cast or didn't care in the first place.
** An infamous meta example occurred during their episode for SuperMario64. Purported to be the 100th episode, and thus the reason why they were playing such a classic game. It was actually episode 91.

* NoExportForYou: Video games that have been subject to this are the subject of the Reported segment, such as RhythmHeaven for the GameBoyAdvance. Also the reason they did a blind Super Replay of the sequel to ''Overblood''; the curiosity about it was too intense to ignore.

* BonusEpisode: Between Replay season one and two, two straight up bonus episodes were released. Other times, bonus episodes are used to mark holidays, special events, and even blog posts.
** A couple bonus episodes for Super Replays have also been made, featuring content that was edited out, as in the case of VideoGame/HalfLife, or to show a different ending, as with [[VideoGame/Illbleed Illbleed]]

** ThePeteBest: Despite being around for awhile past when the show hit its stride with the ''Overblood'' Super Replay, many people tend to forget that Phil Kollar was on the show and was an early main cast member. The others in the main cast have since gone out of their way to pretend to forget who he is, pretend he doesn't exist or to insult him (as a joke) when they remember him.

* OldShame: Replay 2048 was the first new second segment of Season 2, appearing with the season's debut episode, ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]''. The segment was so poorly received, it was promptly retired and been made the subject of many jokes in the two plus years since its appearance.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Due to the fact that the cast members often talk about whatever they feel like, they often bring up things either happening to them or in the world currently. One example being when semi-rare cast member Matt Helgeson brought up a fire that was going on in Minneapolis during an episode of Super Replay.

Lastly, while Replay is a weekly show that looks at glimpses of older titles, a long form called Super Replay exists. Basically Game Informer's version of a LetsPlay, Super Replay goes through an entire game, an hour per episode. Usually, one editor plays the game while the other three make commentary on the player's gameplay, but this hasn't always been the case. For the past couple years, a competition called Super Replay Showdown has been held where editors compete against each other, each fighting for a game they want to do a Super Replay on. Past winners of this competition include ''HalfLife'', NinjaGaiden on NES, and SNES RPG SoulBlazer.

** A couple bonus episodes for Super Replays have also been made, featuring content that was edited out, as in the case of HalfLife, or to show a different ending, as with [[VideoGame/Illbleed Illbleed]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode was supposed to be a retrospective of the TwistedMetal series on the original PlayStation. As a result, this episode looks at the first four installments of that series as well as the game VideoGame/CriticalDepth and RogueTrip. The usual two segment formula was established in the second episode.
** The first two episodes, the ones for Twisted Metal and BushidoBlade, include a "Rewind" symbol on their picture icons, falling in line with the first season's intro which featured a scratchy rewind sound. These, as well as any other ties to VCR technology were done away with by Season 2 when it was realized that these allusions made no sense.

* OldShame: Replay 2048 was the first new second segment of Season 2, appearing with the season's debut episode, ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii GoldenEye]]''. The segment was so poorly received, it was promptly retired and been made the subject of many jokes in the two plus years since its appearance.

To give a brief history of the show: in early 2010, Game Informer editor Dan Ryckert was working on a retrospective of the TwistedMetal franchise for the magazine. At the time, the magazine and website had just gone through a major redesign a few months earlier, with a host of new editors (Dan included) and equipmment brought in. The plan was to expand the website's video content, however at that point, they had only started a podcast. One day, as Dan was working on the feature and discussing the series with fellow editors, executive editor Andrew Reiner got the idea to record the conversation over gameplay footage. Andrew, Dan, and fellow editors Tim Turi and Nick Ahrens then went to the new podcast room, carted in a TV and a Playstation, and recorded their first episode. The rest is history.

* NonAnswer: Another character quirk of Dan Ryckert is to answer questions in this way. If he were to asked how a game like PerfectDark played today, he might answer "it plays like a thing like other things from this time". Causing the ire of other cast members, he has been called out on it several times. Notably during the Replay of the Nintendo64 game based on Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys.
* OldShame: Replay 2048 was the first new second segment of Season 2, appearing with the season's debut episode, GoldenEye(1997). The segment was so poorly received, it was promptly retired and been made the subject of many jokes in the two plus years since its appearance.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode was supposed to be a retrospective of the TwistedMetal series on the original PlayStation. As a result, this episode looks at the first four installments of that series as well as the game CriticalDepth and RogueTrip. The usual two segment formula was established in the second episode.

** A couple bonus episodes for Super Replays have also been made, featuring content that was edited out, as in the case of HalfLife, or to show a different ending, as with VideoGame/Illbleed.

** Phil's replacement, Jeff Cork, has taken the mantle of also being TheLancer crossed with the TeamDad. This due to his simultaneous egging on of Dan's SneakyGuy antics and his older age than many of the other cast members. Possibly has the most HiddenDepths of any cast member, having previously worked as a fireman.