G4tv.com, also known as G4tv: The Show or simply G4tv, is a weekly video game talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 that aired on G4

G4 (TV channel)

G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...

 and was produced by Laura Foy

Laura Foy

Laura Foy is an American television producer and former co-host alongside Tina Wood, Geoff Keighley, and Scot Rubin of the interactive video game television program G4tv.com on G4....

. The questions and polls used on the show were from the G4tv.com discussion forums

Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...

 live chatroom and were on any topic concerning games or the technology of gaming. At least one person who has worked in the video game industry was usually interviewed in each episode.

The show was hosted by Tina Wood

Tina Wood

Tina Wood is a former co-host of the interactive gaming show G4tv.com on G4. She served in this role alongside Laura Foy, Geoff Keighley, and previously Scot Rubin...

, Laura Foy

Laura Foy

Laura Foy is an American television producer and former co-host alongside Tina Wood, Geoff Keighley, and Scot Rubin of the interactive video game television program G4tv.com on G4....

, and Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley

Geoff Keighley is a Canadian video game journalist. His work spans online, print, and TV outlets, and he has been writing about games since 1992....

 (who replaced original host and co-producer Scot Rubin

Scot Rubin

Scot Rubin is a talk show host, founder of All Games Productions, All Games Network and co-founder of the G4 television network. AllGames launched in 1996. In 2000 Rubin was hired as a consultant for Comcast, In 2001 he was hired by G4 Media and served as Vice President of Internet, IT IT and...

 in 2004 and started hosting the Spike TV show Game Head

Game Head

GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley is a television show about video games hosted by video game journalist Geoff Keighley. Originally titled Game Head, on January 25, 2008, the show relaunched under its current name with a slightly different format and further incorporation of GameTrailers hosts,...

(now known as GameTrailers TV in mid-2005). On December 12, 2005, Tina Wood announced on her blog and on air that G4tv.com had been canceled. The final episode, titled "Goodbye", was taped on Friday, December 16, 2005, and aired on Monday, December 19, 2005.

History

The original idea of the show dates back to when Scot Rubin first created the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

-based radio

Radio

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 show Game Time! on his All Games Interactive multimedia station in 1996 before co-founding G4. He continues the legacy with a new online daily podcast

Podcast

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 talk show titled "All Games Interactive" which episodes can be listened to by visiting the AllGames.com website and forums.