TechTV Scrapbook: Adam Sessler – Experiment Week DTNS 5084
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Roger interviews Adam Sessler host of TechTV/G4TV's Extended and later X-Play video game review show. We explore his experience at the network and the changing landscape of video game journalism.
Starring Adam Sessler, Roger Chang.
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| 0:00.0 | Two Titans of Silicon Valley, one prize, dominance in the world of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:07.0 | Supremacy is the real story behind the struggle to own our digital future and potentially the very nature of human experience. |
| 0:16.0 | Supremacy by Parmy Olson, described as a riveting tale by the new scientist, winner of the Financial |
| 0:22.6 | Times Business Book of the Year, and now the Waterstone's non-fiction book of the month. |
| 0:27.5 | Listen to the audiobook of Supremacy Now. |
| 0:30.5 | If you travel to tick off landmarks and top 10 eats lists, Salt Caravan probably isn't for you. |
| 0:36.3 | But if you travel for flavour, |
| 0:38.0 | connection and meals locals only tell friends about, |
| 0:41.0 | you might want in. |
| 0:42.5 | Backroom dishes, market store secrets, |
| 0:45.2 | chef's table tips you won't find online, |
| 0:47.6 | a handful of people you'll want to share dessert with. |
| 0:50.5 | We're not public yet, |
| 0:52.0 | but early listeners can join our weight list group and get inside |
| 0:55.5 | a perks. Open your invite at saltcaravan.com. |
| 1:03.3 | Welcome to DTNS Experiment Week. Yes, it is back again all this week. We're preempting our regular programming to try out some new show ideas, explore cross-show opportunities, give you some exclusive content we wouldn't do at other times of the year. So after you listen, please let us know what you think. Feedback at daily tech news show.com. On with today's experiment. |
| 1:40.3 | When TechTV launched in August of 1998 as EDTV, was positioned as a 24-hour cable network |
| 1:46.0 | devoted to computers, technology, and internet. |
| 1:48.9 | Now, part of that mission was video games, and one of those important spin-out benefits |
| 1:55.4 | from the network was a show called GameSpot TV, which eventually became Extended Play and then X-Play. I'm not sure if there was a show called GameSpot TV, which eventually became extended play and then X-Play. |
| 2:03.5 | And I'm not sure if there was a fourth name after G4 acquired the network. |
| 2:07.5 | But I have with me one of the people, foundational people, not just for the show, but for the network as a whole, Adam Sessler. |
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