Adam Sessler

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Adam Sessler

Sessler at TGS '07
Born Adam Donovan Sessler
August 29, 1973 (1973-08-29) (age 35)
Berkeley, California
Occupation Host and Senior Segment Producer
Employer G4TV
Known for Hosting X-Play

Adam Donovan Sessler (born August 29, 1973) is co-host on the show X-Play on G4 (formerly TechTV) with Morgan Webb and as of December 17, 2008 editor-in-chief of G4's game content for the network.[1]

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[edit] Background

Sessler was born in Berkeley, California. He graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1991 and is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He was previously a credit analyst for a multinational Fortune 500 financial institution in San Francisco, and an actor on the San Francisco public access television show Chip Weigh Magnet Down, which he also helped to make. Adam admits that he is grateful to no longer work for Fortune 500 companies (except for G4 owner Comcast), saying in The X-Play Insider's Guide to Gaming that he was "very sad" about the job. Sessler currently lives in Los Angeles, California, having moved from the former TechTV headquarters, which was located in San Francisco, California.[2] Sessler is married.[3]

Some of Adam's known favorite game series are the Halo series for its first-person shooter qualities, the Japanese version of Rez for its Trance Vibrator feature, the Banjo-Kazooie, Rayman, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper series for their unique platform qualities, Resident Evil 4, Call Of Duty 4; and the Kingdom Hearts series, as stated on an episode of Attack of the Show!. His favorite video game is Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, which he has stated on several occasions on older episodes of Extended Play and X-Play.

Sessler has a younger brother named Jonathan who appeared as Adam 2.0 (in X-Play's 2005 April Fool's Day Episode), a "clone" of Adam who claims he's much better-looking than the original Adam with a "special USB port" (a reference to the Game Boy Advance SP succeeding the original Game Boy Advance). [4]

[edit] Career

Sessler is the only original personality from ZDTV remaining on the network, surviving the network's progression from ZDTV (1998-2001) to TechTV (2001-2004), and subsequent transition to G4. Sessler is one of only six TechTV personalities, including Morgan Webb, Sarah Lane, Kevin Rose, Chi-Lan Lieu, and Brendan Moran, to survive the massive layoffs resulting from the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV, though now he and Webb are the only two of those six hosts still on G4 today.

In addition to co-hosting X-Play, Sessler also appears semi-regularly on Attack of the Show! as a video game correspondent.

On April 1, 2005, Sessler confused many by announcing he was leaving X-Play to host a late night talk show on G4 entitled Meet the Sess. A trailer of the new show aired on X-Play, showing Sessler verbally and physically abusing his guests until they released information about upcoming video games.[5] Despite being extremely over-the-top and obviously fake, many viewers began flooding the G4 forums asking when the show would air and if Sessler was really leaving X-Play. Sessler has since publicly announced on several occasions that the show was in fact an April Fool's Day joke. However, he does have a podcast called "Sessler's Soapbox" and a commercial break segment called "Adam vs. Adam" where he discusses video game politics.[6][7]

In 2005, a man posing as Sessler made the web-site adamsessler.com. The man fooled several web users into believing he was Sessler by answering questions regarding Morgan Webb and his opinion of video games. G4 ordered a cease and desist of the website's identity theft of Sessler. In response, the man responsible for the web-site has removed most information relating to Sessler and converted it to a personal blog.[citation needed]

Official Bio from G4 Media

Adam Sessler HOST of “X-PLAY,” EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF GAMES CONTENT, G4 MEDIA

Adam Sessler is a respected veteran of the gaming industry and the Editor-In-Chief of Games Content for the G4 Network as well as the talented Host of G4’s "X-Play," the most watched videogame series on television. Each night, Adam delivers in-depth reviews, exclusive sneak peeks, breaking news and compelling interviews with the biggest names in the videogame industry. A knowledgeable and high-energy host, Adam excels at making sense of videogame-related issues for the non-gaming public. Adam has been in front of the camera as a host of video game television shows and been a video game journalist for over 10 years

Known for his outspoken and articulate views on videogames and the industry as a whole, Adam’s opinion is valued by both game companies and game players. He was named one of the top 50 games journalists by Next Generation Magazine in 2006 and regularly lends his expertise to CNN, MSNBC, AP, Maxim Radio, and a broad range of videogame media across all platforms.

In addition to his on-air presence, Sessler also hosts “Sessler's Soapbox,” a weekly, script-less web series, where he tackles the latest and some of the most controversial issues in the industry.

Adam is originally from Berkeley, California and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife.

Be sure to tune in to “X-Play” every night at 6:30pm & 8:00pm ET/PT, only on G4.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://kotaku.com/5112391/
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785944/bio
  3. ^ http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/690345/Sesslers_Soapbox_Gateway_Gaming.html Sessler's Soapbox
  4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2367146/
  5. ^ http://g4tv.com/xplay/videos/26476/XPlay_Classics_Meet_The_Sess.html
  6. ^ http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/tag/172/Sesslers_Soapbox.html
  7. ^ http://tr.truveo.com/Adam-vs-Adam-Format-Wars/id/1979052461

[edit] External links

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