Adam Sessler
Adam Sessler | |
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| Born | August 29, 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Co-Host, Senior Segment Producer |
Adam Donovan Sessler (born August 29, 1973 in Berkeley, California [1]) is co-host and senior segment producer of the G4 (formerly TechTV) television program X-Play (formerly Gamespot TV and Extended Play) with Morgan Webb. Sessler 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 create. Adam admits that he is grateful to no longer work for Fortune 500 companies, 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.
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.
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. 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. Regardless, many viewers are still awaiting the show's release.[verification needed]
In 2005, a man posing as Sessler created the website adamsessler.com. The man fooled several people 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 website has removed most information relating to Sessler and converted it to a personal blog.
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".
Some of Adam's known favorite game series are the Halo series for its unique first-person shooter qualities, the Japanese version of Rez for its Trance Vibrator feature, the Rayman and Sly Cooper series for their unique platform qualities, and the Kingdom Hearts series, as stated on an episode of Attack of the Show!. His favorite of all time is Ghosts 'n Goblins, which he has stated on several occasions on older episodes of Extended Play and X-Play.
External links
- G4TV Hosts: Adam Sessler
- The X-Play Insider's Guide to Gaming
- Orland, Kyle (October 17, 2006). "Gaming's Top 50 Journalists". Next Generation. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
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