Adam Sessler

Adam Sessler (born March 7, 1973) is best known as co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program X-Play (formerly Gamespot TV and Extended Play) with Morgan Webb. Born in Berkeley, California, Sessler graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1991 and is a graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in English literature and education. He was previously a credit analyst for a multinational 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.

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March 7 - 1973 - G4 - G4techTV - Television program - X-Play - Morgan Webb - Berkeley - California - El Cerrito High School - UCLA - Bachelor's degree - English literature - Education - San Francisco - Actor - Public access television

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Sessler is one of only six TechTV personalities, including Sarah Lane, Morgan Webb, Kevin Rose, Chi-Lan Lieu, and Brendan Moran, to survive the massive layoffs resulting from the May 2004 merger of G4 and TechTV. Rose and Lieu have since left the network.

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TechTV - Sarah Lane - Kevin Rose - Chi-Lan Lieu - Brendan Moran - Layoffs - May - 2004 - Merger

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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.

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April 1 - 2005 - Forums - April Fool's Day

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In 2005, a man posing as Sessler created the website AdamSessler.com. The man fooled several people in to believing he was Sessler by answering questions regarding Morgan Webb and his opinion of video games. G4 has since 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.

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2005 - Website - Cease and desist - Identity theft - Blog

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Sessler currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

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