The only reason I keep up with X-Play is because for some odd reason, their philosophy on how to rate/review games is in unusually close conjunction with my personal taste/enjoyment of games.
It's uncanny, and kind of scary.
The problem I have with X-Play and I guess the network in general is that they handle videogames the way that trashy car magazines handle cars. Sure, there is a beautiful car on the cover of the magazine but there is also a half-naked stripper standing in front of it. Some of the articles inside might be about cars and not about the girls sitting on them, but your impression is that babes come first and cars come second. Genuine car enthusiasts probably opt for other publications that take vehicles a little more seriously and are exclusively about the cars themselves and maybe not
gearhead culture. In my opinion the entire G4 channel represents that same kind of attitude.