[UPDATE #2: From some of our inside sources, we've learned that the device turned out to be a prop bomb used in one of the programs produced by G4. An honest case of mistaken identity enflamed by recent events, or another incident similar to Boston vs The Mooninites? We report, you decide!]
[Update: The official response from G4 regarding this issue:
The G4 production offices at 12312 Olympic Blvd. were evacuated this morning in response to the discovery of a suspicious device within the building and authorities were immediately called on site. After investigating the situation and taking all safety precautions, it was determined to be a non-threatening device and employees were safe to return to the building.
There you have it, that's about it. -- Robert Summa]
We just received an e-mail from one of our many Los Angeles-based friends that the G4 building was the recipient of a bomb threat only an hour or two ago. The building was evacuated and the police were summoned to the scene. There isn't much information on this as of yet (since it just happened), but we do know that their building has not yet exploded, so you can safely assume it was either a hoax or a really crappy bomb.
More on this as it develops.
[Many thanks to Deepthroat for the tip]
In three weeks you'll have a angsty Korean kid shoot up the studio.
Oh, for fuck's sake. It's going to get worse before it gets better, isn't it?
Better call Vic Mackey and the Strike Team to sort some shit out
oh no,
too bad i dont watch the channel....
but so sad if the kids wont get their live Attack of the show i guess...
but hey once it is revealed it is related to anti-video game VT massacre shit then it will give the gaming blogs several more post for the week...
so bad news aint so bad eh
it's like national terrorism week
or a REALLY REALLY good bomb and you just dont known it yet!
why don't they attack something better like Fox HQ or ABC?
I wonder if the threat went something like this: "someone set us up the bomb"
Holy fuck! We are in the midle of a shit storm here. If there's a VT connection here, I'm gonna pass out.
JamesSorensen...
If you don't like Attack of the Show and X-Play, that is cool but g4 does have Arrested Development and also just about the greatest show ever made:
NINJA WARRIOR!
ANd I belive they now how the very bitter Leo Laporte in Custody
If they hurt one hair an Munn's beautifeul head, I will use the skillz that I have developed on my murder simulator to hunt the bomber down and end him.
blindside ya, but arrested development on G4 is like Halo 2 on pc, been there done that years ago....
You SEE!!! Jack Thompson has been right all along! The killing training we've been receiving has finally backfired and we are starting to betray our malevolent masters .... urrg ... to .... kill...RISING!!!
I blame video games.
lol @ LINDE
DryvBy : Get out.
I just posted the update. That's all they're saying on this.
Seriously, this individual must have no soul. What kind of person do you have to be to do this sort of thing? I can’t see G4 ever wronging anyone...man, this week sucks.
What they found was the desiccated soul of Tech TV.
Hmmmm.. yeah, after seeing the update it's just another case of "oh noes there's wires sticking out of that box, BOMB!".
Happened at my college a few times because idiots can't tell the difference between an explosive and a broken streetlight laying on the sidewalk.
This is so unexpected from Tommy Tallarico. I hope he has a good alibi.
"Deepthroat... the informant from the Watergate scandal?"
False alarm.
So that's where I left my flux compasitor.
@kawaiizilla
No...
Deepthroat = James Earl Jones.
Duh...
dvddesign....you keep Tommy outta this! *poke* he is the father of my love child
My school is being evacuated right now due to a bomb threat...this is insain...
Did they gave a low score on Zelda ?
@Snaileb
Tis called a joke, milord.
Lord Snails knows this, I'm just having fun. Now get out.
= P
@DJ Duffy
What prouder moment is there for a single mother than to declare that her "baby's daddy" is in the klink?
Seeing where that station has gone recently in terms of programming, the "strange device" was probably someone's gaming PC that was all modded and such (some remnant from when they'd, you know, help people with that kind of stuff), and didn't realize it...
Yoshi from TSS did it!
another sony viral marketing screw up
It was a Wii not a bomb.
the only bomb at G4 is their programming.
Alright, the rest of the jokes have been taken, i'll just interject with..
It's a trap!
Well, duh. G4 is obviously the Al Jazerra of the gaming world. It's no wonder some Gawd-fearin' citizen would take it upon themselves to try to cleanse the Earth of this abomination with some good old fashioned fire and brimstone. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.
Oh, sorry... I was just channeling Jack Thompson there for a bit, and pulling theories out of my ass before we have any real information about the situation. Oh... oh my... channeling Jack Thompson... *ugh*shiver* I think I need to go take a bath in acid now to wash off the funk. *puke*
I almost had tears of joy at the thought of someone blowing up G4. My dreams were almost fulfilled!
Chris Taran,
Your witty sarcasm aside (I'm assuming it's sarcasm), I and many other decent human beings work at G4. It's good to know there are cold blooded bastards such as yourself out there in the world who wish death upon so many innocent people. You would make al-Qaeda proud.
Do I literally want you and your co-workers dead? No.
Do I literally want you and your co-workers jobless and to see the company you work for crumble (figuratively) to the ground? Yes.
No decent person works for that company. If you were decent, you would have a job elsewhere.
Taran,
You sir are a class act. Now you're making judgements about people based upon where they work simply because they make programming you don't like? You've invested quite a bit of energy into hating something as innocuous as a cable TV network. Thank god this is a free society and you have the power to just turn the channel and never, ever watch G4 (thank god that's the only power you wield.)
As Keith Olbermann would say, "You, Chris Taran, are the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!"
Hey thanks for all that.
I'd just like to point out that I have no problem crediting myself with my comments, thoughts, or ideas and letting everyone know I said them, unlike cowards like you who feel the need to hide behind names like "taranisanidiot".
Somehow I'm not sad, maybe it was someone calling in a Dark Tip.
Seriously, I doubt anyone at the G4 studios decides programming so wishing joblessness or death to them is probably pointing the finger in the wrong direction.
I don't like the content that's on HGTV, but I don't wish to see them all jobless... I just pass over the channel.
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