Icons
Synopsis
Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards.
On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise.
The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.
Season 4 Episodes
EP 1
There's no question that racing is one of the oldest and well-loved genres in the game industry, but there is one series out there that tru…
EP 2
In contrast to the smooth and suave spies of lore, Sam Fisher is a grizzled, middle-aged ex-Navy SEAL who has seen and done it all, but is …
EP 3
Fans of Frank Miller's Sin City have been for years bedazzled by the comics' bold, hard-boiled look and the gritty tales told within, but m…
EP 4
Though he's been an influential force in games for over a decade, Tim Schafer hasn't been heard from much in recent years because he's been…
EP 5
Following the debut of the first Star Wars film in the late 1970's, Star Wars games have become an almost natural extension of the series' …
EP 6
Contrary to what you might have been led to believe by fanboys, the father of video gaming is not Shigeru Miyamoto, Will Wright, or even No…
EP 7
Icons digs deep to get the real history of the Sony PlayStation, starting with its beginnings as a parts-maker for Nintendo consoles and th…
EP 8
George A. Romero was a pivotal figure in the development horror films with his first feature, "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968. We talk w…
EP 9
What goes into creating a next generation console? We'll go behind the scenes and talk with the production team of this exciting new projec…
EP 10
Icons delves deep into the history of the NES, the console that changed the world. From its beginning in Japan over 150 years ago, through…
EP 11
We look back at the cinematic fascination with this monster ape and talk with director Peter Jackson, the artistic genius behind the latest…
