G4 present Halloween Specials all week

TV Network About Video Games Features Shocking Halloween Specials in an Appalling Marathon of Terror

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 23, 2003) - G4®, the TV network all about video games, today announced a haunting Halloween programming lineup! The "Games and Ghouls" lineup will feature special creep-themed episodes of the network's all-original programming. The specials will air every night of Halloween week, culminating in a killer marathon on Friday, Oct. 31. The announcement was made today by Vinnie Longobardo, senior vice president, programming, G4.

Halloween week starts on Monday, Oct. 27 at 4:30 p.m. EST/7:30 p.m. PST, when G4 presents a deathly new episode of interactive talk show G4TV.com. Hosts Laura, Scot and Tina haunt the "Gamers' Graveyard" and discuss the scariest games with callers and online chatters from all dimensions. Then on game review show Judgment Day, hosts Tommy Tallarico and Victor Lucas turn a critical eye on various bloodcurdling games.

Tuesday night at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, see Blister host Bill Sindelar descend into madness with action games Spawn, Boktai, Fatal Frame 2, Legacy of Kain, Defiance, Silent Hill 3 and Splatterhouse. This freak show is followed by Cheat! Pringles Gamers Guide on location at the Boneyard FX Make-up Studio, where host Cory Rouse is transformed into a zombie while offering tips and tricks for numerous frightening games.

Think Halloween is all fun and games? Well, Portal's Dave Meinstein doesn't. Wednesday night at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, find out all the reasons Dave thinks Halloween stinks in his second annual "Portal Crappy Halloween" special. Next up, Cinematech features stunning cinematics from the scariest "survival horror" games in existence.

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Icons will feature the history of Keiji Inafune's popular and groundbreaking Onimusha series on Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. Then, stay tuned for Filter, shot on location at the notorious Queen Mary ocean liner. Host Diane Mizota stares down the top ten "Games that Made a Killing."

This startling array of special programming will possess G4 on Halloween night in a marathon beginning at 8:30 p.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST. Brace yourself for terror and tune into G4 for some of the freakiest Halloween shows around!

About G4
G4 is the Comcast-owned 24-hour, seven-day-a-week television network dedicated to the world of video games. Targeted to young adults 12-34, G4 is committed to creating a lifestyle brand that is the premier source of entertainment, news and information about electronic games, including video, computer, online and wireless platforms. G4 currently has distribution to approximately 11 million digital cable homes on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Insight, Mediacom, Bright House Networks, Bresnan Communications and RCN systems. For more information, visit www.g4tv.com.