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	Game show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A game show is a radio or television programme involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes.
		In a reality show the competition usually lasts several days or even weeks and a competitor's progress through the game is based on some form of popularity contest, usually a kind of disapproval voting by their fellow competitors or members of the public.
		Dating game shows, the original reality games, in which the prize is typically a well-funded dating opportunity that one can only pursue with the individual one has 'won' on the show.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/g/ga/game_show.html (838 words)

	Dating game show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dating game shows are television game shows, some say reality game shows, that incorporate a dating system in the form of a game with clear rules.
		Like other games, the outcomes of this activities are open to rigging (analogous to match-fixing in football), leading to missed matches and possibly unhappiness in the participants.
		Other shows focused on the conventional blind date, where two people were set up and then captured on video, sometimes with comments or subtitles that made fun of their dating behaviour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dating_game_show (1040 words)

	Game show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A game show is a radio or television program involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes.
		In the US, television game shows fell out of favor in the 1950s after it was revealed that favored contestants on The $64,000 Question and other shows had been given answers and coached by the producers.
		The height of the game show era began in the early 1970s, thanks in part to the success of popular game shows like The Price Is Right, Match Game, The Joker's Wild and The $10,000 Pyramid.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Game_show (1162 words)

	Game - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Games are played primarily for entertainment or enjoyment, but may also serve an educational or simulational role.
		All through human history, people have played games to entertain themselves and others, and there is an enormous variety of games types; for specific information about any type, see links at the end of this article.
		In Philosophical Investigations, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that the concept "game" could not be contained by any single definition, but that games must be looked at as a series of definitions that share a "family resemblance" to one another.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /game.htm (295 words)

	Video Game Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Technically, a computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players may interact with in order to achieve a goal (or set of goals).
		Game may refer to either the virtual universe and all of its governing rules ("Nethack is a game"), or a particular instance of that game ("my game ended in yet another annoying death", "game over").
		The input is processed by the game and output is presented as events corresponding to the rules of the game environment, usually on a television or computer monitor.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Video_game (3108 words)

	Game show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some quiz shows, such as the word games Password and Pyramid, pair celebrities and non notable citizens.
		In the US, television game shows fell out of favor in the 1950s after it was revealed that favored contestants on The $64,000 Question, Twenty One and other shows had been given answers and coached by the producers.
		The Weakest Link) exploit a disapproval voting system similar to the reality game show, and play up the realistic confrontation between contestants, but are in fact just conventional game shows, where no bodily torture or emotionally stressful situation is created, other than the failure to answer some question or impress hosts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Game_show (1841 words)

	The game show
		According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a game show is a “television program on which contestants compete for prizes in a game (as a quiz).” The year this definition was entered–1958-- is significant because it was the time of the now infamous quiz show scandals which were, in fact, a coming of age for television entertainment.
		The latest addition to the game show scene (2001), originating in Britain, as did Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is The Weakest Link, hosted by a stern, red-headed combination of school mistress and dominatrix, Anne Robinson, now a celebrity in her own right.
		Competitive shows that abuse, insult, and embarrass their contestants to the chagrin or amusement of their viewers are not new.
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	Alternate Reality Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Reality in everyday usage means "everything that exists." The term "Reality," in its most liberal sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable, accessible or understandable by science, philosophy, theology or any other...
		In philosophy, reality is contrasted with nonexistence (e.g., unicorns do not exist; so they are not real) and mere possibility (a mountain made of gold is merely possible, but is not real) unless they are discovered.
		In psychiatry, reality, or rather, of being in touch with reality is integral to the notion of schizophrenia, since it has often been defined in part by reference to being "out of touch" with reality.
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	Game show -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A panel game usually involves a celebrity panel answering questions about a specialist field such as (An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition) sport or (An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner) music and is often played for laughs as much as points.
		In a reality show the competition usually lasts several days or even weeks and a competitor's progress through the game is based on some form of popularity contest, usually a kind of (Click link for more info and facts about disapproval voting) disapproval voting by their fellow competitors or members of the public.
		In the US, television game shows fell out of favor in the (The decade from 1950 to 1959) 1950s after it was revealed that favored contestants on (Click link for more info and facts about The $64,000 Question) The $64,000 Question and other shows had been given answers and coached by the producers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/game_show.htm (3717 words)

	Xbox.com :: Toxic Grind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the year 2097, BMX riding has been outlawed and a twisted reality game show is the showcase for public execution of these fugitives.
		The maniacal host of the show, Dixon Von Blass, has eliminated all but a handful of these riders and resorted to risky time travel technology to pluck new contestants from the past to fuel his gladiatorial exhibition.
		The only way to survive the deadly game show is to complete objectives, avoid deadly obstacles and pull off insane tricks all the while avoiding Dixon's henchmen.
	www.xbox.com /en-gb/toxicgrind (359 words)

	Articles - Alternate reality game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		At its peak, this game was being played simultaneously by many thousands of users, and created something of a cultural phenomenon when it was released; it was referred to by its developers (and now by players, as well) as "The Beast", and is considered the granddaddy of the genre it created.
		In September of 2002, ABC brought Alternate Reality Gaming to the television screen with the show Push, Nevada.
		Unfortunately, the show was cancelled mid-season, and all of the remaining clues were released to the public.
	www.anfolk.com /articles/Alternate_reality_game (1433 words)

	All Reality Tv Game Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Reality TV World 8/6/05 Russian reality TV show broadcast results in arrest of participant...
		example of a reality game show is Big Brother, a show which still...
		Unfortunately, since the nature of the game is such that reruns are not likely...
	www.tvcenteronline.com /TV/allrealitytvgameshow.html (342 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - CBS Happy With 'Big Brother' Finale
		While the show has been labeled as boring by some media critics, and did not draw the same ratings highs as CBS' fellow reality-based game show "Survivor," the net isn't complaining.
		The reality-based game show drew a strong 7.2 household rating/ 13 share, representing the best performance for the show in the Friday timeslot.
		Where the show made the most strides is in capturing a younger demographic for the net.
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	Reality Show Winner Wins Transsexual? - Alien Soup
		Reality shows increasingly rely on duping their contestants.
		The show "Joe Millionaire" depicted a group of young women who thought they were wooing a millionaire who was in fact a construction worker.
		Another U.S. show, "Boy Meets Boy," featured a man courted by other men only to discover that some of his suitors are heterosexual.
	forums.aliensoup.com /showthread.php?t=8748 (256 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Producer Says: Reality Show Rigged!
		After Jaffe's departure from the show in Spring 2001, 12 of the 13 contestants were convinced to shoot or re-shoot new scenes for the game show, with Los Angeles' Griffith Park Bird Sanctuary and Bronson Caves standing in for the Hawaiian island.
		Contestant Jacqueline Kelly says she was told that the show would not go on the air as is and if she wanted her prize money that she had to take part in the re-shoot.
		Hash Shaalan, the show's original referee who determined the validity of all paintball hits, was cut out from the final version, as was the show's original host, Sibila Vargas.
	tv.zap2it.com /news/tvnewsdaily.html?19973 (988 words)

	Sports Gambling Forum - REALITY T.V. GAME SHOW....
		The megarich mogul is backing a new reality-TV game show that gives contestants 30 minutes to spend $1 million.
		On the show, each contestant is given a credit card called "the Trump Card," the show's executive producer, David Russo, said.
		Led by white-hot "Survivor II" and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," "Billionaire" is the latest of a slew of reality shows that have dominated network TV for almost two years.
	www.bettorsworld.com /web/forums/showthread.php?t=7389 (473 words)

	ABC's Big Baby Brouhaha - Apr 29, 2004 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I will watch this show only to contact their sponsors and let them know I will stop using their products, then I will not be watching again.
		The baby who serves as the show's unwitting star was actually born in October and placed with one of the families that appear in the program.
		The show is scheduled to air Friday night, protests from celebrity spoon-benders and infuriated viewers notwithstanding.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,14001,00.html (666 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly: Small Screen Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Once-hot game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is hovering near cancellation, despite ABC's secret last-ditch plans to replace Regis Philbin with Kid Rock and move the set to a strip club.
		Times be bad for reality and game-show programming, and yet two networks are rushing to get more of it on the air--even worse, "The Chamber" (Fox, Fridays) and "The Chair" (ABC, Tuesdays) are the same damn show.
		Both shows are pure crap, but "The Chamber" has the sadistic edge with its kooky weather-torture gimmick.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2002/01_24/cinema_smallscreen1.html (563 words)

	The Hottest Reality Game Show of the Summer Has No Winners
		Summer’s hottest new reality show has just debuted -- it’s called “Who Wants to Govern a Failing State?” California’s current Governor, Gray Davis, stands to be “voted off the island” in the October 7 recall election, and literally hundreds of contestants are vying to take his place.
		As in any good reality game show, the cast of characters ranges from salacious exhibitionists (Larry Flynt, porn star Marey Carey) to backstabbing opportunists (Arianna Huffington, Lt. Gov Cruz Bustamante) to the more serious contestants (State Senator Tom McClintock, Governor Davis) who will struggle to grab headlines from their entertaining competition (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Coleman).
		But even with three of the top contenders gone from the race, there remains a terribly long list of people who are angling for their eight weeks in the spotlight.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/960615/posts (792 words)

	TVgameshows.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		One of the nation's longest-running lottery game shows is biting the dust after a 16-year run.
		In sitcom fashion, at the end of the show, in the garage was Arthur's year supply of one of game shows' classic parting gifts.
		A journey which began as The Game Show Convention Center and expanded into a daily wire service in the summer of 1999 is about to ring down the curtain.
	www.tvgameshows.net (4400 words)

	Openwave - Inside the Wave - Digital Cops and Robbers: TV Game Show Drives Mobile Usage
		Position X is a Swedish reality game show that allows viewers at home to play along with the contestants using Telia's location service on their mobile phones.
		The teens have just spotted "the hunters," part of a Swedish television game show called Position X that lets viewers play along by using their cell phones.
		The real fun begins when the home audience gets involved using their Telia Position X service.
	www.openwave.com /us/openwave_iq/inside_the_wave/2003/january/telia.htm (502 words)

	Court TV Online - U. S. - 'Survivor' reality game show names finalists
		Instead, the network pleaded for the media to restrain itself from trying to contact participants and their families because it wants to keep secret who wins the show's $1 million prize.
		It's part of the trend of reality television that some believe hit its nadir when Rockwell wed a stranger, Darva Conger, on Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire" last month.
		In a Swedish version of the game three years ago, a losing contestant committed suicide a month after returning home.
	www.courttv.com /archive/national/2000/0314/survivor_ap.html (575 words)

	08/16/01: Reality Game Show Fraud Part Deux: Evidence of Rigging on "MANHUNT" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A third of the passengers are actors from commercials (my estimate).
		Maybe the studios producing them file paperwork with the FCC stating that they are fiction dramas designed to look like live shoots.
		I don't think there's any disclosure rule regarding misleading the public when a program isn't a game show or actually "shot live".
	www.mrcranky.com /movies/americanpie2/132.html (170 words)

	ALREADY MORE THAN 300 WANT TO BOARD THE ARK - THE WORLD'S FIRST INTERNET REALITY GAME SHOW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mary Magdalene, Job and Esther are emerging as people's favorites on The Ark, the world's first Internet reality game show.
		Created by shippoffools.com, The Ark is a 3D world with the look and feel of a computer game, and will set sail on Easter Sunday 20 April 2003.
		The Divine Dozen will play games, complete tasks, overcome crises, discuss big issues of the day and argue over whose turn it is to muck out the gorillas.
	www.assistnews.net /ansarticle.asp?URL=Stories/s03010083.htm (522 words)

	Off the Kuff: Reality game show death match!
		Two new game shows on ABC and Fox battle it out in court over who had the idea first.
		Apparently, both shows require contestants to answer questions under extreme conditions, like 150 degree heat and high winds.
		If I'm Fox and I want to differentiate my show, I'd make one of the adverse conditions be answering questions while getting a lapdance from busty bikini babes, so as to tie in with "Temptation Island".
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/001342.html (160 words)

	USATODAY.com - Twist on 'Survivor' churns up the waters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Message boards are jammed with fans debating the game's twist, which has rankled some die-hards.
		With the Outcast twist, CBS hopes to recapture the mystique and ratings that surrounded Survivor back when it was the only reality game show in town.
		Burnett said the idea to bring outcasts back into the game was partly inspired by this summer's hit movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2003-11-05-survivor-change_x.htm (666 words)

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