Game Head

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Game Head

Game Head 2005-2007 logo
Format video game journalism
Starring Geoff Keighley, Amanda MacKay (2007-08), Daniel Kayser (2007-08)
Country of origin USA
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Spike TV
Original run January 14, 2005 – January 18, 2008
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Game Head was a television show about video games hosted by games journalist Geoff Keighley. It aired every Saturday morning at 1 a.m. Eastern Time Spike TV in the U.S. and Canada. According to Spike TV it is the highest rated video game show on television, and consistently has higher ratings than anything on G4 or MTV2.[1]

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[edit] Overview

In the program, host Keighley is seen on location with a company or has a special guest (such as infamous film director Uwe Boll or professional gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel), and does an interview that goes on throughout the show. During the program, game previews, reviews, and small trivia facts are interspersed during the program.

[edit] Notable episodes

Past shows have included interviews with Boll, current Nintendo of America President and Chief Operating Officer Reggie Fils-Aime, and fashion designer Marc Ecko. Shows have also focused on the best of E³ 2006, featuring editors from internet gaming site GameSpot, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences's D.I.C.E. Summit, including an interview with the former head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division Peter Moore, and the 8th Annual Independent Games Festival.

[edit] Exclusive information on new games

The show is known for divulging exclusive information on new games. In 2006, the show unveiled the first footage of Medal of Honor: Airborne and an exclusive reveal of the Barbarian King boss fight in God of War II. It was also the first TV on the set of the movie Resident Evil: Extinction, and unveiled how the game character Albert Wesker would look in the movie.

[edit] Celebrity guests

A number of celebrities have also appeared as guests, including Clint Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and even Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Starting on January 25, the series has been renamed GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley and has featured a slightly different format and further incorporation of GameTrailers hosts Amanda MacKay and Daniel Kayser.

[edit] Episode guide

[edit] Season 1

[edit] Season 2

[edit] Season 3

[edit] Season 4

During the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 13, 2006, a 30-second commercial revealed that Game Head will return for a fourth season in 2007. Commercials stated that new episodes would premiere on Fridays at 1 AM in January. However, the first new episode actually aired on Friday, February 2, 2007. The start of season 4 brought with it a new logo (seen above) and new graphics throughout the show. Other new additions include a ratings score for game reviews, based on a 10-point scale, and a Game Head Icon segment, highlighting an iconic character in video game history. Also, a feature called Open World lists the top-selling games at a given independent video game retailer.

[edit] Season 5

In January 2008 it was announced that the 5th season Game Head would be relaunched as GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley, further aligning the show with MTV's popular gaming site GameTrailers. The format of the show is largely the same as Game Head, although game reviews are now handled by GameTrailers.com so the scores match those on the website. The show was also re-launched in high-definition on SpikeHD and is available in HD on GameTrailers.com and Xbox Live Marketplace

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://mediakit.spiketv.com/pdf/25019.pdf

[edit] External links