Blister was a TV show

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 that aired on G4

G4 (TV channel)

G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Blister featured game

Game

A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...

 trailers and videos narrated by the host in the style of game's main character

Player character

A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...

. It was hosted by Bill Sindelar.

History

Blister was the first show to air on G4 when it launched in 2002. The show was very popular with fans, as was the host Bill Sindelar. The show went to E3, interviewed famous industry insiders, and looked at action games. Blister Declassified premiered in 2003, which was Sindelar's quest to find Polybius

Polybius (game)

Polybius is a supposed arcade game featured in an Internet urban legend. According to the story, the Tempest-style game was released to the public in 1981, and caused its players to go insane, causing them to suffer from intense stress, horrific nightmares, and even suicidal tendencies. A short...

. The 3rd and final part is said to have been filmed when G4 announced the cancellation of the series in early 2004 due to budget problems. The final episode aired was Skunk'd, a parody of MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's Punk'd

Punk'd

Punk'd is an American hidden camera/practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003 and was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher. It bore a resemblance to both the classic hidden camera show Candid Camera and to TV's Bloopers...

. The 3rd and final part of Blister Declassified never aired.

Blister was produced by Mike Dunn and Jonathan Solin, both, still working at G4. Jonathan Solin is a segment producer on X-Play and has appeared on air as The Canadian Guy and Tingle from the Legend of Zelda

Blister Declassified Part 3-revealed the answers of Polybius, but, was never aired.

Notable episodes

• Blister Declassified Part 1: Part 1 of the Search for Polybius.
• Blister Declassified Part 2: Part 2 of the Search for Polybius.
• Halloween 2003: Sindelar became paranoid when he could not find his games. Fan Favorite.
• End Year Sindelatactular 2003: Year end special that aired at the end of 2003. Was intended to be an annual event, but Blister was cancelled months later.
• Skunk'd: Parody of MTV's Punk'd, Sindelar played jokes on his fellow G4 hosts. Final episode.