Entertainment services in the nature of providing personalized and interactive television programming, namely, distribution of interactive television programming via a global computer network; providing on-line information regarding television programming, entertainment, sports and cultural activities; providing entertainment information, namely, providing information on the video game and computer game industries, video games, computer games and related products; interactive game services, namely, providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable interactive multi-player game software over cable and satellite networks, wireless networks, computer networks and global computer networks; electronic messaging services and chat rooms for transmission of messages among computer users concerning interactive games played over cable and satellite networks, wireless networks, computer networks and global communications networks; providing temporary use of non-downloadable computer games and video games that can be accessed and played over cable and satellite networks, wireless networks, computer networks and global communications networks