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Gamespy for sale
October 23rd 2003, 23:36 CEST by Quicken

Rumours are that Gamespy is on the market and there is no shortage of interested buyers.

Of course it's hardly substantiated since it seems NY Post is the only place running the story. But I can see there'd be plenty of interest and probably no better time to sell. I wouldn't even be surprised if the "unnamed major portal" was Yahoo. Would new owners bring a whole new world of grief to us or is GSI corporate enough already that no one would notice the difference. Let the Gamespy bashing begin!

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#123 by Bailey
2003-10-24 20:58:06

Yes you can! You're empowered!

Scorn is a virtue.

#124 by CheesyPoof
2003-10-24 21:00:06

I should just stick to pong.

#125 by Trolly McTroll
2003-10-24 21:12:11

How ironic, I'm eating Cheesy Poofs, and you're a robot. Nuttles

"..and Trolly McTroll is the best name EVER. I laugh every time I see it." - ZEP
" If i ever have a daughter, I'm going to name her Trolly. - The_Joker
"Great, we are being trolled by Paul Schaffer. - LPMiller
"heh." - Squeaky

#126 by Warren Marshall
2003-10-24 21:15:07

Cheesy's posts are a lot more entertaining when you apply the Bender voice.

Respawn Games
Open your mind, let the beatings begin.

#127 by Your Friend
2003-10-24 21:23:44

So this function wouldn't work to do what he wants?

For most games (particularly commercial Actiony games), no it wouldn't work. These programs work by sending Windows messages like WM_KEYDOWN that the target programs will then process in their Windows MsgProc loop. The problem with that is most games sample input by reading the state of the keyboard directly using DirectInput as a direct link to the keyboard hardware. This happens at a lower level than Windows messages so the game never sees the phantom input that these programs send.

YMMV depending on game but the vast majority use DInput or GetAsyncKeyState() and ignore standard Windows messages.

"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."

#128 by bago
2003-10-24 21:43:01

Hack the keyboard driver!

I think there's a whole new way of thinking that sex doesn't necessarily sell - kittens are the new sex.

#129 by Fugazi(werking)
2003-10-24 21:46:59

Hack the Planet!

#130 by Bailey
2003-10-24 21:50:50

Beating you both, throwing you inside a locker!

Scorn is a virtue.

#131 by Squeaky
2003-10-24 21:54:52

taking the locker, giveing it to Davis Jones

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#132 by Squeaky
2003-10-24 21:55:10

me spell good

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#133 by Darkseid-D
2003-10-24 22:27:43

Davy Jones has a big locker.

Not sure about the rest of the Monkees.

Do not go gently into that good night.
Old age should burn and rage at the close of day.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

#134 by bago
2003-10-24 23:18:52

Trapped in a locker with a low rent punk punk band awaiting the decree of an aging monkee.

How times have changed...

I think there's a whole new way of thinking that sex doesn't necessarily sell - kittens are the new sex.

#135 by Shadarr
2003-10-24 23:30:04

PA has an article up about the aptly named Phantom console. Apart from the usual stuff implying that the whole thing is an investment scam, there's a note at the bottome about their trademarked slogan "By gamers, for gamers." Wasn't that Interplay's slogan?

#136 by Squeaky
2003-10-24 23:37:35

"NVidia's NV36 graphics card." All the controllers and peripherals were made by Logitech, cord connected at first but wireless if you upgrade. He also said that currently the box was running on a standard ATX motherboard, which explained the console's size.

So how is the phantom different from a PC?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#137 by Squeaky
2003-10-24 23:39:39

Epoxy Encapsulation of Critical ROMs.

I love their high-tech anti-piracy protection.

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#138 by Shadarr
2003-10-24 23:47:12

So how is the phantom different from a PC?

It's crippled in various ways. No CD or floppy drives, non-upgradeable, can't play regular PC games.

#139 by Ashiran
2003-10-24 23:48:21

Also, it does not exist.

AND DON'T ADD A SMILEY AFTER EVERY GODDAMN THING YOU SAY!

#140 by Your Friend
2003-10-24 23:58:40

Infinium's slogan is "BUILT BY GAMERS FOR GAMERS". Interplay's is "BY GAMERS. FOR GAMERS".

Both are officially "live" USPTO marks (Interplay's TM hasn't lapsed) . Infinium's is a servicemark as opposed to a trademark, but considering how related the fields are (both dealing with videogames), I'm pretty surprised that Infinium's registration wasn't denied. Might be an interesting lawsuit in the near future...

"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."

#141 by Darkseid-D
2003-10-24 23:59:18

Phantom == XBox in another guise

Specwise anyway, apart from you can actually buy an Xbox and there are dedicated games for it.....

Do not go gently into that good night.
Old age should burn and rage at the close of day.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

#142 by Shadarr
2003-10-25 00:00:30

Yeah, everything I've ever seen screams scam. If this thing actually sees the light of day, I'll be very surprised. I'm actually surprised he's going this route and taking it this far, since it's garnering a lot of public scrutiny. Maybe if they release a POS and it dies a public death in the marketplace, the investors can't sue him.

#143 by Your Friend
2003-10-25 00:07:12

So how is the phantom different from a PC?

The real question, given their marketing angle, is how could it possibly be worth $120 more than an XBOX or be worth the same per-month fee Microsoft charges for the highest price XBOX live pricing scheme.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

You can see the crash and burn coming 10 miles away. The smouldering wreckage will burn brightly right next to the n-gage and Sony's PSP (to a lesser degree, but still an obvious distaster-in-the making)

"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."

#144 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 00:31:24

The thing I can't get over is that even if you buy one at the store, you have to get it shipped to you. Excuse me? Why the fuck would I expend the effort to give a retailer my money, when I can't take it home with me? And the fact that you have to ship it back to the manufacturers for upgrades is a disaster in the making. Who's gonna pay the shipping costs?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#145 by None-1a
2003-10-25 00:51:59

The fact you can upgrade the ram at all is a disaster in the making.

#146 by Bailey
2003-10-25 00:55:06

So we'll be seeing "Minimum Phantom Requirements, Recommended Phantom Upgrades" on the little white label for their products, if they had labels, since they exist only online and in the creators' diseased minds?

Scorn is a virtue.

#147 by Warren Marshall
2003-10-25 01:10:09

An upgradable console? This'll be a great train wreck to watch.

Respawn Games
Open your mind, let the beatings begin.

#148 by JMCDaveL
2003-10-25 01:16:48

Were you asleep when the Genesis 32X came out?

--jmc

#149 by Shadarr
2003-10-25 01:21:58

The thing I can't get over is that even if you buy one at the store, you have to get it shipped to you.

This is among the many things that sets my scam alarms a-jangling. If they say "allow 6-8 weeks for shipping," that gives them two months to collect money before anyone even notices that they have never made a single prototype.

#150 by Bailey
2003-10-25 01:28:17

I was in a coma after the SegaCD, actually.

Scorn is a virtue.

#151 by jjohnsen
2003-10-25 01:50:09

There is no cd with a game on it. All Phantom content is downloaded. So if you lose a hard drive do you have to re-download every game you own?

#152 by Shadarr
2003-10-25 01:54:20

I'm sure that's just one of the many things they haven't thought very hard about.

#153 by Bailey
2003-10-25 01:57:44

Having a really hard time understanding why anyone is giving these jokers the time of day, aside from the comedic value.

Scorn is a virtue.

#154 by Ryslin
2003-10-25 02:30:13

Comedic Gold mine. It will give us giggles for YEARS .. YEARS I say!

Zang! Who is that, running over the desert! It is Ryslin, hands clutching a bladed baseball bat! And with a spectacular grunt, her voice cometh:

"I'm going to spank you beyond mortal comprehension, then bake cookies!"

#155 by Bailey
2003-10-25 02:53:50

Actually, it was pretty much tapped out after the first press release.

Scorn is a virtue.

#156 by mgns
2003-10-25 03:11:46

It's a monument to the irrationality of the human attention span when a made-up gaming console can steal precious mocking time away from 3d realms, no?

Turn out the light, bolt the door.
I ain't going out there no more.

#157 by mgns
2003-10-25 03:12:35

Punctuation and capitalization is for terrorists.

/me is also dwunk. hooray!

Turn out the light, bolt the door.
I ain't going out there no more.

#158 by Warren Marshall
2003-10-25 03:35:45

#157 mgns

/me is also dwunk. hooray!

"dwunk" makes me want to punch you. A lot.

Respawn Games
Open your mind, let the beatings begin.

#159 by Bailey
2003-10-25 03:36:31

I'll hold him down.

Scorn is a virtue.

#160 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 03:53:05

Can I curb-stomp him?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#161 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 04:06:17

I just wanted to say, researching the history of UNIX is fun.

Bailey, do you still offer Baileytron services?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#162 by Desiato
2003-10-25 04:20:42

Unix - the domain of the bearded and smelly.

...like the color of a tv screen tuned to a dead channel.

#163 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 04:21:36

#162 Desiato

Unix - the domain of the bearded and smelly.

heh, that could make a great title for my paper.

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#164 by jjohnsen
2003-10-25 04:34:17

My beard despises any association with Unix.

#165 by G-Man
2003-10-25 04:52:34

Squeaky in #163 said:

heh, that could make a great title for my paper.

I'd say your paper has been preempted.

#166 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 04:56:03

#165 G-Man

Squeaky in #163 said:

heh, that could make a great title for my paper.

I'd say your paper has been preempted.

what?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#167 by Bailey
2003-10-25 05:05:25

Squeaky

Bailey, do you still offer Baileytron services?

Depends on whether you want the shtick or the head-crushing.

Scorn is a virtue.

#168 by G-Man
2003-10-25 05:14:54

Someone else (Eric S. Raymond no less) has already written a great history of Unix, so why bother?

#169 by Greg
2003-10-25 05:29:19

He might as well kill himself now, as anything he's likely to do has already been done.

We are OK in a misguided, sadist way.
We are OK in a disabled veteran's way.
We are OK.

#170 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 05:30:00

#168 G-Man

Someone else (Eric S. Raymond no less) has already written a great history of Unix, so why bother?

So I can pass this stupid course, get a diploma, and transfer to some sort of university to get some sort of degree?

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#171 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 05:30:37

#169 Greg

He might as well kill himself now, as anything he's likely to do has already been done.

Yeah, so? I'm not looking to do anything new. And neither is my instructor.

JUSTIN BAILEY
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#172 by Squeaky
2003-10-25 05:32:56

And besides, I'm not trying to write The Absolute Definiative History of UNIX. More like an abridged, Coles Notes version.

JUSTIN BAILEY
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