Click that first link. The web of connections is awesome... in a "how to extort your company" way...
Ahh yes, Stephan Eriksson. Ex-Gizmondo Europe executive. Who left when it was discovered that he, as well as several other Gizmondo execs, had spent several years in jail in Sweden for being a member of the Swedish Mafia. Who sold games from companies they owned to the company they ran (Gizmondo), pocketing the money in the process. Who then came to the US, at least in part to escape creditors. With three cars... which he stopped paying the bank payments on, lost the titles to, and kept anyway. Which worked for him, until he crashed one a while back... :D
And now he's in jail with $7.5 million in bail needed, for the $5.2 million that the cars are worth in total (including the destroyed Ferrari Enzo, another Enzo, and a listed-as-stolen Mercedes McLaren SLR) plus some for being a flight risk. And Gizmondo is near bankruptcy.
Oh, I left out the middle part... the 162-mile-an-hour crash into a telephone pole on a California highway... Eriksson's claims that he wasn't driving, the "missing driver", "Dietrich" was instead... the "other car" the Enzo was racing, which wasn't there, and its passenger "Trevor", who left a loaded gun in the glove compartment of someone who stopped at the crash site... the first "homeland security officers" who responded, and left with "Trevor"... how "Trevor" later dissapeared on fellow ex-Gizmondo exec Carl Freer's yacht... and I thought just the fact that a major gaming company (even Gizmondo) was employing several ex-mafia members as senior executives was a big story! :D
Makin' our country free, for you and meeeeee! We violate more rights by 9 AM than most criminals do all day! Seriously, guns drawn and "freeze" right off the bat? Unless the guy had a katana strapped to his back, I would think a polite "what's going on?" and a small questioning session would suffice, and if the guy ran after that, THEN they can tell him to freeze.
You'll notice they went after the ninja, but there were no PIRATE arrests forthcoming! I mean, sure the ninjas are all backflipping into bushes and trees and stuff, but the pirates were swinging from ropes shouting "avast ye ya scurvy dogs!"!
You're basically a male nun!
and if you have your own son,
if you're not shoving trig down his throat,
You'll be sticking something up his bum!
This post might get you thinking
That we hate you and you'd be wrong
cuz dont you see DMiller,
It's why I wrote this song!
This summer, one man will do the unthinkable: plunge headlong into the very realm of The Beast itself. Showing no fear what-so-ever, he will stand face to face with It and something something and so on.
In reality, it's just me making the long trip aaaaaaaaallllll the way to Fort Collins, Colorado to meet face-to-face with none other than OB1 himself. If all goes according to plan, I will make the trip this June and provide you all with humorous images that you may laugh at for hours on end.
Enter any artist or song title, and it searches this obscenely large library to help you find songs and artists similar to ones you already like, helping to expand your musical tastes. It does so in the form of custom stations, which let you listen to the music.
I'm in love with it already. It works well. :love:
Ten eggs found! chocolate eaten (before breakfast!) and everyone's wearing nice clothes (hot wife!), come on Tendo City get in the spirit and nail a jew to something!
HAPPY EASTER!
edit - in case you cant guess, this is lazy. I cant believe my nephew spelled it axidently. Go Public Schools!
it's kind of old news, but I figure this place could use anything...
Quote:Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) today announced it has purchased U.K.-based Lionhead Studios, one of the world's leading and most innovative video game developers and creators of "Fable," the hit Xbox and Windows franchise.
Lionhead Studios will immediately begin creating content exclusively for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows platforms. The companies previously worked together on the popular role-playing games "Fable" for Xbox and "Fable: The Lost Chapters" for Xbox and Windows, which have collectively surpassed the 2 million global unit sales milestone, making "Fable" the best-selling role-playing franchise on the Xbox platform. "Fable" and "Fable: The Lost Chapters" enable players to make decisions that affect their character's skills, appearances and morality and the world around them.
"At Microsoft Game Studios we have worked hard to become the best partner for the best creative talent in our industry, and this acquisition underscores our commitment to excellence," said Shane Kim, general manager of Microsoft Game Studios. "Peter Molyneux is one of the few true visionaries in our industry, and his joining us is incredibly important to the future of both interactive entertainment and MGS. Lionhead is a shining example of the innovative and creative talent that has delivered some of the most influential and unique games experiences to date, and I am honored to welcome Peter and the incredible people at Lionhead Studios."
"We could not be more excited about being part of MGS. They have long supported our creative vision, and this teamwork resulted in the hugely successful 'Fable' franchise," said Molyneux, managing director of Lionhead Studios. "This acquisition gives Lionhead the stability and opportunity to focus on creating world-class next-generation titles. We are joining some of the most incredible game creators in the industry, the combined talent of which will truly take next-generation gaming to a new level."
With today's announcement, Lionhead Studios becomes the latest member of MGS, joining such prestigious and globally recognised game creators as Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios, FASA Studio and Rare Ltd. on a team whose charter is to create exclusive entertainment experiences that differentiate Xbox 360 and Windows from other gaming platforms.
IMO, Microsoft is creating a respectable stable of first party developers. Lionhead may be a tad over-rated, but their games are better than average, some may even say great.
I wonder if Fable 2, Dmitri, and BC will be at E3 is some form or another?
I wonder who else Microsoft has their eyes on? Slicon Knights? Mistwalker? Probably best to see how well their games sell first.
I doubt you care. In fact, I expect at least one of you to make a comment about how this is already available on the PC and the console version can't possibly be as good and why would anyone play the console version when there is a pc version and a kb + m is so much better than a controller and have you ever thought about having sex with your mom's best friends and and and...
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