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Phantom Game Console

Posted by michael on from the jokes-are-almost-too-easy dept.

jasoncart writes "In a bold move newly formed US technology company Infinium Labs Corporation have announced the release of a new gaming console. They promise that it will be faster than any other console on the market, and have a huge games catalog (32k+ games apparently) available over broadband. Can they take on the big boys? Is broadband pentration high enough? Only time will tell - prototypes are promised in March." There's also an interview with their PR spokesdrone. *cough*Indrema.*cough*

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  1. More than 1.1 billion pigs killed each year by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More than 1.1 billion pigs are killed worldwide each year. For no reason.

    Pork is an unhealthy food source. Most people who eat pork also have access to other, non-meat foods.

    Pigs are some of the most intelligent beings on our planet. Why do we kill them by the billions? Just to enjoy the transient pleasure of tasting their flesh?

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    Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
  2. Hey! I've got an idea! by Tofino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gosh, gang! My uncle's got a barn! We could put on a play!

  3. Re:Some technical notes by ryants · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I was talking with my Uncle Isaac a few weeks ago about the game industry, and he brought this up.
    For a second there, I thought this was another gay pr0n troll.
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    Ryan T. Sammartino
    "Ancora imparo"

  4. Re:Some technical notes by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahahahahahahhaa

    excellent troll, my friend. Transmeta chip. I have tears in my eyes. Keep up the good work.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  5. In Soviet Russia, moderators troll YOU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Idiot moderators!

    The parent post mentions that this could be a MAME-in-a-box console.

    I was humorously pointing out what a mindboggling ginormous task it would be to license EVERY SINGLE ONE of those 32,000 (?!!!) ROM sets.

    Legitmately selling a "MAME" machine is nowhere near like downloading and running it on your PC. (And the dirty little secret of the MAME community is that for every person that actually owns the game they're playing on their computer, there's at least 10,000 people playing downloaded copies that they don't own.)

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia, moderators troll YOU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      the dirty little secret of the MAME community is that for every person that actually owns the game they're playing on their computer, there's at least 10,000 people playing downloaded copies that they don't own.

      This is a secret? Next you'll tell me most of the people on Kazaa are downloading mp3s of music they haven't paid for.

  6. Re:Michael: You're rude & ignorant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bitter old unemployed programmers

    Hah... isn't that another way of saying 'Open Source Programmer' ? :)

  7. Idiot poster! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That joke is so fucking tired it makes my eyes bleed just seeing it.

    You can't expect to get modded up posting it.

  8. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU GET ASS RAPED IN JAIL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Eh?

    1. Re:HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU GET ASS RAPED IN JAIL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You should be able to tell me sweety! Don't you remember? Now I don't feel so special anymore. *sob*

  9. +1 Insightful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic