The Black Box - Mar 27, 2007 - 04:58am
In defense of Sega: 1, the Dreamcast went up against PS2, not the original PlayStation. It was Saturn vs PS1. Incidentally, Saturn had 'NetLink', but that's generally pushed to the side, along with the MegaModem and Sega Channel. 2, Although not specifically for Phantasy Star Online, Sega *did* sell optional keyboards and mice for Dreamcast. There were also several third-party adapters to allow you to use PC keyboards and mice (PS/2 was the preferred configuration). Sega also found more to do with keyboards than just internet; see 'Typing of the Dead'. 3, Nobody online? Bear in mind, there was almost a full 15 months between when Dreamcast was released, and when PS2 hit store shelves. For 15 months, everybody had or wanted a Dreamcast; not just the Sega faithful, but also all the hardware whores who have to have whatever is the newest thing out there; and my many weekends that went missing thanks to 'Quake III Arena' online can attest to the fact that people were online. (Why is 'Quake III Arena' STILL the only game that allowed console and PC games to play together?)

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Sam Neill knows nothing about "Jurassic Park 4" - Mar 08, 2007 - 04:43am
Where's the "news" discussing how Michael Crichton feels about JP4? (Just sayin' that I'd hardly consider this to be news.) Man, the whole thing is so tired -- JP was a phenomenal book which translated into a great movie; after that, it went downhill quick: "The Lost World" read like a quickly-conceived cash-in, which the film then couldn't even be bothered to follow beyond the first 25 minutes or so. If you want to think JP3 was great, that's fine, but in that case, JP4 should have Jean-Claude Van Damme kickboxing with the raptors or something: it'd have about as much to offer plot-wise, and give you just about as much of an action fix.

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Sony – A Giant Toppled - Feb 19, 2007 - 10:17am
Would the sort of emulation that you're talking about be legal? Yes -- not only did the judge in the Bleem! case (and the Bleem!cast case) side with Bleem!, but it's a legal decision that dates back to Atari v. Mattel, when Mattel created an adapter that would allow Atari 2600 games to be played on Intellivision. Courts have long believed that as long as no copyrights on the games are being infringed, there's no harm in allowing said games to boot on other systems. Would Sony ever consider actually taking that route? I seriously doubt it at this point; I think they'd consider it, but they also would have to think about the court costs associated, and after repeatedly filing suit on two companies (Bleem! and Lik-sang) to drive them out of business, as well as Blu-ray's general failure, and that of the PS3, I don't think Sony would have the financial ability to stand up to, say, Microsoft using Sony's own bullying tactics.

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