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Certainly not a good sign that the valuation of the stock continues to decline, but I'm not sure if this is as big a deal as people are making it out to be. If they want to avoid being delisted, all they have to do is do a reverse stock split. For example, they could trade investors 1 share of stock for their current 10 shares of stock. The total ownership percentage/value owned by each customer stays the same, but stock price would be multiplied by 10 at that point. I think ETrade did that a couple years ago.

The bigger concern is that the whole company is valued at like $50 million, which is less than the real value of a single good game's IP. Seems to me like a good opportunity for a larger company to swoop in and buy up whatever's valuable at bargain prices.

The key is now spoken for.

Let me know if you want it. Assholes need not apply (there's too damn many of those playing this game as it is).

I was reading this article about James Harrison (a great read if you're into football) and came across the following quote:

The colleges that pursued him (Ohio State and Michigan State, among many) turned their backs, and even Kent State pulled its scholarship offer when he bombed his ACTs. If his parents hadn’t borrowed money to send him there, he’d probably be driving a semi now and playing beer-league football. He repaid them by not going to class for a year, holed up with the video game Final Fantasy VII; it took Mildred showing up with a moving van to scare some sense into him.

Given my own history with Final Fantasy VII, I can certainly identify with that.

@Jadeskye: No idea, but it's a great game. Stay excited.

The Star Control series is on sale today at Good Old Games (including a package of 1+2, and a separate 3) for a total of $6. Seems well worth it to me. Star Con 2 is one of my all-time favorite games. The gameplay of Star Con 3 I found to be a worthy successor. I liked the plot as well, although I realize this is a sore spot for a lot of fans of the series because the brilliant folks behind 2 were shut out of the writing for 3. Still, can't beat the price for a classic series....

Full story here.  Shortened version: Notch is willing to put this all on a game of Quake 3.  If Bethesda wins, he'll change the name.  If Notch wins, he gets to keep it.  I like the idea, although I also think ZeniMax is really overzealous here in their trademark protection efforts.  As a practicing attorney, though, I would be completely shocked if anything came of this.  I can't imagine a legal department litigious enough to make the claims they've already made here would accept a resolution like this.
 
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