Phantom is back with a brand new invention

Sorry for the obligitory Vanilla Ice reference, I just thought it fit quite well with this sizzlin' story, yes that's right, sizzlin'.

Phantom Entertainment, the developer previously known as Infinium Labs, has announced that they are dropping the idea of creating their own physical receiver, you know... hardware that should have existed 2 years ago. Instead, they will be making their broad-band games on demand client available via Windows and people will access it through their home PC.

According to their website, "The Company intends to modify the Phantom Game Service software to run as client software on personal computers operating Windows and Windows XP Media center operating systems."

Well, I'm calling shenanigans on this statement, as it leads the consumer *cough* investors *cough* to believe that they actually have software that does more than say "Hello World".

My take on this? Isn't this just a huge cop-out from a company now infamous for multi-million dollar failures/cop-outs? They've been trumping this proprietary hardware idea as much as their software and after a belabored 4 years and multiple CEO's later they've canned it in trade for the much simpler task of writing a Windows executable.

Damn guys, well done? How's that stock treatin' ya? Getting ready to sell? Maybe? Recoup some cash, and maybe some shreds of dignity? Naw, screw that, keep saying you're actually going to work in the morning and doing more than surfing the net for asian pornography and Taiwanese mail-order brides, people have proven that they will continue to pour money into your sinking ship so let them.

As a side note, Phantom Entertainment is currently accepting orders for their keyboard... with a price tag of only $129.99. But wait, the best part is that it's not available yet, pay now for something that is "due out in November". Hmm... I'm usually a preorder buff, but I don't know how I feel about ordering something from a Vaporware.net site.

\\drew