Evening Q&As

[Jun 08, 2005, 8:31 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Fantastic Four
The Fantastic 4 Q&A on TotalVideoGames talks with Jeff Gardiner, lead designer at 7 Studios, about the upcoming comic/movie tie-in: "The game follows the general story arc of the movie, but also delves into some side-plots that feature environments and enemies pulled straight from the comic book universe. This has allowed us to put more action into the game than we could normally develop out of an ‘origins’ story. We think it will be extremely exciting and rewarding for fans of the original comic to come across such familiar faces as Moleman and Diablo. The story was written by Zak Penn (writer of X2: X-Men United), Martin Signore and myself."
Infinium Labs
Twistedmonkey Kevin Bachus Q&A Part 1 kicks off a conversation with Infinium about the Phantom console system: "Well you know if you read some websites gamers have never trusted Infinium Labs. (Laughs) Look, I know that a lot of people have been burned in the past by mis-set expectations across the board in the games industry and so gamers, by nature, are very skeptical. Launching a new system like this as a startup company has been challenging and I think that it is appropriate for people to be skeptical. People were skeptical, like I said, I was joking a moment ago but people have been skeptical about this company from the start. I was skeptical about this company when I first heard about it. And so I think a healthy amount of skepticism is fair and appropriate and will continue until the product ships. I still believe to this day that there were a large number of folks throughout the world who believed the night before Xbox launched that it would startup and there’d be a desktop start menu there. And so it’s natural and it’s healthy."

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Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 9, 2005, 15:24

Steel Rockhard

My understanding is that venture capital generally comes from private partnerships or corporations funded by public and private pension funds, or plain-old rich folks. While my cartoon example of Granny losing the farm was a bit, um, silly, I think it's still fair to say the 'real people' can get hurt (if they let morons handle their money? Better?)

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 9, 2005, 06:43

asrof

I sincerely doubt anyones Grandma spent her last bit of life savings investing in infinium, however, making up scenarios like that will take you far in politics. Get going! Venture capital isn't typically invested by people who can't afford to lose it, or even individuals. It's unforunate that people have sunk millions of dollars into this company, but it's also unfortunate that they thought a brand new console was going to be able to compete at all especially when companies like Nintendo are steadily losing marketshare. I do love the comparison between xbox having a desktop and the phantom console EVEN EXISTING AT ALL. Yeah... I guess that matches up pretty good? Even if the comparison were valid, I think any company besides MS backing the xbox would of gone under by now.

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 9, 2005, 02:18

Steel Rockhard

"They burned through millions of dollars of venture capital (of which I am sure they compensated themselves well). I certainly don't feel sorry for them, and you'd be a damn fool to do so. I also don't feel sorry for the morons who invested in them either." I feel a little sorry for the morons. I can't help but think that someone's retirement-age parents are more than willing to toss money at a venture like that because their daughter's boyfriend's cousin (who "knows all about computers") says that video games are bigger than Hollywood! Know what I mean?

Infinite Questions

Jun 9, 2005, 02:06

Steel Rockhard

I saw a bit on G4's "Attack of the Show" about the Phantom. While -- for obvious reasons -- I was pretty amazed to actually see someone demoing the system on a (live?) game-related TV program, I was left with more than a few questions. With Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft (and Dell, Alienware, et. al.) vying for my attention... I feel I need less questions and a few more answers.

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 9, 2005, 01:44

Awesome Spume

What ever happened to the Apextreme?

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 9, 2005, 01:38

Riley Pizt

I feel some sort of sick sympathy for them They burned through millions of dollars of venture capital (of which I am sure they compensated themselves well). I certainly don't feel sorry for them, and you'd be a damn fool to do so. I also don't feel sorry for the morons who invested in them either. I would only feel sorry for their customers if they had actually started collecting money from them for "advance subscriptions." This comment was edited on Jun 9, 01:40.

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 8, 2005, 22:49

Overon

If you read the hard ocp article about the leadership of infinium labs, you would see that some of the have a history of getting investors and then running off after the ship sunk. SEC filings indicate that they believe they probably won't have the money they need to continue and they will fall apart. Here is the proof: http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/19/technology/personaltech/e3_phantom/ From their SEC filings: The company believes, based on past performance, that there is a high likelihood that sufficient capital will not be available ... and many or all of these milestones will be missed and the launch date will again shift and/or the company will go out of business. This comment was edited on Jun 8, 22:50.

Re: Infinium Labs

Jun 8, 2005, 21:55

nin

Last minute damage control before the rats abandon ship.

You know, on the one hand I can't stand these guys, yet on the other, after working at a .bomb (and having "the killer app", and all we needed was additional funding), I feel some sort of sick sympathy for them...

If you look at your reflection, is that all you want to be? http://www.nin.com




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Infinium Labs

Jun 8, 2005, 21:46

Michael Bolton's hair dresser

Last minute damage control before the rats abandon ship.

Dr. Michael Bolton's Hairdreser PhD, MD




Dr. Michael Bolton's Hairdreser PhD, MD, LLP, DDS

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