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The Sordid Story Of The Gizmondo May Come To Movie Theaters
Tiger Telematics' spectacularly failed Gizmondo portable game machine may be the most exciting industry misfires of all time. Someone thinks it's potentially exciting enough to be brought to the silver screen. More »
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Comment by cfive3: In a world....*woosh of light across words on screen*Ruled by Nintendo....*Text fades in and out*One man....(picture of gizmondo guy fades... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Gizmondo 2 Is, Yes, Delayed
Gizmondo are itching for a rematch with the market. And this time, no Ferraris. Problem is, there's an economic downturn going on at the moment, which means Gizmondo 2 isn't in the best shape. More »
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Comment by dustintriplett: Is this really needed on the market? It's almost like the second coming of the N-gage. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Gizmondo 2.0 DEFINITELY Out By Christmas (This Year!)
There is absolutely no way this will not happen. Rich Jenkins of Media Power has let a Swedish journalist see the new Gizmondo and confirmed it will be on sale by the end of the year. This year, before you ask. More » -
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New Gizmondo Development Has Already Started
Today during Carl Freer's Georgia Tech speech, he revealed that while his company plans to release the Gizmondo with unchanged hardware (save for a new graphics chip) to the market in the near future, the company is already collaborating with NVIDIA on a completely new circuit board for a future Gizmondo.
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Liveblogging The Gizmondo GA Tech Lecture
Carl Freer founded Gizmondo back in 2002, the idea for the ultimate handheld gaming system stemming from a child tracking product he had been developing. Three years later he resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board, the company and product both having failed miserably. Now three years later, Freer is spearheading the relaunch of the Gizmondo, ready to take another shot at the market. In a talk entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media" at Georgia Tech, Freer will discuss his experience starting and running high tech companies, with a focus on the failure and forthcoming rebirth of the Gizmondo. Let's see what the man has to say. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by SadhikaEurypylus: He lied in this talk. Straight up. He said he didn't draw a salary. He was getting A million pounds... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Delayed Yet Again
Time to party like it's 2005! Former Gizmondo chairman Carl Freer must be experiencing some pretty hardcore déjà vu as he reluctantly tells Swedish news site Realtid.se that the little handheld that most definitely didn't would be pushed back to late 2008, missing the originally promised May relaunch date. My sentiments right now neatly echo Ashcraft's from back in October of 2005 - the umpteenth time the Gizmondo was delayed in the State. Who gives a rat's ass? The only way I will ever own a Gizmondo is if they shipped me a free one, and even then it better damn well not say Gizmondo on the box or I'll refuse delivery. More » -
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Gizmondo Rising Again In 2008? Yes, Says Plextek
Despite yesterdays excellent rumor smash performed by our sister site Gizmodo, it seems like the doomed Gizmondo handheld is destined to return to the market, thanks to the efforts of UK electronics design firm Plextek. Eurogamer spoke this morning with Plextek's technical director Ian Murphy, who confirmed the rumored resurrection."There are a few things to do, and it will be a while before that happens," Murphy continued. "But yes, the product has been recovered from the liquidators and we are bringing it back to market."
Murphy contends that the only reason the Gizmondo failed in the first place was an overall failure to get the product to market - a failure they plan to rectify later this year. While most of the Gizmondo folks - including convicted criminal and car abuser Stefan Eriksson - will not be attached to the project, former Gizmondo Europe chairman Carl Freer is fully on board. All I can say is that now is the perfect time to reintroduce another handheld to the market, what with how much the PSP and DS are struggling...oh wait. More » -
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Gizmondo Rising Again In 2008? No, Says Gizmodo
Like you, sister site Gizmodo was recently informed of a web site for Gizmondo Live, one that promised a rebirth of the dead as a doornail handheld from Tiger Telematics. The reason for so many folks becoming familiar with the site that promises a new Gizmondo with an "open source environment" and "exciting psychic worlds" that will "democratize gaming" may be due to the prison release of a former executive. Regardless, hints that Gizmondo will rise from the ashes are greatly exaggerated, says sister site Gizmodo. More » -
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Gizmondo Exec Free To Terrorize Streets, Ferraris Once More
Former Gizmondo-brand snake-oil salesman and Ferrari Enzo-killer Bo Stefan "Fat Steffe" Eriksson has been released from a Los Angeles jail. Good news for him, but bad news for exotic cars everywhere. The former executive with ties to the failed Gizmondo handheld was arrested on grand theft auto charges and later charged with embezzlement, to which he pleaded "no contest." Old Bo is on his way to either Sweden or Germany now, where we assume he'll start work on Gizmondo Advance or some such nonsense. We simply can't wait to never hear from him again. More »
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Comment by mind in rewind: @ManekiNeko: You're missing the point that it was designed to fail. On purpose, for financial gain. more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Exec's Ferrari Crash Resurrected In Bizarre Twist
While the Gizmondo handheld device was almost immediately forgettable, the storied lives of its executives, especially notorious "Uppsula mafioso" Stefan Eriksson, have stayed with us much longer than the failed device. Today, the bizarre yarn of Eriksson's Ferrari Enzo crash in Malibu adds another thread. The mysterious "Dietrich", an otherwise unidentified German man whom Eriksson told police was driving the rare wrecked sports car, was finally arrested by police. More »
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Comment by SirCletus: The car "belonged to the bank" because he wasn't making his payments like a good boy, and the loan was... more » | Other threads
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The Biggest Effe-Ups This Year
Well, it's late December, and that means bring on the year end look-backs. From flying Wii-motes and Halo Hollywood pull-outs to crashing Enzos and Microsoft non-exclusive, game site Next-Gen has a look at all the muck-ups and fuck-ups. And this year's biggest loser? Well, we'll leave that to you to hash out in the comments section. More »
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Comment by fawstur: ""To be fair, Sony was the first one to release a motion sensing controller, as they launched two days before... more » | Other threads
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Comment by firestorm117: Bah, at least the guy had the cahones to come around and accept his punishment when he coulda keep hiding... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Exec Gets Mistrial
Steffan Eriksson, famous Ferrari Enzo smasher, former alleged Swedish mafiosa, and one-time Gizmondo executive, saw the judge declare a mistrial in his trial for "two counts each of grand theft and fraudulent concealment with intent to defraud." More »
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Comment by Purple Dave: Three cars, including a show model of the uber-limited Enzo (being the non-street-legal model that he, moronically, drove on the... more » | Other threads
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By egaugerComment by psychicfriend: davidfbecker writes: Now wait a minute, how exactly have the genders of the Gawker Media blogs been assigned... ? We... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Exec Pleads Not Guilty
It would be an understatement to call Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's plea of not guilty predictable. I mean, the man drives around (allegedly) stolen Ferraris, claims to work for (allegedly) national security, and worst of all, tried to launch a hybrid portable gaming device with a Sting-infested kick-off in London. Of course Captain Delusional is going to plead not guilty to his flying Ferrari shenanigans. More » -
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Comment by FightingChance: The best of incomplete, possible games. . . interesting. You know what would be interesting? A comparison of 'best of... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo's Unrealized Halo Game
Simon over at GameSetWatch reports that Gizmondo had planned a 3D, FPS Halo title just before the company went bankrupt. Named Halo: Spartan, the game was being developed by Gizmondo Manchester, an insider tells GSW. If the game had been produced, it would've used the portable's back-mounted camera to detect motion and give a "mouselook"-like effect as you swiveled the handheld around. That means players could alter the camera POV just by rotating the Gizmondo. While the failed portable maker did have a contract with Microsoft Game Studios for Age of Empires, it never inked a deal with Bungie and was even trying to pass the portable off as the unofficial "Xbox Portable" in pitch meetings! Does that mean Gizmondo execs lied? There's no way we'd buy that. More » -
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Knucklehead Stefan: Career Criminal
It's been one hell of a wild ride that's involved exotic cars, Homeland Security and a mysterious German driver. But, Stefan "Bo" Eriksson was behind the wheel, a Malibu police officer testified Monday. "He was driving the red Ferrari at the time of the crash, was knocked unconscious — he'd gotten sick and threw up," said Detective Zack Conner said during a preliminary hearing in Superior Court to determine whether "Bo" will go to trial. More » -
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Another Gizmondo Exec Arrested
Another Gizmondo exec has been plucked up by the boys in blue over the ever widening, increasingly bizarre case of the Farrari crash in Malibu, the LA Times reports. More »
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Comment by scazza: Why does an electronic company ceo need rifles, handguns and ferraris? HOW DOES HE AFFORD THEM IN THE FIRST... more » | Other threads
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Stefan Eriksson Declared "Flight Risk", Bail Upped
More bad news for our boy Stefan Eriksson! Apparently, the five million dollar bail we reported earlier was inaccurate: it's actually been set at $7.5 million. More »
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'Fat Stefan' Eriksson Charged With Grand Theft Auto
Our favorite member of the Uppsala mafia, Stefan 'Fat Stefan' Eriksson, has been charged with a slew of felonies after his recent arrest. More » -
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Gizmondo Exec Eriksson Arrested
It seems that the hubbub surrounding Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's car crash earlier this year is seeing a longer lifespan than the Gizmondo handheld itself. Eriksson is suspected of illegally importing his reportedly destroyed Ferrari Enzo, as well as black version of the same model AND his wife's former Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren that was seized weeks ago. I wonder if the Eriksson's are rocking the bus now? More »
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Comment by Lemon Merchant: He seems to have ties to the mafia, he's apparently importing exotic cars illegally, he's got people lying about being... more » | Other threads
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Dumb Gizmondo Exec Loses Another Exotic Car
Stefan Eriksson, former Gizmondo honcho and idiot supreme, just forked over another car. On February 21, he totaled his priceless Ferrari Enzo in a most bizarre traffic accident filled with unanswered questions, Homeland Security officers and a German fella named Dietrich. This past Sunday, Eriksson lost his $400,000+ Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. And a 13-year-old car nut happened upon the scene, catching the entire thing on tape. More »
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Comment by Jay: Maybe if you ask really nicely, Gawker Media will just let you start the blog you clearly want to be... more » | Other threads
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The Crash Of Gizmondo
GameTrailer's new video is the best resource for anyone who wants to know all about the Giz, the biggest handheld disaster of all time, and the men who oversaw its production. Oh, and the destruction of Stefan Eriksson's million dollar Enzo Ferrari! (Yes, we're obsessed with this story.) More » -
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Gizmondo Ferrari Crash: The Movie
God bless the LA Times. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department put together a little animated video showing what happened in the Farrari Gizmondo crash and the LA Times promptly placed it on their site so we could all watch and laugh. I love watching that pole just slice through the car. More »
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Comment by dafunkk12: I spoke with someone who does these police animations professionally at a SIGGRAPH animation slam. Although they have advanced... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Crash Continues to Baffle
The Gizmondo Enzo crash keeps reaching new levels of strange. A couple weeks back, former company exec Stefan Eriksson's $1 million, non-street legal Ferrari slammed into pole doing 162 mph on the Pacific Coast Highway. More » -
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High Score: The Best of Kotaku
It's a good thing so much seems to be happening in the world of videogaming this week, because it's damn cold outside. This hobby really makes being a shut-in tolerable. So what happened last week that was so damn interesting? Oh just this: More »
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Comment by Torokun: That's a box art for CoD2. Not CoD2:BRO... I am so tired of people confusing those two... Can you... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Viper12: That is so Crazy in a good way ;) maybe the coolest car i have ever seen. But the coolest... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Ferrari Not Street Legal?
Stefan over at Spong sends word of some interesting developments in the Gizmondo Ferrari crash story. More »
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Comment by The Yank at Vagusnet: Hard to belive the Spong article when the driver "Dietrich" and not Stefan Eriksson. Who was just a passanger.... more » | Other threads
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Comment by D: Do you hear that? That singing? Sounds like opera? My future wife mabie? Despite having 3D hardware, the graphics could easily... more » | Other threads
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Gizmondo Bankrupt?
The maker of the loveless device filed for bankruptcy reorganization at close of business on Friday in the UK. There will be a hearing, featuring show girls and a racing horse, on Jan. 31 to make the request official. More » -
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Gizmondo Game Over...
Poor, unloved Gizmondo. From the company's inexplicable no-show at CES and a lawsuit from one of its own developers to mafia-connected dudes on Gizmondo salary and pushing back its handheld in the US, the company has done everything possible to eff things up. And things are starting to catch up with them. The London-based Gizmondo Europe is broke, and is trying to secure a $5 million short-term loan until it can secure a planned $75 million in refinancing. That, my friends, will be used to pay off the short-term loan as well as the $21 million in overdue shareholder loans. Word of advice: Quit while you're ahead. More » -
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Comment by Erzengel: If you dont use it, i know a poor 27 years old mexican kid who can give it a good... more » | Other threads
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Best and Worst of 2005
The AP s Matt Slagle looks back at the year in games in a story that ran today on the wires. He writes that the high and lowlights of the year includes GTA s Hot Coffee, VG laws, the PSP, Xbox 360 and Gizmondo. More »
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Comment by Jamaicanbwoydre: In terms of sequels and spinoffs, i would say Half-Life 2, Burnout Revenge and GTA: Liberty City Stories for sure.... more » | Other threads
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Nokia Miserable About N-Gage
Oh dear, this may be it for the n-Gage: Nokia's Head of Multimedia Development is not happy about the handset's sales, having hit a mere third of the target that he trumpeted at launch. More »
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By ataylorComment by gmasterflash: "i am not happy...we need to make some changes." don't sound like such a baby. you effed up and launched a... more » | Other threads
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