Category Archives: Too Weird

Phantom Entertainment loses stock listing

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Ron

On July 14th the SEC registration of Phantom Entertainment, Inc. was revoked.  The company repeatedly failed to file required annual and quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thus violated the federal securities laws that requires public … Continue reading →

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Phantom Lapboards start to make an appearance

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Ron

Phantom Lapboards are starting to show up in the wild and there’s a review of one at MaximumPC. Generally everybody likes the Lapboard but the mouse seems a little iffy. If you want to try one out they can be … Continue reading →

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Phantom Entertainment (nee Infinium Labs) actually ships something!

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Ron

Well almost it seems. Phantom Entertainment (formally Infinium Labs), after many many many false starts to ship 1) a game console, 2) a streaming game service and 3) a keyboard/mouse combination called the lapboard, apparently shipped the company’s first product, … Continue reading →

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Nival closes LA office, Kevin Bachus not seen…

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Ron

I’ve always been fascinated by some of the folks who used to work in the DirectX/Xbox groups at Microsoft and how they manage pursue (seemingly) lucrative, somewhat high-profile careers with nothing but string of empty promises behind them. Kevin is … Continue reading →

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Infinium to Demo at CES, teams up with NVIDIA and Microsoft

Posted on January 4, 2005 by Ron

Infinium will supposedly be showing the Phantom Game Service at both the Emerging Technology and New Form Factor areas of NVIDIA’s booth, South Hall #35311, and in the Microsoft Corp. booth in the Central Hall, #7145. Details about the Phantom … Continue reading →

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Think you want to work in the game industry? Think again…

Posted on January 2, 2005 by Ron

It’s not just the game industry that does this, but the game industry in particular is rife with under-30 “managers” and “producers” who just can’t understand why employees don’t do what they are told or who can’t keep to a … Continue reading →

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Infinium needs MONEY!

Posted on November 25, 2004 by Ron

In its latest filing with the US S.E.C. Infinium says it’ll have to spend $US 22.2M over the next 12 months in order to execute its “current business strategy”. Basically it says it’ll need $US 11.5M to launch the Phantom … Continue reading →

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Sun shines on Infinium? oh, and Phantom delayed, yet again…

Posted on October 28, 2004 by Ron

Infinium Labs and Sun Microsystems announced today that the companies have signed a collaboration deal to create a network and infrastructure that streams content for Infinium’s Phantom Game Service, direct to the living room. “The Game Technologies Group’s understanding of … Continue reading →

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