INFINIUM LABS DELAYS PHANTOM LAPBOARD

As some may know, Infinium Labs is the company behind the now defunct and ever so aptly named Phantom game console. Back in February, Infinium finally stated what everyone knew – namely that after all the smoke and mirrors, the Phantom console was not going to be coming out – at least not anytime soon. Instead, Infinium stated that they were going to focus on their other product, the Phantom Lapboard – a custom made wireless keyboard/mouse combo that is designed to be sit in ones lap and be configurable for right or left handed use. Well, today Gamespot reports that Infinium has announced that the Lapboard will miss it’s announced summer release window and instead slip to a “No later than October” release. Sound familiar? I thought it might. How these guys keep finding suckers to invest in their scam is beyond me. Does anyone really buy that they can’t meet the deadline for releasing a keyboard? I wonder what they really spent the 5 million dollars in additional funding they got back in February on.

Check out the note about the Lapboard delay at Gamespot here and for further information, check out this news item from Gamespot back on February 21st when they opened the books and cancelled the Phantom.

SHAUN ALEXANDER CHOSEN TO BE NEXT VICTIM OF MADDEN CURSE

EA Sports today announced that NFL MVP Shaun Alexander will be the player to grace the box for Madden 2007. This is not good news for superstitious Seattle Seahawks fans as severe injuries seem to follow athletes who get their faces plastered on Madden’s box. Good luck Shaun! View the press release here.

MAME V.105U2 RELEASED

The latest intermediate version of MAME v.105 has been released on the public. If you like to use the intermediate updates, head over to Mamedev.org and get the new files. Click here to see what’s new in this update.

SONY ANNOUNCES PLAYSTATION 2 PRICE CUT EFFECTIVE APRIL 27TH

Well, the long mentioned Playstation 2 price drop has finally been announced – the console will officially drop from $149.99 to $129.99 on 4/27.

There are still unconfirmed rumors about a second price drop going around – this one to $99 when the Revolution and PS3 hit the shelves

SEGA RUMORED TO BE BRINGING NIGHTS TO THE REVOLUTION

Apparently at this point it’s nothing more than a unconfirmed rumor in Famitsu magazine being reported at Racketboy.com, but it appears that there may be a sequel to the Saturn classic NiGHTS: Into Dreams coming to the Nintendo Revolution.

I remember NiGHTS from back in the day, and think it would be amazing to see the game in full, free roaming 3D. Click here for more information.

PHILLIPS PATENTS A DEVICE TO FORCE YOU TO WATCH COMMERCIALS

This isn’t really video game related, but since I’m a technology nut and love the shinies, I’m posting this anyway. An article over at C|Net News states that Phillips just took out a patent for a device that would either not allow you to change a channel during a “flagged” advertisement or to not be able to speed over flagged commercials on your DVR.

An option would also be available for the user to pay a fee to the broadcaster to allow the channel change.

Phillips claims they developed it for on-demand television and not for regular broadcast use, but they also state that it would be up to the individual broadcasters as to if they wished to implement the service.

Here’s to hoping this is an idea that will die a short, yet oh so painful death. Click here for the C|Net article.

SOMEONE HAS BEEN PLAYING TOO MUCH BURNOUT

Take a look at the Bugatti Veyron and tell me it doesn’t look like a car straight out of Burnout.

Apparently it’s the first production car that can clock in at 250mph – The Saleen S7 apparently “only” hits 248.

So, how much will it cost for you to feel like you should be featured on Crash FM? Only a paltry 1.2 million dollars – but act fast as Bugatti is only making 300 of them!

However, even if you could afford to get one, the gas bills alone could drive you to bankruptcy – the Veyron has an 8 Liter W16 engine (two V8’s put together), 4 turbo-chargers, can generate 1,001hp and… can burn 1.33 gallons of gas per minute.

*sigh* Guess I’ll just have to keep playing Project Gotham Racing 3 to get my high-speed kicks.

GRID WARS V5.4 RELEASED

Everyone’s favorite Geometry Wars 2 clone for PC by Mark Incitti has been updated to version 5.4. Get it here.