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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (21)	4/19/1998 1:47:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Respond to of 30

Link to gamecenter's free online games article gamecenter.com ...presumably you can use kali95 and your current isp and avoid paying a gaming portal, so the next question becomes what do the gaming communities which you pay for add, I should go back and read Andy's posts, I'm sure he talks about what mpath does for you that the others do not, and I will in time, right now, off to find more online gaming articles. here is a good one, I see from it that mpath only charges for some games. news.com

To: Mike McFarland who wrote (21)	4/20/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 30

Here are a few more... Engage Inc. (although I'm not sure: check with yahoo); Total Entertainment Network (TEN); Infogrames Entertainment S.A.. The latest is not traded on the Nasdaq but on the French Stockmarket. It's likely one of the fastest growing French companies and currently the #1 European computer/video game developer/editor/distributor. They've recently acquired Philips Media's European distribution network, allowing them to control the retail business of their games. Problem #1 with Infogrames: they get 92% of their annual revenues out of Europe... So they've announced that the US market will be a priority in the coming months. Acquiring Virgin Interactive is one possibility, deepening some sort of relationship with Acclaim is another (Acclaim already licenses Infogrames products), etc... The online multiplayer game business is part of Infogrames' strategy. They've got a pretty good brand-portfolio: --comics: Tintin, the Smurfs,... --the exclusive license to develop games with Warner's Toons, ie Bugs Bunny,... Regards, Gustave.