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To: Tom Caruthers who wrote (1157)	5/5/1998 9:15:00 PM
From: Burlitis	Respond to of 1992

Don't knock yourself out Tom<G> Mike you've been busy to. I agree ATVI makes great games, i've enjoyed them for years. I put my money in companys i like, not companys that throw crap at the walls and see what sticks. As far as the industry goes, i'm so jaded at this point, i have more fun playing games these days, and not watching the companys as much as i used to. I do know when they run up, short the suckers if you are so inclined, THQI and Edios are great examples, don't mess with ERTS though, although earnings are almost here, and i'm thinking they will miss. The Internet is not helping this industry like i really thought it would. I think more people are spending their time surfing, and pirating games from Warez sites. CDR is taking a big toll to. If i look at ATVI's chart you will see it runs up a couple months before Christmas, then goes back down. Do i really want to buy a stock or do other people, that follow this pattern year after year? Can ATVI finally get up to at least 18 and stay there? I still own a few shares, i'm holding them for a another year, and hoping with all the consoles,new technology,and hopefully profits, my investment pays off. Something is going to have to give,maybe we wll be bought out,but what kind of games will we get from these gorillas if we are. Look what happened to Sierra when Cendant bought them. They have released some really terrible games. Back to being Jaded,:-) Alex

To: Tom Caruthers who wrote (1157)	5/7/1998 7:29:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1992

Regarding mergers/buyouts... Could you elaborate on why you think Broderbund makes a good partner for so many? ...and... <I seriously doubt MSFT will buy anyone, though it would be relatively easy and cheap to do.> Microsoft ought to sell off the gaming part, dump all their entertainment into one pile, and sell it. They blew Cinemania--that could have been big. I think the sum of Microsoft's parts are bigger than the whole. So, spin the games off, detach it from the OS division, it would be a cheap way to create a "smaller, friendlier Microsoft", at least in everybody's eyes. Now that I think about it, dump MSN in there and get rid of all of it. With the sale pay a one time dividend.

To: Tom Caruthers who wrote (1157)	5/16/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1992

Okay, I'll draw a line between two on your lists Tom; Activision and 3DO, this pairing would get some better RPG-ness into Activision, let's get away from the puzzle games I can never solve damn it! Now I should point out that I have not actually played any of the games from the Might and Magic series, but I'll post a follow-up if I like M&M6. Speaking of RPG's, I loved Wizardry--The very first one on an appleIIe when I was in Jr. High School nearly twenty years ago, (ouch!) and Dark Savant later on PC, I also liked Realms of Arkania--Hope Might and Magic re-captures some of the magic for me, haven't seen any RPG's that looked good to me lately. I should have prefaced this with the fact I don't remember ever having played an Activision RPG--are there any good ones which are not puzzle games? Next thought about why this could be a good pairing: What is Activision's best real time strategy game? Not the hybrid first-person like Battlezone (which I loved the demo of/still shoppin for the P/PII he he) but more like mprs's (mprsd right now) upcoming Mechcommander, I have to say, Blizzard's Starcraft is just not doing it for me, and maybe the masses will tend to go for a simpler more intuitive game like what Army Men looks like--I loved Sir Tech's Jagged Alliance, it was simple to get into, but engaging and addictive once you're in. There are too many real time strategy games, and they all look the same to me. I suspect they're too hard for the less practiced gamers out there, and I wonder how many new gamers this genre brings in. I think these gaming companies should want to sell to the hard core gamers by having the best titile in each genre, but also build the franchise by adding new gamers with simpler, more intuitive games. Anyway that was my gaming merger thought of the day, my other idea is not as thought out yet, it would be a pairing of ATVI and MPRS to get a lot of mech under one roof, and perhaps clear up the flap over Civilization. I don't have any background in business, so for all I know pairing companies just to put all the good products together and round out your offerings might not be the way it is done, but what the heck, it is fun to flip through one's gaming mags and try to see how certain companies might compliment the products of others. *ACTIVATE*