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To: Tim Czech who wrote (578)	11/15/1998 12:13:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Respond to of 56535

re Acclaim and the console/PC gaming stocks I follow ATVI only but a quick glance and it sure looks like Acclaim is very tradable, but what a nightmare to try and keep track of the sector--just a huge glut of games out there hardly any chance to play more than a few, and I for one don't follow the consoles so I don't actually do any trades with these anymore. There has to be some consolidation in the industry, I want to see one of these companies hook up with a cable internet provider and start doing some things with multiplayer. I've played a couple games online and it was not a fufilling experience to say the least...latency and difficult to find opponents of same level. I've also noted that in sector funds such as the Fidelity Leisure or the Multimedia fund there is hardly any of the gaming stocks in there, and when you do find one it is always erts. Not a lot of support for these, for what that is worth. Oh, I guess I lost a little money on MPRS too, that sure soured me on the sector. I think you want to find the type of story stocks that will get traders like the folks on this thread enthusiastic, the gaming companies are a little boring (when was the last time you saw an interesting RPG...and simulations, geeze, boring. I even lost interst in the puzzle games like Zork, corny and lame). --MM

To: Tim Czech who wrote (578)	11/17/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 56535

re AKLM : i heard on other threads that it is about to break. right now it's around $8.75. they said it could go to 12 or 13 within a month or so. I did a little dd and AKLM will break above $10 in the next week, I'm in at 8 5/8...target 12. Turok II will be huge. For those interested Acclaim is the fourth largest of the gaming stocks--console games will be best seller this Christmas, Turok timing is excellent. --MM