Sci Entertainment Share Discussion Threads

[fairfax ache] 25/8/2008 02:45

Hey Tony, you have a good memory!

Queenstown is the tourist capital of this 'UK-1970s Cultured' backdrop and hence the over inflated tourist prices. If you pay more than the equivelent of five quid a head to eat out you are getting ripped off. If you pay the equivelent of ten quid a head, you should also expect a massage with a 'happy ending'.

I'd love to get down there on the Triumph but it is a hell of a long way down the South Island. One day eh!

Saw a boat last week at the right kind of recession hit price.

Very tempting.........

[opmoc] 25/8/2008 01:11

Fairfax Ache,

There's this little bunch of manic street programmers based in a farm just a few miles outside of Auckland - who have come up with what looks like a completely fantastic totally original and potentially enormously profitable computer game.

But they have run out of money

So they are launching themselves on UK AIM

Their website is

Maybe you should suss them out on your Triumph

Tony

[fairfax ache] 23/8/2008 22:00

I've been away for a while after I sold out in the late 300s-early 400s.

What happened and is there any future?

[davidbennett] 22/8/2008 19:31

Yes, well...

Not sure is the answer. There were a few nibblers, hopefully they'll bounce back to nearer the 35p mark, that will do for starters!

[dealy] 22/8/2008 19:16

david

I bought 75k today. If you and me hadn't been buying where would the price have ended up?

Enterprise value just £55m. These look like an absolute steal. Ubisoft has a 3 billion euro market cap.

[davidbennett] 22/8/2008 15:11

Now 100k, was protected in 50, ended up doing the lot.

Fingers crossed.

[davidbennett] 22/8/2008 14:28

dealy - you're not the only one buying. Have just bought 50k @ 32 T15...

IMO definitely a good buying opportunity.

[dealy] 22/8/2008 12:29

results out on September 15th. Until then quiet period. Only after that can analysts reports come out, investor presentations etc. Patience required for 14 more trading days.

[bobsidian] 22/8/2008 12:11

Well, by fault or design, the market makers have successfully engineered indifference. No interest, little newsflow.

Is there a story in the making here ? Things are just too quiet.

All imho.

[dealy] 22/8/2008 09:00

well it looks like I'm the only person in the entire world buying these shares. I am either very smart are very stupid.

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 09:46

the biggest lols yet!!!!!!11

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 08:58

eat your apples..........and fart out loud and don't forget to get the squitts.

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 08:47

Batman - wow - massive title.......but don't forget the marketing.....gotham city...............lol......lol..........lol

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 08:31

I am no fruitloop, how dare you call me that!!!! I am rather partial to an apple, or maybe an orange juice.

May we rejoice in the kingdom of lols!

[zelig] 20/8/2008 07:42

Deep breath Crypt, deep breath. Read the label more carefully next time, I think you took too many you fruitloop.

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 07:34

Don't pick that apple, it's mine..... how mighty are those lols!

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 07:25

let the apple munching commence!!!!

[the crypt] 20/8/2008 06:57

hey - gonna be a big day!!!!! oh mighty be the lols!!!

[the crypt] 19/8/2008 09:42

they only ate 3 pies each.

[dealy] 18/8/2008 15:47

They would get a much better deal buying Sci for a quid.

[togglebrush] 18/8/2008 15:34

Industry News:-

EA rethinks its bid for GTA firm

US video game giant Electronic Arts has decided to reassess its £1.9bn offer for Take-Two Interactive Software.

EA has so far had its $25.74-a-share bid for the Grand Theft Auto owner spurned by Take-Two shareholders.

And it said it was now impossible for any takeover deal to be completed in time for the lucrative Christmas shopping season.

Take-Two shares fell 5% on news that EA was allowing its offer to expire, but the firms said they were still talking.

'Validation' needed

The bid, made in February, was "predicated on distributing their [Take-Two's] products at Christmas this year", said an EA spokesman.

It would now have to "validate" the level of its offer, they added.
EA, which is behind games including Madden and Need For Speed, had taken its offer directly to Take-Two shareholders after its board rejected the bid as undervaluing the company.

After a meeting at the weekend, EA has agreed to attend a presentation by Take-Two which will include details of its product release schedule and financial forecasts.

Picture caption "EA is keen to get its hands on best-selling games such as GTA"

[life of crime] 17/8/2008 12:49

pt, excerpt below from the post I sent re. last year's AGM (how different things looked then!). The reference to the CD game you were asking about is detailed and it may be the new IP being touted, as it would be 2 years into production by now, unless it was one of the titles binned by Phil Rogers during the cull:

life of crime - 24 Jan'07 - 20:10 - 6476 of 13453 edit

...In terms of games being released in FY 07/08, there was early footage of TR8 including interviews with leading members of CD. It's early days but already the game is looking good, building on the success of TRL. There was also a preview of a title provisionally called Downfall, again from CD and featuring interviews with the development team. The game is set in San Francisco in the wake of an earthquake and how the characters cope in the aftermath. It seemed an unusual concept but quite promising, based on the footage we saw...