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The Phantom has arrived! No foolin'!

WordherderWordherder Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Games and Technology
....okay okay, just the Phantom lapboard. The Phantom itself, a stripped-down, copy-protected, locked PC that would only allow you to play games if you paid tons of money and streamed them from a service that was supposed to be better than Gametap for some reason, remains a myth meant to part gullible investors from their cash. (Even though the damn thing is STILL advertised on its web site.)

But the Phantom Lapboard, a combo keyboard, mouse and hard surface, can be bought now. It actually seems like a decent idea, in that it's a full-sized keyboard and mouse that could be used comfortably on the couch.

http://www.phantom.net/content/products/index.html

Click on "phantom store," and you'll find it can be bought at the low, low price of $129.95.

Yeah.

Let the heckling..... BEGIN!

Why the crap did I ever make my original name "cloudeagle?"
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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I don't think there can be any unique heckling towards the Phantom anymore.

    Magic Pink on
  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    I don't think there can be any unique heckling towards the Phantom anymore.

    lolsony

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I'd be afraid to order it. They might steal my Credit Card number or something.

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  • NexusSixNexusSix Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    This... No.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    WTF? How dare you!

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  • HoChiWaWaHoChiWaWa Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    I... I...

    I kind of want this...

    I just got a wicked cool TV and I am planning on putting a PC on it... I need a wireless keyboard and mouse... and some sort of hard surface to use them on...


    and more ellipses

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Don't you dare do it!

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  • drhazarddrhazard Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    The sad part is, if it was reviewed well by someone reputable, I'd consider getting it. I'll need a keyboard if I want to make a media PC hooked to my HDTV someday.

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  • LynxLynx Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    lmaophantom

    Lynx on
  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    drhazard wrote: »
    The sad part is, if it was reviewed well by someone reputable, I'd consider getting it. I'll need a keyboard if I want to make a media PC hooked to my HDTV someday.

    Don't do it drhazard. Am I gonna have to get my son Timothy to tell why you shouldn't buy this?
    Oh please.. someone get that joke..

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

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  • HoChiWaWaHoChiWaWa Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    Villainous Fats?

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  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Also I would probably have purchased their product if it was available at a reasonable price. $130? Lordy no.

    Accualt on
  • HoChiWaWaHoChiWaWa Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Also I would probably have purchased their product if it was available at a reasonable price. $130? Lordy no.

    depending on build quality, mouse sensitivity and a few other things its honestly not a horrible price.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    yalborap on
  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    This and DNF on the same day.


    Seriously, what the fuck is going on?


    The rapture, that's what.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Hopefully they will go into an accessories business. The lapboard is actually pretty cool.

    Doc on
  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Khavall on
  • AccualtAccualt Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    HoChiWaWa wrote: »
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Also I would probably have purchased their product if it was available at a reasonable price. $130? Lordy no.

    depending on build quality, mouse sensitivity and a few other things its honestly not a horrible price.

    You are right. I forgot the thing came with a mouse.
    Still drop the price a bit, get it into retail stores, and market it towards the living room media hub crowd...they could have a rather popular product.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.


    I'm going to quote you by saying

    "OH GOD"

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  • JihadJesusJihadJesus Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Khavall wrote: »
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.
    Sorry, there are FOUR horsemen of the apocolypse. We're only halfway there.
    I really just wanted and excuse to use the word 'horsemen', because it looks an awful lot 'whore semen' to people skimming the thread...

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    You wuz robbed.

    Magic Pink on
  • HoChiWaWaHoChiWaWa Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    HoChiWaWa wrote: »
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Also I would probably have purchased their product if it was available at a reasonable price. $130? Lordy no.

    depending on build quality, mouse sensitivity and a few other things its honestly not a horrible price.

    You are right. I forgot the thing came with a mouse.
    Still drop the price a bit, get it into retail stores, and market it towards the living room media hub crowd...they could have a rather popular product.

    yeah, thats exactly why I want it... that badass HDTV I got is begging for a computer, but I need a good input device setup to make it realistic.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Man, next time you want to make such a smart investment, you take your twenty bucks, you tape it to a fucking frisbee and throw it over a fucking rainbow.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    ben0207 wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Man, next time you want to make such a smart investment, you take your twenty bucks, you tape it to a fucking frisbee and throw it over a fucking rainbow.


    Best post I've read all day.

    Magic Pink on
  • KyanilisKyanilis Bellevue, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    ben0207 wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Man, next time you want to make such a smart investment, you take your twenty bucks, you tape it to a fucking frisbee and throw it over a fucking rainbow.


    Best post I've read all day.

    Seconded.

    I also second the idea that the end is nigh. As in tomorrow. If any more crazy happens today we might as well just kill ourselves off before whatever strange end that is in store for us happens.

    Kyanilis on
  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    If Dreamcast 2 gets announced tomorrow I am not joking I will be down my local Church faster than you can say 'The end is nigh' and praying like a motherfucker till God finally takes my soul from my body. Cause goddam Im not being 'left below'

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    If Dreamcast 2 gets announced tomorrow I am not joking I will be down my local Church faster than you can say 'The end is nigh' and praying like a motherfucker till God finally takes my soul from my body. Cause goddam Im not being 'left below'

    Amen to that.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    urahonky wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    If Dreamcast 2 gets announced tomorrow I am not joking I will be down my local Church faster than you can say 'The end is nigh' and praying like a motherfucker till God finally takes my soul from my body. Cause goddam Im not being 'left below'

    Amen to that.

    But you would be left below with the dreamcast 2, how bad could it be?

    chamberlain on
  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Sega wrote:
    We are proud to announce we are going to be releasing the Sega Dreamcast 2tm in the new year.

    Launch titles will be Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Shenmue 3, and Planet Harriers. It will have the entire library of Sega published Dreamcast, Saturn, Mega Drive (including 32x and Sega CD) and Master System games, all included with the $249 pricetag of the console.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    LewieP wrote: »
    Sega wrote:
    We are proud to announce we are going to be releasing the Sega Dreamcast 2tm in the new year.

    Launch titles will be Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Shenmue 3, and Planet Harriers. It will have the entire library of Sega published Dreamcast, Saturn, Mega Drive (including 32x and Sega CD) and Master System games, all included with the $249 pricetag of the console.

    If this was real there would be an 800ft wide crater in my house after my dick explodes with the force of a small tactical nuke.

    The_Scarab on
  • UndefinedMonkeyUndefinedMonkey Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    ben0207 wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Man, next time you want to make such a smart investment, you take your twenty bucks, you tape it to a fucking frisbee and throw it over a fucking rainbow.

    I take it the only thing that will bring you inner peace is a lapboard-seeking missile?

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    UndefinedMonkey wrote: »
    ben0207 wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Do we still have that guy posting here that bought like 1000 shares?

    Anyway, it's just too bad that they didn't start out with this idea. I thought this was actually pretty cool. depends on how well it holds up the keyboard though.

    I've got 1000 shares.

    ...They cost me 20 bucks total.

    Man, next time you want to make such a smart investment, you take your twenty bucks, you tape it to a fucking frisbee and throw it over a fucking rainbow.

    I take it the only thing that will bring you inner peace is a lapboard-seeking missile?

    Him or me?

    I'm just hoping they actually start selling these things and I can turn a borrowed 20 bucks into my own thousand bucks.

    yalborap on
  • UndefinedMonkeyUndefinedMonkey Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    UndefinedMonkey wrote: »
    I take it the only thing that will bring you inner peace is a lapboard-seeking missile?

    Him or me?

    Him, and only because we apparently have the same taste in TV shows.

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  • Nitsuj82Nitsuj82 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Well, TF2 finally happened, so we can't be too sure.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Nitsuj82 wrote: »
    Well, TF2 finally happened, so we can't be too sure.

    So TF2, DNF, and Phantom.

    What's the last one before we're all fucked?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    Super Mario 12-FUCK

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  • SmashismSmashism Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    yalborap wrote: »
    Nitsuj82 wrote: »
    Well, TF2 finally happened, so we can't be too sure.

    So TF2, DNF, and Phantom.

    What's the last one before we're all fucked?

    Somewhere another dimension just collapsed.

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Smashism wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    Nitsuj82 wrote: »
    Well, TF2 finally happened, so we can't be too sure.

    So TF2, DNF, and Phantom.

    What's the last one before we're all fucked?

    Somewhere another dimension just collapsed.

    That's all right, we have spares. After all, adhearants to certain versions of superstring theory postulate there's 23 of them.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    A_ccualt wrote: »
    The Phantom and Duke Nukem Forever surface on the same day?

    No joke, the end times, guys.

    Also I would probably have purchased their product if it was available at a reasonable price. $130? Lordy no.

    Dear Secret Santa,

    Send me a gun with lots of bullets. Preferably bullets that go in the gun.

    Love,
    Meiz

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