Evening Reading

by Garnett Lee, Feb 04, 2011 5:00pm PST

Another NFL season comes to a close this weekend with what looks like an epic game in the making. For the ensuing months after ends, I won't forget about sports completely. I'll get into March Madness, watch the NBA Finals--and maybe some playoff games if there's a good matchup, take in a few baseball games. But really, I'll be flirting with these other sports to tide me over until training camp gets going marking the beginning of the new season.

I wonder if the same sort of thing happens to gamers with more specific tastes than mine. Like, does an Oblivion fan fool around with Borderlands sort of half engaged while waiting for Skyrim? It's hard for me to judge because I like a wide range of games and the problem I always face is deciding which ones get my time.

While we ponder this and other grandiose questions, here are the highlights from today's video game news on the Shack:

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Idiot.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5750394/this-guy-just-turned-down-100-million-from-google

Feb 04, 2011 8:32pm PST

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Idiot. http://valleywag.gawker.com/5750394/this-guy-just-turned-down-100-million-from-google : virus
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- Says the Google employee. : c0bra
- I agree with that "idiot" : ConfusedUs
- Quite the forehead. http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2010/01/500x_4248741500_b703996e39-t... : danws6
- maybe he wants to be the head of his own company, not a google subsidiary. And omg, he's got an awesome w... : filthysock
- u mad? : proclone1
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  Damn... : bolneze
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    Fuck these guys Im with you virus - shoulda taken the money and ran : bolneze
    - He already has money. : Hiro
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  Why? The article doesn't have enough substance to judge. : dahanese
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    Well, I saw it reported in other reputable sources days ago, now it's in valleywag and getting reposted b... : askedrelic
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      Yeah - the Groupon thing I'm not really sure about. I guess there is too much about that deal that doesn... : virus
      
      Google trying to buy Groupon is Google trying to buy anything that is popular, especially for the adverti... : askedrelic
  - maybe if they mention it's from google a couple more times... : wetard
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  You know what's cool? 100 billion : Serpico74
  - ^^^^^ : cookblaze
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  Hm, strange responses so far shacknews. I guess I should explain myself. First of all, there's no way... : virus
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    I AM SO ANGRY AT YOUR INTERNET COMMENT : askedrelic
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      hahahaha (proclone1) : virus
      
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      re: your 3rd point (why not take $100 mill, work at google, and then retire) You may have rose tinted ... : askedrelic
      
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      Android. Now your point is moot. Android is something that has not changed because of corporate culture... : virus
      
      Dodgeball founder Dennis Crowley and Lars Rasmussen might dispute that! It may not be specific over corpo... : askedrelic
      
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      I still think his point is valid. Some people out there don't want that life and don't want google. Must ... : dahanese
      
      Yeah right on. You always have *something* negative to say in my threads, it's cool. : virus
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    Maybe it's not about the money to him, but the challenge of taking on a giant. : danws6
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      Hence I believe him to be an idiot. =\ : virus
      
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      That's probably why you are still at google instead of off trying to create your own startups. : danws6
      
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      Or a million other reasons / things. I guess we'll never know really, but $100M is a lot of fucking mone... : virus
      
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      Yes, I am sure he is and idiot after helping start facebook and now another successful website that obvio... : pancake humper
      
      pancake humper you rrr so dumb, you can't even see it : askedrelic
      
      Phhht he practically stumbled into all that stuff. : Cubictoast
      
      He didn't help start facebook... He was in charge of facebook connect and platform. : cltcprd
      
      so you're calling him an idiot based on his bio. : proclone1
      
      dont lean too hard : spaceless
      
      srsly you work at google? YOU FAILURE : bolneze
      
      ding ding ding : the city
      
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      I think he's an idiot too. But I also thought facebook was redundant at the time, twitter was useless and... : emcea
      
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      In the long run, I hope he does well. I can't stand facebook and I think that anything that brings compe... : virus
      
      Would you rather have him tak the 100mill or make you a better social network? : Cubictoast
      
      Heck I still think Facebook and Twitter are useless :/ : nukewinter
  - how much is a couple hundred thousand users worth in ad revenue? : filthysock
  - Were you familiar with the terms? It could have been all for stock that took a decade to vest and require... : d3tached
  - Obviously he isn't just in for the cash and does not want his baby to be part of "big G". Its his busines... : Lukiopimp
- I seriously want to slap that cockeyed fucking twat. 100 million?! I mean, even if you don't need the mon... : dumb.
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  Meh, who are we to judge? : watcherxp
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    Well, I'm willing to judge this article as "trashy." : JarEme
    - yeah, with you on that one : watcherxp
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  The problem with turning down offers like that, is that it's really dangerous to your business. If a comp... : haiku
  - Agreed. Article is speculative, making it sound like the author's perception of things is obviously corre... : Dr_Cube
- Probably wasn't totally his decision. I'll withhold my judgement until I know everything that went into h... : mr.sleepy
- you ever wonder that back in the day when companies werent swooped up and gutted like that it made for a ... : spiderfill
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  Is it possible the guy wants to retain control of his business rather than sell it off? He may not need o... : SigENeaT
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    I can't imagine creating any business that I wouldn't be willing to sell for an enormous amount of money.... : ArB
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      Are you one of those people who hate on art? I am not trying to compare a business to art (especially soc... : SigENeaT
      
      There comes a point where DUDE HOLY SHIT $100,000,000!!! For that kind of money you could live the life o... : Floppygrandma
- one of our exec assistants just went to that startup. hope it does well : hamachi
- google seems like a cool place to work but apparently it requires a huge ego : kill9
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  Actually I think he's awesome. Never heard of Path before, would definitely use it if I had an iPhone. : kabex
  - The biggest limitation with it right now is that it is iphone only. I would definitely use it as the idea... : d3tached
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  sounds like he already made all the money he needs. The Google offer probably came with a set of handcuff... : steelsamurai
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    An employee will never understand that concept. : kabex
    - Sure you can. You just have to have an open mind and be willing to learn. : dahanese
- I would too http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm : dognose
- Lol I know him :) : cltcprd
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  Interesting. Shawn Fanning of Napster fame is part of Path. http://www.path.com/about : ShekkyBoy
  - yea well so is michael jackson! : Patch-e
  - Michael Jackson too! lol : ThomW
- google is desperate for social networking stuff as they get their ass kicked by Facebook. : gyokuro
- I got no problem with a dude who has already made all the money he needs, and has since set up the enviro... : NexusOne
- Who knows what the contract requirements were, virus. I can imagine a number of stipulations being comple... : stuka
- You know, I can understand a guy that just wants to run his little business and not play in the major lea... : melt_core
- The groupon one was funnier : 60days
- Some people don't need the money. : furiouschuck
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  According to a 1993 biography of Gates, Perot said Gates wanted an asking price of $40 million to $60 million for Microsoft, although Gates remembers the price tag as being in the $6 million to $15 million range. Never the less, neither party was satisfied with the price, neither counter-offered and the deal went nowhere.
  
  I agree its good to cash out something when your company is worth 100m, maybe cash out 2-3% to ensure you are filthy rich. But if you believe in something the adventure could be worth the risk of making something grand.
  
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  According to a 1993 biography of Gates, Perot said Gates wanted an asking price of $40 million to $60 mil... : handofthrawn
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    That is a terrible comparison. In 1993, MS was worth way more than that and was on the edge of releasing ... : shirif
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      It's the biography that's 1993. When was the proposed deal? : guigr
      
      Seems to be the late 70s "As the '70s were drawing to a close, there was one company Perot had his eye... : handofthrawn
    - The biography was 1993, not the time of the offer. I realize MS was worth more than that considering whe... : handofthrawn
  - Wow, Perot is an interesting guy. Made a start up with $1,000 in 1962, eventually sold his stake to GM f... : lightsam
- David Morin? More like Moran! : reZaun
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  maybe he loves his creation and doesn't want to part with it. would you sell one of your children to goog... : dotpain
  - I'd have 3 kids then sell all 3 for that much money! >:o : Jimbo Ro
- Get a brain Morin! : SolveChrist
- He should of took the hundred milion and stock and kept himself on the board. What a dumbass. That site s... : bozer
- The guy probably has a decent amount of money anyways and faith in his ability to make a reasonable livin... : edgewise
- Wait, he's a successful guy even by his own solo standards and they're basically trash talking him in thi... : Godhatesfatpeople
- I've learned not to judge founders when they turn down crazy good offers. Yeah, the money makes it easy t... : Dr_Cube

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