Nekromanti Det onda företaget som nästan dödade Deadlands

[Magnus Seter]

Och det var inte WotC. Surprise!

I mina oändlinga försök att förstå rollspelsbranshcen och hur det hela fungerar och varför saker och ting hände och inte hände, har jag nu upptäckt Cybergames.com.

Lite info om detta konstiga företag finns här, och det förklarar en hel del konstiga saker som hände med Deadlands.

http://www.gamerz.net/archives/deadlands/200306/msg00017.html

Såvitt jag kan förstå verkar Cybergames.com ha nästan dödat Hero Games också.

Vet någon något mer?

Magnus

 

[anth]

Vet någon något mer?

Antagligen ingenting nytt, men det är kul att leka detektiv.

Cybergames började köpa rollspelsföretag under 2000:
"September 14, 2000 12:29 AM PDT
In California, Novato-based Cybergames.com has recently acquired Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Emperor's Choice and Obsidian Studios in addition to its June purchase of Hero Games."
http://www.gamers.com/news/317152

I början av 2001 köps PEG tillbaka:
"Cybergames.com announced today that its acquisition deal for Pinnacle Entertainment Group, entered into late last year, has been rescinded. Control of Pinnacle Entertainment Group has been returned to the majority shareholder of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Shane Hensley."
http://www.gamingoutpost.com/forums/inde...SS=0&login=
om jag förstått det hela rätt så är Steve Peterson på Cybergames en gammal Hero-anställd och Cliff Perotti verkar vara ägare till till Cybergames.

I slutet av 2001 säljs Hero Games:
"DOJ, Inc., a California corporation, is pleased to announce that effective December 19, 2001, it has acquired the assets of Hero Games and the right to do business using the name "Hero Games" from Cybergames.com."
http://www.herogames.com/news/2001/1221.jsp

Lite mer om Heros nya ägare finns här:
"DOJ, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Hero Games from Cybergames, Inc. DOJ is owned by Steven Long, formerly of Decipher, and Darren Watts. Long will serve as Hero System line developer. Watts will perform most of the administrative duties for the company, in addition to some writing and editing. The founders, former owners, and former employees of Hero, including Steve Peterson, George MacDonald, Ray Greer, and Bruce Harlick will not be associated with Hero in the future."
http://www.outerlimitcomics.com/rpgs/HeroesRPG.asp

Cybergames verkar ha upphört att existera efter 2001, även om man kan få tag på deras sist kända adress:
"Registrant:
Trajectory Enterprises, Inc. (CYBERGAMES9-DOM)
530 Manzanita
Corte Madera, CA 94925
US

Domain Name: CYBERGAMES.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Perotti, Cliff (CPY24) cliff.perotti@CYBERGAMES.COM
Cybergames.com
35 PAMARON WAY
NOVATO, CA 94949-6222
US
415 884 3480 fax: 415 884 3486
"

Om man söker på Cliff Perotti får man underliga resultat.
Jag kan givetvis varken bekräfta eller förneka att vi talar om SAMMA Perotti, men Piff&Puff skulle hoppa av glädje:
"During his investigation he suggested that Dallas may have been involved in some sort of Dungeons & Dragons game that had gone horribly wrong. This theory was widely reported in the press. In 1981 a movie called 'Mazes & Monsters', which bore a superficial resemblance to the case, debuted in cinemas.
...
Dallas Egbert, aged 16 years, disappeared from his dorm (Case Hall) at Michigan State University on the 15th August 1979, after having had lunch with one of his few friends Karen Coleman. Despite his age, his parents were not notified of his disappearance until the 20th of August. On the 22nd of August Mr. William Dear was called in
...
It is very unfortunate that Mr. Dear's comments were inaccurate.
...
He purchased rulebooks and paid a Dungeon Master to take him through a game. He also enlisted the aid of Mr. Cliff Perotti, a published gaming author and owner of a small gaming company, to help him in his investigations when Mr. Perotti offered his services."
http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/dnd/jdegbert.htm

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