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Schafer needs a millionaire to fund Psychonauts 2, Notch raises hand
Double Fine's Tim Schafer would love to make Psychonauts 2, he told Digital Spy -- he's pitched it to publishers a few times, but no one has ponied up for the project, and Schafer still needs a few million dollars to back it up. Enter: Notch.After learning of Schafer's problem, Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of Minecraft and resident indie millionaire, tweeted at Schafer, "Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen," followed by ";D Also, I'm serious." This afternoon, the official word from Double Fine is, "Tim and Markus are talking. Who knows what might happen?"Notch has followed up candidly, tweeting that he and Schafer are talking via email, hinting that they may talk more at GDC, and finishing with a warning: "Anyway, please don't get your hopes too high yet. Everything is extremely vague!"There it is, ladies and gentlemen. The potential multi-million-dollar business deal to create Psychonauts 2, started on Twitter and including a winky, open-mouthed-smiling emoticon. Ah, technology.
Apple confirms it's sold one million new Apple TVs
Apple said last week that it expected its new Apple TV to cross the one million mark in sales before Christmas, and it's now quietly confirmed that it's managed to do just that. For those keeping score, that means it's sold a million in three months, which is certainly impressive for something Apple still describes as a "hobby," although that description does have the peculiar tendency to lower expectations somewhat. As you may recall, Roku also announced last week that it expected to sell a million units before the end of the year, and its CEO noted that the introduction of the new Apple TV actually seems to have led to a spike in sales of its own media streamers.
Pamela Anderson celebrates pinnacle of career with Samsung Jackie Pack
Celebrating a storied Hollywood career as illustrious and celebrated as Barb Wire's Pamela Anderson's takes more than a lavish party stocked to the nines with fashionable people. Much more, actually -- in fact, it takes the release of a special bundle of Samsung's F480 to properly commemorate the occasion, which is why Pam's been busy in the Netherlands lately helping Sammy launch the F480 "Jackie Pack" at the annual Millionaire Fair for the filthy rich. The package, named after a magazine that's also for the filthy rich, includes the aforementioned TouchWiz slate in an all-new color plus some gaudy jewelry you'll never wear (but Pam might). Pricing isn't available yet, but the original Baywatch babe already has hers -- so if you're really into it, make her an offer she can't refuse.
eMail for dumb millionaires
Ok, so you've dropped some serious green on your Aston Martin Edition Nokia 8800, diamond encrusted iPod nano, and Samsung Q1 and you've still got that mad spending jones -- what to do? How 'bout dropping another few hundie ($399 monthly) on an exclusive millionaires24.com "Upper Class" email address. For that you get such pedestrian features as 512MB of email storage with uh, "unlimited eMail traffic," 1GB file sharing, address book, antispam/antivirus, and just about every other feature (and less) available on your run-o-the-mill, free email service. But if this is the kind of hard posing you need to remember your social status, then have it son, and double-quick 'cause the service is limited to only 10k of your well-heeled peers. Oh, just so you know, that "24" tacked onto the name means, well, nothing apparently. The folks behind the service are just too cheap to buy the domain rights to millionaires.com. 'Nuff said, eh?[Via Newlaunches]
