Phantom man steps down

TIMOTHY ROBERTS has stepped down as chairman and director of Phantom Entertainment Inc. Roberts was responsible for the creation of the Phantom games console and the subsequent palaver, but has now left the company charged with rescuing anything from the ashes of five years of wasted endeavour.

In a press release, the company wished him well, thanked him for his contribution, etc, etc. The company didn't mention that in the years of his tenure, it successfully brought to market absolutely nothing, succeeding in developing only a mediocre keyboard and mouse combination which the business is now being hung on.

The departure marks yet another nail in the improbably hard-wearing coffin of the company, which is looking to impress at E3 this week with working prototypes of its 'lapboard' control device, which it is still hoping to bring to market at an undisclosed time.

The Phanton has long-sinced passed into gaming folklore as the little console that couldn't. It stands second only to Duke Nukem Forever in the vapourware stakes, and second only to Gizmondo in the 'this business smells funny' stakes. We wish Roberts all the best, obviously. µ