There are few classes of consumer electronics that have had as exhilarating heights and as cringe-inducing lows as video game consoles. Since the Magnavox Odyssey plugged into TVs back in 1972 and delivered Pong to the masses, gaming consoles have demanded our attention.
Stefan Eriksson, head of Gizmondo (the failed handheld gaming company who couldn't even plagiarize our name correctly), was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for robbery, attempted blackmail and making illegal threats (which threats are legal?).
The six of you who have been following Gizmondo know that a new version was promised for this Christmas season. But surprise, surprise: it's been delayed due to economic instability and general crappiness.
We'd heard rumors that the Gizmondo 2 would be running Google's Android OS, and the company has now confirmed it to be true (Windows CE is the other optional OS). Available this winter, the Gizmondo 2 is a lot like the original Gizmondo but has a better battery and newer Nvidia chips inside. You like how we mentioned…
Believe it or not, this Pininfarina Xten office chair is only three degrees of separation away from failed Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson. But before we begin that game, let's delve deep into this $3,000 office chair, shall we? The seat cups your nether region with "Technogel," which the designers claim reduces…
Not only is Gizmondo coming back, Carl Freer says you can expect to see a new version of the handheld console by the end of the year—this time without the whole defrauding investors and crashing Ferraris schtick, supposedly.
In a surprising turn of events, UK-based firm Plextek has confirmed today what we thought was impossible yesterday: they are working with Carl Freer to bring the infamous Gizmondo back to life. Knowing that the original Gizmondo was a front to defraud investors, don't hold your breath on this one. Things still look…
We received half a dozen tips earlier today from our Svenska readers talking about "Gizmondo coming back." The story went from a vague November 2007 quote by ex-convict Carl Freer into a morning internet craze, all fueled by a flash animation in a domain registered through an anonymous service. A bit of fact checking,…
In case you still cared about the Ferrari crashing, money embezzling, portable gaming device making Gizmondo exec, Stefan "Fat Stefan" Eriksson has just been set free from jail. If you're worried that he'll be back up to his old ways, driving around roads tearing cars in half, he's now awaiting transport to either…
Trevor Michael Karney, or the make-believe Dietrich of Gizmondo fame, has just been sentenced to 30 days in prison plus 3 years probation for giving false information to the popos. Bo Stefan Eriksson, the other man in the car at the time of the 162mph Ferrari Enzo crash, is still serving his 3-year prison…
Remember when Gizmondo's CEO Stefan Eriksson completely obliterated his Ferrari Enzo on the PCH and blamed his make-believe German buddy "Dietrich" for the whole thing? It appears that even the friends of rich-and-infamous failed entrepreneurs can't outrun the law forever. After spending over a year on the lam, a man…
A sad, sad person in Fort Worth, Texas somehow ended up with 15 Gizmondos and is ready to pass the awesomeness of the Gizmondo on to you. This thing can do GPS, media playback and other stuff, but it is most famously linked to one tore-up Enzo. Fifty bones isn't bad for a GPS device, but good luck with tech support if…
Spending $2,000,000 for a booth display in 2003, which is now for sale at an asking price of $110,000. As for their tagline of "I can do anything"? Not quite.
One of the biggest, and most controversial stories of the year was the downfall of the Gizmondo and the CEO and his busted up Enzo.. (That is Gizmondo, not Gizmodo.) What a better way to wrap up the year with the complete story behind the Gizmondo, how it got to the way it was and the tragic downfall. Simon Carless,…
Stefan rejects his plea deal, meaning this trial is still going down. Had he accepted the deal, he would have had to say sorry for embezzling in excess of $500k, and plotting to conceive one of the crappiest gadgets the world's ever seen, the vaporous, gaming handheld with Bluetooth and GPS. Jalopnik has the exact…
Friend, editor, and Super Trooper impersonator, Rob Capps put together this fantastic investigative summary of the high drama Bo Stefan Eriksson and the Gizmondo crew ran into this Spring. The fantastic art, by comic artistJae Lee is stellar, too. The reporting and writing was done by Randall Sullivan, Rolling Stone…
Here we go again. Bo "Stuckey" Stefan Eriksson is pleading not guilty to seven felony charges—including three counts of embezzlement, three counts of grand theft auto, and drunken driving. Dietrich is no longer a figure in the case. He must have returned to his glorious homeland, snickering into his wide, majestic…
After all the notoriety and commotion surrounding the failed Gizmondo company, someone is trying to sell Gizmondo mobile gaming consoles, and the scary part is, there will probably be someone eager to buy one. True, it does have a GPS device and mp3 player inside, but there won't be any new games available for the…
The Times has written up an excellent chronology of the whole Gizmondo mess, which tells the tale of dot-com excesses, foolish businessmen, and greed. Great stuff.
