Off the Reservation, Onto the Dealer's Lot. As enterprises like casino gambling have transformed the economic power of tribes, Indians have become respected, even feared, business rivals. By Danny Hakim. [New York Times: Business]

At issue: The Reservations are tax free entities, and local businesses feel threatened by that fact, they want a level playing field.

Comment: I think the government has done enough harm to the tribes of this nation, let's not be cruel and get the IRS on them.

9:02:31 AM    

Sony to Cut PlayStation 2 Price by $100. Sony plans to announce on Tuesday that it will cut the price of its popular PlayStation 2 game console in North America by a third. By Chris Gaither. [New York Times: Technology]

So the Playstation 2 will be a $199.99 console that can also play DVDs. Very nice. Given that 30 Million units have been moved at the $300.00 retail price, I think they've hit an economy of scale where they can drop the price of the units. This is good for them, and bad for MS, who's X box has sold nowhere near those numbers since it's launch, and are expecting to sell in the neighborhood of 4 million units by the end of June.

For the record: I have a PS one, a Gamecube, a Dreamcast, and various older systems as well (Atari 400, 2600, and 5200.) I am system agnostic, I just want fun games, they can be board games, card games, single player, multiplayer, on line, off line, phone line, I DON'T CARE!! I just like to play.

8:48:53 AM