In the last 24 hours I've been bombarded with people reminding me of various morbid stories in the game industry. Let me clear up the big one right now though. Thanks to sloppy journalism and gossip, there's a rumor all over the place now that the Dreamcast (and Sega) died overnight. That's not the case. Here's how that rumor came about I believe. Sega has been saying forever that the DC is the last console they're ever going to make, which is still true. It's a pretty much established fact that all consoles die right around the 4-5 year mark. So, Sega is saying that in 2-3 years, rather than release a new console, they'll just stop making consoles and start making games for, say, Nintendo systems. So yes, in 2-3 years, in Japan, Sega will stop making DCs, but heck, in 2-3 years or sooner, Sony will stop making PSX2s too. They've officially stated this. The difference is that when the DC leaves, there WON'T be a backwards-compatable new system to play all its great games on, none of which by the way are having their development cancelled, so it's still the more appealing of the two.

There, now that I have THAT off my chest, the games that get you a guest spot are currently Snatcher (Sega CD), or an imported copy of Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

Finally, my mail server has been out of commission all day, which is why this column is late and short. Sorry.