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...California, I get a firsthand look at what the future might hold. Here, at Cisco's sprawling headquarters, is a demo home that practically defines the cutting edge of wired-home technology. Built into a corner of a large office block, it's a 160-sq-m monument to every techie's fantasy. The place is bristling with gadgetry. Apart from the usual household appliances and entertainment systems, there are webcams, motion sensors, and electronic photoframes - thin lcds where you can show off several photos at the same time from that Hawaiian holiday or switch pictures depending...
...What does this all have to do with games? Very little, for the most part. Game developers are notorious for missing deadlines, and the smoke, mirrors and rubber-masked models are often there to distract you from the fact that the demo of the game itself is either pretty minimal - a couple of levels, maximum - or at least two years away from completion. Or hardly worth waiting for in the first place...
Inside the house that thongs Built--all six bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths, 5,400 sq. ft. of it--MTV Cribs follows rapper Sisqo as he takes a container of takeout Chinese into the bathroom (offering a demo of the bidet), strolls through the walk-in closet full of Sean John outfits (price tags still attached) and stops in a surprisingly conservative front room dominated by a gigantic classical bust ("Chicks like the head. 'Cause it's big"). Most important, in the massive kitchen, comes the requisite money shot of any Cribs: the fridge. The Thong Song bard opens the door...
...Because we finally had enough money to do it, and it was something we wanted to do for ourselves. We didn’t really have a grand scheme as to what would happen. We had sold about two to 3000 copies of a crappy demo, so we knew we’d make our money back...
...brings one of the most extraordinary new pop sensibilities to come along in a very long time," she says. "That's as good as it gets for us." Note to wannabes, especially blonde female teen-age ones: Martin doesn't want another Britney, so don't send your demo tapes. But he might like to return to his musical roots and work with a young rock band that's "harder than Goo Goo Dolls, more like a Metallica...