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            <title>March 2007 Upd - Sale on Circuit Breaker SE! (3/21/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>BOXED Edition of CX103 Retired 3-21 - Sale on Electronic Edition of Circuit Breaker!</b></font><br>
Hi game fans!&nbsp;&nbsp;To celebrate the historic run of Egsa's Circuit Breaker we've reduced the price of the electronic edition (now available at the one and only<a href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&jid=FD8AXXE5XC6X1C19C56EB75D6AXA1681&platformId=1&N=96804&Ntt=circuit%20breaker&R=19744" target="blank"> Handango!!!</a>)<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:52:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 Upd - Last Boxed Edition of Circuit Breaker Ships! (3/21/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>BOXED Edition of CX103 Retired Today!</b></font><br>
Hi game fans!&nbsp;&nbsp;Today marks the end of shipment of the boxed edition of Egsa's cult hit Circuit Breaker for Palm OS. After more than 5 years, the last copy rolled out of headquarters at 12:00pm&nbsp;&nbsp;today. <b>But fear not, Circuit Breaker fans - the fully electronic edition is still available at</b> <a href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&jid=FD8AXXE5XC6X1C19C56EB75D6AXA1681&platformId=1&N=96804&Ntt=circuit%20breaker&R=19744" target="blank">Handango</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 Upd - Support for Blogging Fans  of Egsa (3/19/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>New Content Sharing for Fans!</b></font><br>
Many fans e-mail us with requests to have access to special content for their sites or blogs.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now you can embed videos from Egsa SoftWorks with our archive on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/FideiDefensor49" target="blank">YouTube</a>!!! More content to come!<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 Upd - Hero Board Open For All (3/15/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Hall of Hero Forum In Open BETA!</b></font><br>
Hey game fans the new Hero Board is now in open beta for all gamers! You can link to it from the <a href="http://www.egsa.com" target="blank">home page</a> or directly go to the <a href="http://www.egsa.com/heroes" target="blank">Hall of Heroes Forum here</a>.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:54:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 Upd - Happy Ides of March (3/15/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>The Ides Are Upon Us!</b></font><br>
Long time Egsa fans know that the Ides of March is a big event at the Works.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Ides of march will be opening an online forum and we will be announcing plans to give our fans ways to embed our content on remote sites; blogs, etc. Details to come.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 Upd - New Avatars on Hero Board (3/03/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Remember the Great Games!</b></font><br>
In addition to great Egsa Insignia, Now you can pick avatars to represent your gaming history!&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.egsa.com/heroes" target="blank">Choose</a> from great first age box art scans from serious old school titans Defender, Berserk and Asteroids.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>March 2007 News - The Future Begins (3/01/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>As history Ends, The Future Begins!</b></font><br>
There have been a number of requests for info on our site (please keep the private fan mail coming).&nbsp;&nbsp;As an Insider, You can now get access to the Hall of Heroes discussion board.&nbsp;&nbsp;This board is scheduled to go active to the public after our Ides of March event.<br>
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Make history by joining as a <a href="http://www.egsa.com/heroes" target="blank">beta member</a><br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>February 2007 Upd - Circuit Breaker To Be History (2/27/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Circuit Breaker is to be History July 2007!</b></font><br>
Hurry and get your Circuit Breaker SE fans, Egsa has just announced the Circuit Breaker will be officially retired in July of 2007. <br>
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You can still get Circuit Breaker directly of from <a href="http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&jid=FD8AXXE5XC6X1C19C56EB75D6AXA1681&platformId=1&N=96804&Ntt=circuit%20breaker&R=19744" target="blank">Handango</a><br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>February 2007 Upd - First 5th Power Winner (2/21/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Congratulations to First Winner!</b></font><br>
Congratulations to the very first winner of the Egsa 5th Power contest - KeNisha Foster of Chicago answered question one by answering Palm OS for the name the platform (Hardware of OS) on Which Circuit Breaker appeared.<br>
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There's still time for you to win! Stop by the <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html" target="blank">contest area</a>!<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>February 2007 News - Updates on Intrepid Coming in March (2/1/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Updates on Intrepid Coming In March!</b></font><br>
Hello game fans, there will be updates on project Intrepid coming at a Egsa's Ides of March .event.&nbsp;&nbsp;Stay tuned!<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>January 2007 News - Happy 2007 from Egsa SoftWorks (1/1/07)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa 2007!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Happy New Year!</b></font><br>
Happy New Year from everyone at Egsa SoftWorks.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jan 2007 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>December 2006 Upd - Part III of The Exile Interview on New Years Eve 12-31 (12/31/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
Known to die-hard fans by his old-school gamer tag, "Prefix Exile", the always enigmatic leader of the SoftWorks pays his first visit to the Insider! (Part Three of Three)<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> What will 2007 bring from Egsa SoftWorks?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> We have a three game promise to the fans, so we will of course be looking to expand our roster of titles. <br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Can you give us any hints about the line up?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> As mentioned, we will be doing something special for the Palm. I can also say that we will be spending most of 2007 and early 2008 really expanding our new game worlds and pushing great game play.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> What can you tell us?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> As you know we do a fair amount of long range planning at the Works, I can say that the project beyond “Intrepid” we have an upcoming puzzle game that I am very stoked about and we have another title that will be a genre shift for us. <br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Thanks for touching base with us -- Any messages for the fans?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix</b></font><b>:</b> Keep watching the website and thanks for your support!&nbsp;&nbsp;An to all those Circuit Breaker fans out there, keep the faith!&nbsp;&nbsp;There are some exciting times ahead for you.<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! Keep the fan mail coming!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>December 2006 News - Merry Christmas from Egsa SoftWorks (12/25/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Merry Christmas to All!</b></font><br>
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas from everyone at Egsa SoftWorks.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>December 2006 Upd - Answer and Win Stocking Stuffers from The Works (12/18/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Answer and win with The Fifth Power from Egsa Softworks!</b></font><br>
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The 5th Power Contest will award prizes and gear for two instant winners and three die hard fans! Urgent: If you are a spam filter - don't forget to let replies in from egsa.com so we can notify you!<br>
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To participate simply stop by the following inside link: <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html" target="blank">click here.</a> <br>
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First Correct Entry Wins. It is Just that simple - enter and win! There will be a total of 5 questions and 5 winners!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>December 2006 Upd - Part III of The Exile Interview on New Years Eve 12-31 (12/11/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Ringing in the new year with The Exile!</b></font><br>
Great news game fans, part III of the Exile interview will be online 12-31 - New Years' Eve.&nbsp;&nbsp;It will bring an awesome end to 2006 and the start of the new era at The Works. Stay Tuned....<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>December 2006 News - System Upgrades at Egsa SoftWorks (12/4/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Welcome to December Game Fans!</b></font><br>
We received a number of e-mails about the third part of the interview with the Exile!&nbsp;&nbsp;Don't worry, I can promise we will have the 11-5 sit down online in December.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are upgrading our systems to complete work on "Intrepid.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>November 2006 Upd - Happy Turkey Day (11/29/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Thanks to our fans, World Wide!</b></font><br>
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US and our fans world wide. It this time of giving thanks we'd like to thank our fans around the globe that have sent e-mails and put up links to us!&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks everyone!!! You are the best!<br>
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Stay tuned game fans!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>November 2006 Upd - Fifth Power Goes Public (11/22/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Egsa's Fifth Power Contest Now Public</b></font><br>
If you've been waiting to enter, now is the time!&nbsp;&nbsp;The Egsa SoftWorks 5th Power Contest is now public!&nbsp;&nbsp;To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The 5th Power Contest is your chance to win great gear. Enter <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html" target="blank">Here</a>.<br>
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Stay tuned game fans!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>November 2006 Upd - Game News! Game Noise on Intrepid (11/15/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>News on Intrepid - Game Noise to Provide Music Elements!</b></font><br>
More Intrepid news fans, Michael Huang Productions' Game Noise Studio will be providing some of the music arrangements for the game.&nbsp;&nbsp;Code named Intrepid/X131, the next Works project has been given a 2007 launch window!&nbsp;&nbsp;More news as it is declassified.<br>
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Stay tuned game fans!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>November 2006 Upd - Game News! (11/8/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>News on the 5th of November!</b></font><br>
After the big 5th of November event the new landing page for our 2007 return to flight was added to the site! The new page, linked <a href="http://www.egsa.com/coming_soon.html">here</a> is the first "public" information release on "Project Intrepid"<br>
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Stay tuned game fans!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>November 2006 News - Remember, Remember the 5th of November (11/1/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>News on the 5th of November!</b></font><br>
November starts with a bang with the conclusion of the Prefix Exile visit and news about the next great title coming from Egsa SoftWorks. <br>
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Stay tuned game fans a big November is Coming!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>http://www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>October 2006 Upd - Happy Halloween!!! (10/31/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Pumpkinless Greetings from Egsa SoftWorks!</b></font><br>
Yes, we have no pumpkin for Halloween but happy Halloween from everyone at Egsa SoftWorks. Some great character cosplay is on hand for characters from our upcoming game along with a one day break from the breakneck development schedule.<br>
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Stay tuned game fans a big November is Coming!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>October 2006 Upd - Hurry - Get Your Copy of Circuit Breaker (10/23/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Circuit Breaker EOL Announced!</b></font><br>
Hurry game fans - If you are looking to get a copy of Egsa SoftWorks Circuit Breaker for Palm time is running out. Egsa announced Monday Oct 23rd that the very last copy of the venerable hit would be rolling off the assembly line Feb 14, 2007.<br>
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Hurry and get your piece of history!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>October 2006 Upd - The Fifth Power - Urgent Update (10/15/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Fifth Anniversary - 5th Power Contest Blazes On!</b></font><br>
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The 5th Power Contest will award prizes and gear for two instant winners and three die hard fans! <font color="#ff0000"><b>Urgent:</b></font> If you are a spam filter - <font color="#ff0000">don't forget to let replies in from egsa.com so we can notify you!</font><br>
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To participate simply stop by the following inside link: <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html">click here</a>. <br>
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First Correct Entry Wins. It is Just that simple - enter and win! There will be a total of 5 questions and 5 winners!<br>
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Enter and Win!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>October 2006 News - Intrepid on the Move! (10/1/06)</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;October and November are heating up!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Big things are happening at Egsa SoftWorks. Long time fan remember our multi-game commitment to the Palm platform and also know of the upcoming &quot;Intrepid&quot; project.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;There is a gear up underway for a huge push during October!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Insider has been promised a big exclusive for Oct 31.&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl&lt;br&gt;</description>
            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>September 2006 Upd - New Products at the Egsa Store?</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;New Releases Coming to the Egsa Store?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
In addition to the Egsa Player One T-shirt, there may be a few other products moving into the Egsa Store very soon!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Be sure to keep an eye on our site or the Egsa Insider for updates.&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl&lt;br&gt;</description>
            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>September 2006 Upd - Fall Anthem is rolling to the launch pad</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fans looking for Fall Issues of Anthem - Get Ready!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
That&apos;s right gamers looking for Egsa Anthem, I can tell you that fall issues of are gearing up and should be on the launch pad in October - stay tuned for more info .&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl&lt;br&gt;</description>
            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>September 2006 Upd The Exile Visits Pt. 2 (09/9/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
Known to die-hard fans by his old-school gamer tag, "Prefix Exile", the always enigmatic leader of the SoftWorks pays his first visit to the Insider! (Part Two of Three)<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Tough interview! What can you tell us about “Intrepid”?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> As WildCard probably mentioned, Intrepid is the code name for the next game coming from the Works.&nbsp;&nbsp;It will be powered by VF-2. As you know it is not a sequel project but an entirely new project.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here is what WildCard could not tell you…&nbsp;&nbsp;the “Intrepid” Project will be our first release on a new platform for the Works. <br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Not Palm OS?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> “Intrepid” will be our first title on the big screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;We will be releasing first on the desktop and then we will be moving to mobile devices. We will be doing something special for the Palm.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> That is big! How is designing for desktop changed things?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix</b></font>: The first thing that most designers assume is that moving to the big screen means that because you have the ability to do lavish eye and ear candy that your focus SHOULD be making on graphics and sound.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the fans know, at the Works we are very big on play and <i>how</i> gamers play.&nbsp;&nbsp;More importantly from a design issue, how we play is little different on a big screen game. So we had to think about an idea for the big screen.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Where did the idea for “Intrepid” come from?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> After finishing up Circuit Breaker there were a lot of ideas that were being kicked around. During the snowy winter of 2002 there was the briefest of a thumbnail concept I had for a game and about a dozen hand drawn sketches.&nbsp;&nbsp;At the time there were two other games in design at The Works and we were in the middle of the internal war over whether to do a Circuit Breaker sequel or to simply port it. We were starting to do some experiments with developing for the desktop, so in 2004, I put the idea on paper started thinking about what would it be like to take the concept and promote it to the “big screen”.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> When can we expect some news and screen shots?<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix</b></font>: As you know T., we get a lot of fan mail - We want to keep fans in the loop -- We will be putting up a project page for "Intrepid" soon and as soon as other information is ready for release you will get it first.<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! More coming soon. Keep the fan mail coming!]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>September 2006 News - Intrepid on the Move! (09/1/06)</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The recently declassified &quot;Intrepid Project&quot; is on the move!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
As announced right here on the Insider, Egsa&apos;s next game (Internal code name: Intrepid) is moving ahead rapidly. There&apos;s been a lot of e-mail from happy fans out there (Thanks everyone!!!). We&apos;ll have a full update and more info later this month when we resume part II of our interview.&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl&lt;br&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 1 Sep 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>August 2006 Upd - The Fifth Power - Enter &amp;  Win (08/25/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Fifth Anniversary - 5th Power Contest Rages On!</b></font><br>
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The 5th Power Contest will award prizes and gear for two instant winners and three die hard fans!&nbsp;&nbsp;Hurry Insiders!&nbsp;&nbsp;This contest will be opened to everyone in September&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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To participate simply stop by the following inside link: <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html">click here</a>. <br>
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First Correct Entry Wins. It is Just that simple - enter and win! There will be a total of 5 questions and 5 winners!<br>
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Enter and Win!<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>August 2006 Upd - Egsa SoftWorks on PS3 &amp; Wii at Launch? (08/17/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Egsa SoftWorks on Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii at Launch?!?</b></font><br>
Not Quite game fans BUT there is hot debate about over all three consoles including the Microsoft Xbox 360 (My Fav! Although that Nintendo Wii is so darned CuTe!!!) <br>
Which will The Works support? Stay tuned for the scope direct from the source in Part II of my interview with Egsa's own Prefix Exile.<br>
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-Tokyo Girl<br>]]>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>August 2006 Upd The Exile Visits (08/9/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b><br>
 Known to die-hard fans by his old-school gamer tag, "Prefix Exile", the always enigmatic leader of the SoftWorks pays his first visit to the Insider! (Part One of Three)<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider: </b></font>As game fans know we are an extremely small team with a fan supported volunteer staff. Thanks for taking time out from running the Egsa SoftWorks to talk the Egsa Insider!<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix: </b></font>The fans are everything!<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider: </b></font>Probably the single biggest fan question we receive is "Where did you go for the last five years?"<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix: </b></font>As any indie developer will say, game development is a long journey. After Circuit Breaker we knew that the green screen Palm OS 3.x era was ending and the Palm OS 3.x and 4.x hardware was being phased out of production. There were also a lot of fans that wanted to see us on other handhelds such as Pocket PC and even on the big screen. There was a lot of reflection about which path to take. So after a brief absence, we have returned.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider: </b></font>Is SoftWorks done on the Palm Platform?<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix: </b></font>We absolutely will be back on Palm. <br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider: </b></font>There have been not so secret rumors that there was a huge debate about a Circuit Breaker follow up --What can you tell us?<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix: </b></font>We have a very strong policy on creativity and sequels at SoftWorks-- Basically, my feeling is that the state of gaming is what it is because of the reliance on far too many sequels and huge Hollywood style budgets that almost mandate a sequel to pay off the cost of making a game. There was some pretty intense debate about doing or not doing a follow up.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider: </b></font>Does that mean no sequel to Circuit Breaker?<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix:</b></font> I don't want to ruin the surprise at this time.<br>
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<font color="#ff0000"><b>Insider:</b></font> Tough interview! What can you tell us about "Intrepid"?<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Prefix: </b></font>As WildCard probably mentioned, Intrepid is the code name for the next game coming from the Works. It will be powered by VF-2. As you know it is not a sequel project but an entirely new project. Here is what WildCard could not tell you...<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! More coming soon.<br>
-Tokyo Girl<br>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>August 2006 News - The Fifth Power is Underway (08/1/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
August Is Red Hot at "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Fifth Anniversary - 5th Power Contest Starts Now!</b></font><br>
The Fifth Anniversary Bash is kicking of with a bang!  To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The Insider is proud to announce an exclusive contest only for insiders!   The 5th Power Contest will award prizes and gear for two instant winners and three die hard fans from now until the release of our upcoming title.<br>
<br>
To participate simply stop by the following inside link: <a href="http://www.egsa.com/contest.html">click here</a>. <br>
<br>
First Correct Entry Wins. It is Just that simple - enter and win! There will be a total of 5 questions and 5 winners!<br>
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Enter and Win!<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 Upd - The Exile Visits August 9 (07/31/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">The Exile Visits on August 9!</b></font><br>
Great news game fans - The Exile will be here August 9. <br>
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Stay Tuned<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 Upd - Join The Mailing List (07/18/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
The first ever quad update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">SoftWorks is In The Mail!</b></font><br>
For all of the insiders you already know that the SoftWorks is back with a vengeance! <br>
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By now most Egsa Insiders have already heard from us by US Mail. I am happy to report even more issues of our newsletter are on the way in late August!  For those of you not receiving Egsa Anthem we will be opening up our subscription rolls a bit later this year (Sorry game fans but we are at max capacity right now).<br>
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Stay Tuned<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 Upd - New Gear is Here (07/07/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
The first ever quad update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">New Gear is Here!</b></font><br>
That's right old code fans, the all new Egsa Player One T-Shirt is here and available on our website.  For those of you in the United States Shipping is included in the price.  Please Help Support Indie Game Development and pickup a <a href="http://www.egsa.com/store.html">cool shirt</a> for the long hot summer!<br>
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Stay Tuned<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 Upd - The Fantastic Forth Pt III(07/06/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
The first ever quad update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Fifth Anniversary - 5th Power Contest Announced!</b></font><br>
The Fifth Anniversary Bash is kicking of with a bang!  To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Circuit Breaker SE and the upcoming return to flight, The Insider is proud to announce an exclusive contest only for insiders!   <b>The 5th Power Contest</b> will award prizes and gear for two instant winners and three die hard fans from now until the release of our upcoming title.<br>
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Stay Tuned<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 6 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 Upd - The Fantastic Forth Pt II(07/05/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
The first ever quad update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Get Ready Game Fans!</b></font><br>
Big news Game Fans - The one and only Prefix Exile, is will be appearing on the Insider!  Dates are to be announced but you can bet that there will be exclusive info on upcoming releases and the secret project mentioned by WildCard! We may even get to see the first ever screen shots from the new game!<br>
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Stay Tuned<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>July 2006 News - The Fantastic Forth (07/04/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
The first ever quad update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">New Shirt Coming 7/6!</b></font><br>
The Egsa 2006 T-shirt is coming July 6th at Midnight just in time for the fifth anniversary of the release of  Circuit Breaker SE but that is just the beginning of the festivities!  Mail order requests are available now so that insiders can pre-order.  A new store page will be available for insiders on 7-12.<br>
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Get ready game fans, the best is yet to come! <br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>June 2006 Upd - New Gear is Coming!!! (06/25/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
Another double update form "The Works"! <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Read Hot New Gear</b></font><br>
There will be a brand new addition to the Egsa store coming soon! The Egsa 2006 T-shirt is coming very soon!  The official ship date for the new shirt has not been announced but you can bet there will be an announcement as the firth anniversary approaches!<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Speaking of Anniversary News</b></font><br>
I have just been informed that there will be an all new contest event planned for the fifth anniversary!  Stay tuned game fans - news is coming Tuesday!<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! <br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>June 2006 Upd - WildCard Visit Part II!!! (06/20/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
Known to die-hard fans by his tag, "WildCard", D. "WildCard" Tripplett's longtime work behind the scenes at Egsa SoftWorks makes him a legend. In Part Two of our interview Wildcard reveals insider only info  (Part Two of Two)<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> What was/is your favorite project with Egsa SoftWorks?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard</font>:</b> There a couple of really great ones.   One of the most fun to ship was Circuit Breaker: SE which is a big fan favorite.<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> What was your involvement with Circuit Breaker?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</font> </b>I was involved in a lot of the testing and QA work on Circuit Breaker.  There are a lot of hidden secrets in that title.  There is an easy one to find one on the credits screen - that as fars as I know has yet to be discovered (Ed - So there is a challenge game fans! find that hidden secret and be a part of history!)<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> Okay, big question -- Will there be a sequel to Circuit Breaker?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</b></font> (Laughs) That information is classified. I'll leave that one for Prefix to answer.<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b> </font> How about an exclusive -- What can you let us know about upcoming projects from Egsa SoftWorks?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</font> (Laughing) I can ce</b>rtainly tell you something about the next project that will ship from the Works - here is your exclusive for the site - it is code named "Intrepid" (This is an internal name not the project title which we will reveal shortly), it will be powered by our VF-2 engine and will ship in late summer '06. It will <b><u>not</b></u> be a sequel. It will be...<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b> </font> Yes!<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard: </b></font>(Laughing) ...You'll have to stay tuned!<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! Thanks to WildCard for stopping by! Look for another update soon Tuesday update!<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>June 2006 Upd - WildCard Visit Part I!!! (06/18/06)</title>
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                <![CDATA[<b>Konnichiwa!</b> <br>
Known to die-hard fans by his tag, "WildCard", D. "WildCard" Tripplett's longtime work behind the scenes at Egsa SoftWorks makes him a legend. Now, the one and only WildCard makes his first appearance in the Egsa Insider!  (Part One of Two)<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> What was your first project with Egsa SoftWorks?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard</font>:</b> I've worked on a number of projects at "the Works".   Probably the very first product I had a hand in was a project started way way back (designation: CX-101) along with Kris Cain and Duane "NemoComa" Taylor and of course, Prefix.  It (CX-101) was a hand drawn, hand animated game that was started back when Windows 95 was really starting to catch on so it was designed for DOS. <br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> What happened to that game?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</font> </b>Well we were working with a semi-hacked 256-color VGA mode on 33 Mhz 486s --at the time and there were all type of compatibility issues with higher resolutions back then. The main problem with the title was that we simply did not have the horsepower at that time to really make the game we wanted to --so rather than release it, it was transferred to S3.<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider:</b></font> Okay, for the non Egsa die-hards, what is S3?<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</b></font> S3 is short for <b>Section Three</b>. <b>Section Three</b> is a cold storage area at "the Works" where ideas and prototypes are put away.<br>
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<b><font color="#FF0000">Insider: </b></font> Sounds as if it's in the basement level of Gotham City's Wayne Tower and guarded by Lucius Fox...<br>
<b><font color="#FF0000">WildCard:</b></font> (Laughing) Only a LOT smaller and we have better stuff than Wayne Enterprises! Seriously, as the fans know, we are very small indie -- we are nowhere near the size or scale of a Wayne Enterprises.<br>
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That's it for this update game fans! We'll have part II of our interview during our Tuesday update!<br>
-Tokyo Girl]]>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:52:09 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>June 2006 Upd - Happy Father&apos;s Day Double Update (06/18/06)</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
It&apos;s a news day so big that we had to do a double update! First off Happy Father&apos;s Day! and a hearty congrats to SoftWorks Team Ascendant member emeritus Kris who gave birth to twins last month as our new site went live!&lt;br&gt;
In addition we will be welcoming the one and only D. &quot;WildCard&quot; Tripplett himself to the insider in his first appearance on the Egsa Insider!! He will be be bringing news on upcoming projects and maybe a few declassified bits of info!&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:51:56 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>June 2006 News - Beat the Devil Day (06/06/06)</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Things are moving here at the Egsa SoftWorks! Most exciting is newly declassified information about CX-131. &lt;br&gt;CX-131 will be the first of three (yes, THREE!) all new titles from Egsa SoftWorks! I can confirm one frequently asked fan question - CX-131 will not be a sequel to Circuit Breaker but an all new title! Don&apos;t worry Circuit Breaker fans -- I have been told that there are great things in store for you as well. (We will also have answers from The X himself on an upcoming insider! Stay tuned!)&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl</description>
            <link>www.egsa.com</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 6 Jun 2006 05:13:15 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;b&gt;Konnichiwa!&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;
As May draws to a close here at the Egsa SoftWorks, work continues on a host of exciting but top secret projects! Best of all, Team Ascendant (the internal research &amp; development team of the Works) has settled into its much needed new web space. &lt;br&gt;
The new mini site replaces the existing site from 2001 and is a &quot;tip-of-the-hat&quot; &lt;u&gt;to all of our amazing fans around that world that have e-mailed us with words of support and letter of concern that kept the dream alive&lt;/u&gt;. Thank You! We&apos;re still standing and we can&apos;t wait to bring you the hottest new games.&lt;br&gt;
-Tokyo Girl</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 14:15:17 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description>Konnichiwa! ..and welcome to the underground. &lt;br&gt;
Far from the video gaming industry&apos;s gleaming corridors of power. You are now accessing the the ongoing logs of the last gamers of the old code. &lt;br&gt;
-Trish&quot;Tokyo Girl&quot; Summers, Gamer Support.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 13:32:58 -0600</pubDate>
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