Monty's Gaming and Wireless Outlook - Issue 172

Ah, the end is near and this newsletter approaches the final curtain of Babel Media sponsorship. Cheers, Babel, hope it put you on the map. Best of luck in the future.

As of next year, this newsletter grows up and has a new, major, fantastic and sexy sponsor (once they send back the bloody contract - nudge-nudge) and a more comprehensive online presence.

So in the festive manner of the times, I thought I'd sign off with some of the comments the newsletter has had since Babel supported it and in this first year of independence.

* This is the best content I receive in my box on a Friday - Graeme Ferguson, Vodafone

* I laughed so much I dropped my coffee on my trousers - Steve Kingswell, Babel Media

* Can I have your mailing list? - Stuart Dinsey, Intent Media

* Son, can you stop sending me this, my boss might not like it - Valerie Munford, my mum

* For the final time, this is not a blog, this is a newsletter - Me

* UNSUBSCRIBE! - 183 people in four years

No, you can't write that about our clients and there's a typo in the sixth paragraph - Algy Williams, Babel

* Cut it down and stop banging on about yourself - my wife

* I'd sponsor it - Tony Pearce, Player X CEO

* I read it out to our team of developers to get them thinking differently - Mark Jacobstein, Digital Chocolate

* This is the only spam I've ever received that I've liked - Nic Garner, ex-mforma

* If there was a top 50 for the gobbiest bloke in mobile, you'd be top - Tim Green, Mobile Entertainment

* Spam, spam, spam, spam - Lisa Bisset, Babel Media

* I quite like your newsletter - Matt Spall, Morpheme

* Your write s**t and love Palestinians and hate Jews - anonymous

* Good to see Billy Childish get a mention - Greg Ingham, Future

* Could we point out that the guy's name is STEVE Schnur, not the SIMON Schnur you referred to in your newsletter - EA's PR department

* Everybody's taken the p**s out of me since you mentioned me saying that if content was king, then distribution was King Kong - Kamar Shah, Nokia

* We love you, Monty - CTIA marketing executive

* Monty, you sent this out too late today. You've ruined my Friday coffee break - John Denehey, Upstart Games

* Good old Monty, any excuse to mention The Clash - Andrew Widger, BBC