GameFly
GameFly is an American online video game rental subscription service that specializes in providing games for game consoles and handheld game consoles.
The business model of GameFly is similar to the DVD-by-mail subscription service Netflix and Blockbuster online. GameFly sends games to subscribers for a monthly fee.
History
In early 2002, Sean Spector and Jung Suh partnered with founding CEO Toby Lenk to start GameFly. GameFly later received venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital. In February 2009, GameFly acquired the gaming news and community site Shacknews, along with its download and streaming video sites. It was reported in February 2011 that GameFly had acquired MobyGames. Despite filing plans in February 2010 for an initial public offering, GameFly remains a privately owned company as of 2013.
Purchase of Direct2Drive
In 2011, Gamefly announced that they had acquired Direct2Drive, an online distribution service previously owned by IGN. Direct2Drive later merged with GameFly; subscribers that had both D2D and GameFly accounts were migrated to a single account.
Podcasts:
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by Chris Webby
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by Benny Benassi
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by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
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by Lydia Lunch
Come Fly Away
by: Chris Webby[Verse 1:]
I'm in flight school, I'm takin' flight brotha
Pilot of my own plane like the Wright brothas
Pull an Amelia Earhart
And just sky-rocket to the top of the charts
I'm with John Glenn and Neil Armstrong on the moon
Blastin' off to Mars, I should be there soon
Skip Jupiter and hop right over to Neptune
Hit warp drive, aliens be smellin' the fumes
I'm so fly I'm in the galaxy, no handlin' me
I chill on Pluto 'cause man you're still a planet to me
I take flight everyday, launch pad, okay
Rock Orion's Belt and dip my cookies in the Milky Way like
[Chorus:]
Come, come fly away with me
We'll wander through the stars
And touch down on Mars
So come and fly away with me
No need for gravity out in the galaxy
So come and fly
[Verse 2:]
I live it how I say when I ride that beat
Not even Captain Kirk know how to fly like me
In outer space, somethin' like Anakin
Then I turn to Vader and can't nobody damage him
I could make the planet spin, peace and I'm outta here
Lightin' up a blunt as I'm passin' through the atmosphere
Pass it to my passenger, mami's gettin' high now
Me and her are nuthin' but a light up in the sky now
Sex on a space station and she loves it
No gravity needed we just does it
Fly can't top me, can't nobody stop me
Better get your telescope out and just watch me, yeah
[Chorus:]
Come, come fly away with me
We'll wander through the stars
And touch down on Mars
So come and fly away with me
No need for gravity out in the galaxy
So come and fly
[Verse 3:]
I am now so fly that astronomers study me
Time to fly away, mami you should come with me
Scoop her up in the Big Dipper
Crash-land on Saturn, burn and sip liquor
Earth is okay, I'm right here today
But tomorrow I'm gonna be light-years away
No Apollo 13, mother fuck a space shuttle
Way above Sky Lab, stars, and the Hubble
Causin' mad trouble 'cause home was too boring
But I'll be back eventually when I'm finished exploring
So, ground control to Major Tom
I'm gone to infinity and beyond
[Chorus:]
Come, come fly away with me
We'll wander through the stars
And touch down on Mars
So come and fly away with me
No need for gravity out in the galaxy
So come and fly
So come and fly
So come and fly
If you could fly, would you fly with me, with me?