Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2010	Oct. 31, 2009
Consolidated Statements of Operations [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 125,291	$ 75,648	$ 94,452
Cost of sales
Product costs	54,939	38,718	39,699
Software development costs and license fees	22,151	17,524	29,329
Loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees - future releases	2,726	1,021	2,515
Total cost of sales	79,816	57,263	71,543
Gross profit	45,475	18,385	22,909
Operating costs and expenses
Product research and development	6,992	3,347	4,672
Selling and marketing	14,707	8,432	14,618
General and administrative	10,506	8,127	8,557
Loss on impairment of software development costs and license fees - cancelled games	1,512	407	966
Depreciation and amortization	398	183	263
Settlement of litigation and related charges, net			404
Total operating costs and expenses	34,115	20,496	29,480
Operating income (loss)	11,360	(2,111)	(6,571)
Other expenses (income)
Interest and financing costs	1,255	999	1,318
Change in fair value of warrant liability	2,847	(482)	415
Income (loss) income before income taxes	7,258	(2,628)	(8,304)
Income taxes	426	(1,656)	(1,115)
Net income (loss)	$ 6,832	$ (972)	$ (7,189)
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$ 0.18	$ (0.03)	$ (0.24)
Diluted	$ 0.17	$ (0.03)	$ (0.24)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	38,527,589	37,019,750	29,770,382
Diluted	40,123,968	37,019,750	29,770,382