The Pokémon Company, what is going on right now. How is it possible that one of the new pocketable monsters you created for Pokémon Sun/Moon is actually a pile of sand?? Look: What are you doing to me? Do you think this is okay? Here’s what the sand blob evolves into when hit with a…
via More new Pokémon revealed for Sun and Moon, and one is a pile of sand — TechCrunch
Nintendo had a very good month in mobile gaming, according to NPD Group’s latest data. The 3DS won in both hardware and software sales for the analyst firm’s latest tracker report, with the 3DS and its family of systems (including New 3DS, 3DS XL and 2DS devices) up 80 percent for July this year vs.…
via Nintendo 3DS sales up 80% year-over-year on Pokémon Go success — TechCrunch
In the mid-2000s, everyone was talking about 3D, the “next big thing” in video. It required people to buy expensive new gadgets and wear goofy eyewear, but we were told consumers would flock to this new 3D world. Unless you’re James Cameron, you likely missed the entire 3D revolution. So perhaps we should look at…
via Virtual reality will not replay the 3D debacle — TechCrunch
Pokémon Go is off to a big start in the U.S., but just how big? The company hasn’t yet revealed any official numbers, but we have estimates to provide an idea of the scope of downloads and revenue the mobile game is generating. App analytics company SensorTower used its predictive model of the App Store and…
via Pokémon Go has an estimated 7.5M U.S. downloads, $1.6M in daily revenue — TechCrunch
The Facebook event for a San Francisco Pokémon Go crawl on Wednesday has 3,600 people confirmed in attendance, with another 18k ‘interested’ in the event. The event is set to start as a stroll through the city, before culminating in a bar crawl. It’ll be one hell of an overspill at even the biggest bars,…
via Will 22k people turn up to catch Pokémon in San Francisco on Wednesday? — TechCrunch
I know we’re supposed to be all done talking about Flappy Bird, but I think it’s justified to bring it up when it appears in a research paper about why games like Flappy Bird are so hard — and so frustrating. Turns out the controls are fundamentally bad. Read More
via Researchers propose theory on why touchscreen controls in mobile games are the worst — TechCrunch
An incredible narrative. Sad that she wasn’t granted a college loan to enable her pursue college studies…whatever criteria the college used to deny her the loan. It simply beats reason. Such an encouraging post in the other challenging aspects. Many thanks.
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