I actually agree that it WAS very interesting, and I put in quite a few hours myself in the first few weeks. However, it has felt to me like Niantic completely misunderstands the potential of their own game and makes the most confusing choices as to where their focus should go, what changes need to be made, and just…

Just another stop on Pokemon Go’s unerring dalliance into utter pointlessness

At this point, the fierce and continued silence says all it needs to, for me. If he were making any kind of meaningful progress, we would likely have seen him out or at least have heard the good news. It would have been a triumphant thing. After this long, and with this attitude toward reveals, I’d say he’s…

Were E-sports ever really innocent? It seems to me that the only purpose for sportifying video games was to better package the activity for commercial consumption.

They are everything you imagine and more. What a piece of shit.

Why does everyone always say at the end of a lease you “don’t have anything”? This is rhetorical, as I hear this multiple times daily, but it’s not even a logical conclusion given that you actually know what leasing and financing are.

It really is that pretty, inside and out. Maybe even prettier in life. I’ve had one as a demo for the last few weeks. This is the first luxury car in a long, long while I can think of where the sense of luxury come from beautiful design rather than shoving as much “luxurious” shit as you possibly can into an interior…

“let’s take all the Jewish gifts and concentrate them in one area”.

Read through every comment so far, and you’re the first to realize, or at least vocalize, that this has everything to do with player data and absolutely shit to do with security.

It’s just not bonkers enough. It looks like a well put together, stylish, very fast vehicle....and no one cares. The P1 is certifiably bonkers in all respects, the LaFerrari has a horse and a KERS system straight from F1, and the 918 probably has more tech shit packed into a small frame than any car to come before.

I don’t play any more, largely for reasons this article highlights, but it always struck me odd that they didn’t have a healthy amount of pokemon spawning in the “wilderness”. Seems to fit amazingly with the lore from the original anime that some, if not even most, were out there in the wild. But, instead, I’d go for…

I still can’t figure out why it’s not obvious to people in the industry when an idea they have is stupid and not worth their time. VR, I’m sorry. It’s stupid. Cool, yes. But something we’re actually going to build a segment of gaming around? Not with a big, dumb headset and two controllers. I knew this would fail the…

He’s been wearing bracelets for almost every international challenge for over a decade. I always assumed he bought them from local craftspeople as sort of a way of supporting the local economy and also having an easily toted souvenir. But, that was just me. Anyway, it’s been going on far, far longer than the Grand…

It’s a Rolex Milgauss

Having been in the business for around a decade, I would have to say that the Tesla model is really more puzzling to me than anything. Sure, it sounds fantastic that you stroll in, are greeted with a “product specialist” who doesn’t pressure you but is extremely knowledgeable, pay MSRP, and have your perfect car…

Well, for what it’s worth, only this specific subset of lenders charge that sort of interest. I get people financed at 2.8% or better all day, but they have the credit to inspire that kind of confidence. While it is absolutely true that some people have some truly tragic events that conspire to leave their credit in…

JD Byrider does that already. No mom and pop buy here pay here is going to be able to do it, but it is done. It has nothing to do with how fair or unfair the situation is though. They do it because it keeps people in their vehicles longer, making payments. In this biz, your required money down goes a long way to pay…

That’s actually terrible. Salespeople at non-exotic dealerships can, and expect to, make anywhere between $300 and $1500 per car. The good ones take no longer than an hour or two to close the deal as well. The $75 to $125 mini they stand to make on a blowout deal (or like, any Scion period) is committing their time…

It wasn’t that way everywhere. I was the sales manager for our dealership’s Scion arm, and we had our own facility and seperate lot. All the salespeople were culled from our Toyota and Mazda crew, with only the millenial-types populating the Scion area.

You couldn’t be more right. We’re right next to a Mazda dealer and I’d say a good 1/4 of my Camry potentials come in lamenting the time they just spent in a 6. Totally different attitude for completely different people.