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Pokémon’s 2023 Showed The Darker Side Of The Pikachu Machine
28.12.2023
Pokémon’s profit margins probably don’t reflect it, but the franchise had a rough year in 2023. Without a new mainline role-playing game to dominate the series’ headlines, Pikachu and friends were, instead, shrouded in controversies throughout the past 12 months. Between Pokémon Go angering swaths...
Pokémon Has A Reseller Problem, And It’s Only Getting Worse
16.10.2023
On September 28, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam opened its doors with an exciting new display inside. That day, visitors would delight in new, featured artwork based on Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic paintings, but with a Pokémon twist. Or at least, that was the idea. However, rather than fans happily...
The Pikabug Is An Important Part Of Pokémon History
17.7.2023
In 1998, Nintendo was in the early years of promoting Pokémon while Game Freak’s monster-capturing phenomenon was making its way to the west after success in Japan. Part of that effort included repurposing 20 Volkswagen Beetle cars to look like Pikachu, the series’ adorable, electric mouse mascot...
Expensive Cars Have DLC Now, And It's Taking The Piss
24.11.2022
For a few years now some car companies have been experimenting with an idea ripped straight out of video games. Someone, somewhere figured that hey, if people are willing to pay for a game then spend more money inside the game they already bought then they might do the same for cars—a far more...
Renault Inks Partnership With The Sandbox to Bring Automotive Experiences to the Metaverse
6.9.2022
The Korean subsidiary of Renault, a historic brand in the automotive industry, is establishing a partnership with The Sandbox, an Ethereum-based metaverse platform, to enter the metaverse space. With this partnership, Renault Korea’s objective is to establish its brand presence in...
You Should Drive The Wooden Car In Forza Horizon 5
10.11.2021
If there’s one universal truth about car culture, it’s that aficionados strive to drive vehicles that are very, very pretty. Forza Horizon 5, out now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, is fundamentally about car culture, and about appreciating such very pretty vehicles. So naturally, I’ve...
The First 90 Minutes Of Forza Horizon 5's Campaign
21.10.2021
We’re less than a month away from Forza Horizon 5, and I for one am very much looking forward to putting away the chilly, cozy waning weeks of the year by sinking myself into another titanic automotive expedition. In the meantime, I was lucky enough to get a taste of the game, as Microsoft allowed...
Forza Horizon 5 Is More Forza Horizon And That’s Fantastic
11.10.2021
An hour or so into my time with a preview build of Forza Horizon 5, I found myself kangaroo-hopping through cactus-dotted hills in a yellow Ford Bronco. I wasn’t heading to a race or a PR stunt location. I had no particular goal in mind. It was just me, the lush desert, a burly SUV, and a chill...
New Transformers Cyberverse Figures Roll Out, Then Transform
8.6.2021
Hasbro’s new Roll N’ Change Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, announced today for release in September, perfectly illustrate the difference between Transformers’ collector and kids lines. Look at how much fun commercial actor lad is having. You don’t get that from collecting expensive high-end figures....
Mario Golf: Super Rush's Speed Golf Mode Looks Like A Trip
17.5.2021
Golf is normally a game about being patient and waiting your turn while wearing awesome pants. In Speed Golf, a new mode coming in next month’s Mario Golf: Super Rush, four players tee off at once and then race across the course to complete the hole first. I’d pay to watch real golfers do that.Read...
Diesel Cheating Settlement in Australia Finally Agreed By Volkswagen
16.9.2019
German car manufacturing giant Volkswagen has been beset with scandals over the past few years, and while the company is trying to turn over a new leaf, the aftermath of the scandals keep bugging it. The emission scandal had almost threatened to take down the company a few years ago, and...
Volkswagen’s Digital Transformation to See Cuts to 4000 Jobs
5.6.2019
Over the years, plenty of companies have gone on digital transformations that have seen core jobs being reduced at the expense of more robust Information Technology (IT) departments, and that is exactly what is going to happen with Germany car manufacturing giant Volkswagen. It has now emerged that...