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Month: December 2016

The Best FREE Oculus Rift Touch Games and Apps

Posted on December 23, 2016May 1, 2017 by Matt

tl;dr: Skip straight to the list!

A Long, Long Time Ago…

Over 21 years ago—circa 1995—I got my first dose of “virtual reality” by glimpsing into the lenses of a store display model Virtual Boy at Target. Featured within this curious contraption was a vividly monochromatic, red-tinted 3D world. The demo game was Wario Land, and in those fleeting seconds I recall dodging 3D spike balls that lunged out toward me before vanishing back into the abyss. Despite being critically panned and discontinued shortly thereafter, this experience on the Virtual Boy proved strangely captivating and my fascination with 3D and virtual reality continued onward. Read Full Article

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The Deceitful “Bait-and-Switch” Tactics of Auto Dealership Prize Giveaways

Posted on December 2, 2016May 1, 2017 by Matt

I receive unsolicited prize giveaways in the mail all the time, mostly from regional auto dealerships trying to promote their inventory and overstock. The tactics used to entice the recipient into reading and reacting to the send-out can be both entertaining and aggressive. The goal of these mailings is naturally to maximize consumer response and get as many people as possible through the doors to sell them vehicles. For this reason, everybody wins!

Some dealership promotions come enclosed in very important looking “NextDay Verified Fast-Tracked Mail” envelopes designed to mimic actual overnight services while still being sent regular media mail (complete with handwritten jargon about there being crucial documents inside.) Others come with a generic key that must be checked against a lock box at the dealership.  Almost all of them include some variant of a scratch-off or pull-tab ticket with some fantastic prizes on the table. Read Full Article

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