Pokevision Creator Pens Heartfelt Letter To Niantic About Pokémon GoPatricia Hernandez8/02/16 7:00pm48041EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWhen tracking service Pokevision was initially shut down last weekend, Yang Liu, the proprietor, didn’t say much about what was going on. Today, he breaks his silence with a long letter that pleads Niantic to change its stance on Pokémon trackers.
Pokémon Go Players Requesting Refunds Over Lack Of TrackingMike Fahey7/31/16 1:30pm62022EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWith the broken in-game tracking patched out and third-party services getting shut down, Pokémon Go players are now requesting refunds for in-app purchases, and in many cases they’re getting them.
Pokevision And Other Pokémon Go Trackers Shut Down For Unclear ReasonsPatricia Hernandez7/31/16 8:00am75323EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkLast week, Niantic’s John Hanke warned Pokémon Go players that popular tracking websites may no longer work in the future. It seems that moment has now arrived.
And Now I'm a Frog. A Singing Demonic FrogMike Fahey6/07/12 9:00am14EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Earlier this week Sony Online Entertainment revealed its new SOEmote technology, which enables EverQuest 2 players to map their facial expressions and mouth movements to their in-game character. This creeped many people the fuck out. I just had to try it.
iSpy Conspiracy: Your iPhone Is Secretly Tracking Everywhere You've Been, All The Time (Updated)Sam Biddle4/20/11 11:20am8064EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThis is a map of everywhere I've been for nearly the last year. Everywhere. I didn't carry around a special tracking device. The FBI isn't sending goons in unmarked vans to track me. All I did was use an iPhone. And if you have an iPhone, you're being tracked right now, too, whether you like it or not.
Valve Wants To Hear Your Body TalkMike Fahey9/14/10 6:00pm113EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalink Let's get physical, or more specifically, let's get biometrical, as Valve's Gabe Newell, Erik Johnson and Doug Lombardi talk to PC Gamer about using players' intrinsic physical reactions to playing video games.