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Hype.

Final Fantasy 15 Hype Justice League Hype Dr. Strange Hype Suicide Squad...Hype? Wonder Woman Hype Harry Potter/Pokemon Go Hype  (I mean seriously that's what this is) Hype marketing is huge these days. There have been so many more trailers leading up the movies and it's relentless. It seems like movies post production phases are so much longer that the marketing department has to spend months and months creating trailers to make sure the movie never leaves the audiences minds. There are a lot of movies presented this year at Comic-con that have 2017 dates. 2016 is barely halfway over and we're greeted with projects that will once again be marketing to us at next year's Comic-Con.  I think it's too much. Some of the reveals are cool but by the time they are actually released in theaters, the trailers released will give everything away. See, since Hollywood has to keep our minds busy for so long, they have to slowly keep releasing more and more mater...

Pokemon GO Impressions

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Pokemon GO, the mobile Pokemon app licensed by Nintendo and developed by Niantic Inc, has taken the world by storm. It's been over a few days (which is almost years  in mobile app terms) and there are just too many stories to count of how the game has affected people's lives .  The surge of the game's popularity has helped Nintendo rise up from the ashes . Their stock shot up 25% overnight after the game's release.   After the disaster that was the Wii U, this only brings good fortune for the Japanese company. I'm sure most people who are reading this already know what Pokemon GO is, but let me try to summarize. It's a location based game where you walk around in real life in search of Pokemon. The game uses your GPS to track your location and every so often Pokemon will pop up in certain areas of the map. The player just has to walk up (in real life) to the spot on the map and a Pokemon will appear. The player is then able to capture the Pokemon ...