Google Maps Apps Add 'Mario Kart' Feature (wlwt.com) 35
An anonymous reader quotes WLWT News:
Starting Saturday, "Mario Time" will be available on the Google Maps app for iOS and Android, letting you drive around town with Mario as your guide, cruising the app in a go-kart similar to the iconic "Mario Kart" video game. When users launch the latest version of the app, the feature is activated by tapping a "?" beside the start button normally used to start navigation.
It includes sound effects -- "Woo-hoo! Let's-a go!" says Mario -- and will be available for the next week. It's to commemorate "Mario Day" -- Mar.10 -- that magical time of year one Portland newspaper has described as "the most manufactured of corporate holidays," on which Nintendo lowers the price on their Super Mario Run app and offers other discounts.
It includes sound effects -- "Woo-hoo! Let's-a go!" says Mario -- and will be available for the next week. It's to commemorate "Mario Day" -- Mar.10 -- that magical time of year one Portland newspaper has described as "the most manufactured of corporate holidays," on which Nintendo lowers the price on their Super Mario Run app and offers other discounts.
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I could see it from my comfortable residence in Melbourne, Australia, although they weren't happy about being ad-blocked. I now know far more about Cincinnati than i really needed to. I wonder if that radio station is still operating? They were funny.
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Blue-shells are no accident.
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Just waiting for the first accident this causes.
I depends on if you're using manual or automatic drifting when you go around corners.
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Another slashvertisement for Google. (Score:1)
A company noticeably more evil than Apple and Microsoft, and that is saying something.
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Ah, I see you want "dumb speak". Type "theonion.com" in your browser address bar for news better suited to your I.Q.
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Indeed, more pointless than most slashdot articles. And at least here, it seems to be wrong, unless I am missing something.
Slashdot, fake news for nerds.
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I can't wait for the pod races on the fourth of May.
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I can't wait for the infrastructure-destroying giant mecha battles on July 1st. I've got my eye on the Melbourne Arts centre.
They left out the most important part! (Score:2)
Can I throw blue shells at other drivers?
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No but you can use Mushrooms.
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Can I throw blue shells at other drivers?
No, sadly. However, you can use Bullet Bill to get to and from work faster.
"Most" manufactured? Feh, lightweights. (Score:2)
In other words, it's a cynical manufactured holiday intended to sell candy, built on top of another cynical manufactured holiday intended to sell greeting
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I may be late to the party, but I've only just recently learned about White Day - a holiday by and for Japanese confectionery companies, which occurs one month after Valentine's Day. Then idea is that girls should give boys chocolate on Valentine's Day, and boys should give girls reciprocal white chocolate (or marshmallows) one month later on White Day.
It may not have occurred to you... but Japan doesn't have Easter. This sounds like their take on it.
In other words, it's a cynical manufactured holiday intended to sell candy, built on top of another cynical manufactured holiday intended to sell greeting cards. Apparently it got so popular in Japan that it has now spread to quite a few other Asian countries.
This is my submission for "most manufactured" holiday.
The most manufactured "holidays" have to be Christmas and Easter. Easter is all about selling chocolate eggs in copious quantities. Christmas is about sellting cheap tat and expensive toys. They've got no meaning besides chocolate and gifts.
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Happy April Fools, slashdot peeps!