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British Newspaper Fooled By Online Harry Potter/Pokemon Go Hoax (snopes.com)
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: "The creators behind Pokemon Go are developing a new Harry Potter version of the app, according to reports," claimed The Metro -- citing as their source the web site "Hello Giggles". But that site's source -- as well as the source for an inaccurate article in Yahoo! Style -- was the infamous JTXH, a parody news sites created three months ago, whose other false scoops have included "NASA to make announcement involving 'religious' implications" and "Denny's waitress assaulted by Muslims for serving bacon during Ramadan".
From Snopes.com: There is no real radio or television outlet with the call letters JTXH; that identifier is purely the province of a fake news web site masquerading as a legitimate news outlet. JTXH News has previously published fabricated clickbait stories such as "Bernie campaign caught distributing LSD to youth" and "Chick-Fil-A is considering banning anyone who 'can't figure out their gender.'"
From Snopes.com: There is no real radio or television outlet with the call letters JTXH; that identifier is purely the province of a fake news web site masquerading as a legitimate news outlet. JTXH News has previously published fabricated clickbait stories such as "Bernie campaign caught distributing LSD to youth" and "Chick-Fil-A is considering banning anyone who 'can't figure out their gender.'"
Odds are there will be countless AR spinoffs, and there's a good chance that that the Harry Potter license will be discussed.
And this is news???
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
Does anyone use lsd anymore?
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
No need to collect Tribbles. Well, you might need to collect one. But if you remember, they are born pregnant. You'll have all you want in no time.
And now for something completely different...
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errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
You don't collect them but you can breed them in Trek Online. Actually the most recent addition was the Kelvin timeline tribble, complete with a little lens flare when you pet the critter.
If God forks the Universe every time you roll a die, he'd better have a damned good memory.
Based on the popularity of Pokemon Go, I would expect every mobile game company out there is working on a re-themed clone of some sort. Harry Potter would certainly be a great idea for a game like this.
There are plenty of people who like the idea of Pokemon Go, but don't have any interest in Pokemon.
Metro is not a newspaper, it is an advertising bulletin freely given away on buses and trains.
Not a remake. An expansion on the concept. There is little in common in the actual game play between the two, other than the need to get out and visit real world locations to play the virtual game.
And this is not news. The fact that Niantic is behind PG and Ingress has been well covered.
I'm too lazy to compose a creative sig.
They're like cockroaches... Endless stream of gullible people freaking out over some "news" story from one of these idiotic sites and spamming warnings of The Dire Threat To Our Precious Bodily Fluids or whatever.