Best Buy’s Post

Seeing Best Buy's post about Geeksquad hitting the 30 year mark definitely caught my eye today. It's an impressive milestone and fascinating to think about what a Best Buy looked like in 1994. Some particular items come to mind... 📶 Nokia and Motorola Solutions topped the list for most popular mobile devices 📺 Rear projection and tube TVs dominated the market and the HDMI cable was almost a decade away 📱 The Apple #Newton was a leading innovation in the PDA category 🎮 Sony was about to launch the #PlayStation 1 in 1995, followed by Nintendo with the #Nintendo64 in 1996 (#mariocart and #007goldeneye for #N64 were absolute game changers) 📀 #DVDs hadn't launched yet and wouldn't arrive in the US in 1997 🏪 #CircuitCity had a prominent store presence and competed directly with Best Buy It's safe to say that things have changed across the retail and tech landscape in the past 30 years! Some retailers have struggled to remain relevant, but Best Buy has continued to innovate and leveraged Geeksquad as a strategic point of differentiation, profit driver and more recently an anchor to the top tier of its membership program (#mybestbuytotal). I expect Geeksquad will continue evolve as it enables growth initiatives across Best Buy Health and helps aging consumers use technology to promote independence. What are your 1994 tech favorites??

In this code, we’re using our IsPrime function from above within a loop. The loop kicks off at 2 (the smallest prime number), and strides through each number up to ‘n’. Whenever it encounters a prime number (thanks to the IsPrime check), it proudly displays it on the console. It’s like having a talent show where the primes are the superstars. https://byshahnawaz.com/ #primeshow #codingmagic #isprime #mathfun #numberstars

The crazy experiment worked. This is K33N, one of the early beta testers for Swords! He finished the quests, slew the monsters, saved the villages, and defeated the boss. He even took off work for several days to do it. He was playing all day long. Then the game led him to this shining sword hidden in the wilderness. Plus, there was a treasure chest with $1000 in gold and silver coins buried there at a specific GPS location he was led to after defeating the final boss. It worked. What's kind of crazy is that this experiment worked within a matter of days, not weeks, the players were so rabid to finish the content. We are on to something here. This is only the first of many future campaigns. I'm calling it version 0.1. We're already talking with partnerships who want to be involved in the hunt, and brands who are eager to be part of it. We're also finding that the players want more. So buckle up everyone. If you want to try an adventure like no other, come and join us. #mobilegaming #augmentedreality #gamedesign #gamedevelopment #beta #animationstudio

This Week During #RGEM2023: Building a Responsible Gaming Culture Within. Find resources to bolster employee training and highlight how employees are helping advance responsible gaming on the casino floor and beyond 👉 https://bit.ly/RGEM23

Are you getting excited for March? I am, because FastSpring is a sponsor of #GDC2024! If you're registered, be sure to stop by booth S1931 to talk with our team on site to learn about our payment solutions for your games, and unlock the secrets to how we help you: 🎮 Collect payments for direct purchases of your games and in-game transactions 🕹️ Sell internationally with ease, while staying sales tax compliant 👾 Store data in accordance with the increasingly complex data privacy regulations 🏆Plus, we'll be giving away a Diji Mini Drone! Ready to level up with FastSpring? Click below to learn more in our blog! #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indidev #pcgaming

Are you getting excited for March? I am, because FastSpring is a sponsor of #GDC2024! If you're registered, be sure to stop by booth S1931 to talk with our team on site to learn about our payment solutions for your games, and unlock the secrets to how we help you: 🎮 Collect payments for direct purchases of your games and in-game transactions 🕹️ Sell internationally with ease, while staying sales tax compliant 👾 Store data in accordance with the increasingly complex data privacy regulations 🏆Plus, we'll be giving away a Diji Mini Drone! Ready to level up with FastSpring? Click below to learn more in our blog! #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indidev #pcgaming

Are you getting excited for March? I am, because FastSpring is a sponsor of #GDC2024! If you're registered, be sure to stop by booth S1931 to talk with our team on site to learn about our payment solutions for your games, and unlock the secrets to how we help you: 🎮 Collect payments for direct purchases of your games and in-game transactions 🕹️ Sell internationally with ease, while staying sales tax compliant 👾 Store data in accordance with the increasingly complex data privacy regulations 🏆Plus, we'll be giving away a Diji Mini Drone! Ready to level up with FastSpring? Click below to learn more in our blog! #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indidev #pcgaming

In this code, we’re using our IsPrime function from above within a loop. The loop kicks off at 2 (the smallest prime number), and strides through each number up to ‘n’. Whenever it encounters a prime number (thanks to the IsPrime check), it proudly displays it on the console. It’s like having a talent show where the primes are the superstars. https://byshahnawaz.com/ #primeshow #codingmagic #isprime #mathfun #numberstars

Are you getting excited for March? I am, because FastSpring is a sponsor of #GDC2024! If you're registered, be sure to stop by booth S1931 to talk with our team on site to learn about our payment solutions for your games, and unlock the secrets to how we help you: 🎮 Collect payments for direct purchases of your games and in-game transactions 🕹️ Sell internationally with ease, while staying sales tax compliant 👾 Store data in accordance with the increasingly complex data privacy regulations 🏆Plus, we'll be giving away a Diji Mini Drone! Ready to level up with FastSpring? Click below to learn more in our blog! #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indidev #pcgaming

Squad Busters in one minute: This week Supercell dropped their first global launch for six years! It's been a while, so what have they cooked up? 🕹 How does it play? -> A very accessible MOBA. -> Each round is 4 minute PvE vs. 9 other players. -> Win by collecting as many gems as possible. -> Do so by building and deploying your squad in the most effective way 🏆 What’s good? -> Looks great, fits perfectly into the Supercell universe -> Very easy to get started -> Lots of depth around strategy (squad building and in-round play) suggests the potential for a game that works long term -> The idea of tapping a chest to unlock it on the level you've earned is pure 👨🎨 🔚 What's not working? -> It might be easy to get started, but the complexity ramps up quickly -> Not easy to understand what each characters' special abilities are and therefore why to pick one over another -> Feels like it might become quite pay-to-win I've really enjoyed it so far, clearly a lot of knowledge has gone into it, so definitely worth finding some time to play.