Archive for April 23rd, 2008

I have been thinking about signing up for a game service, but most of the reviews I have read complain about both. Seems most of the people who are willing to pay for this type of service come from having used Netflix. Netflix has their act together. It’s a great service. Gamefly & Gottaplay apparently are leaving a lot of customers dissatisfied.

Summarized, here are the responses:

Gamefly: Horrible long travel times to and from the distribution centers.
Gottaplay: Very limited selection.

Any advice? I don’t know if it’s worth the $$.

Stabucks just released Pike Place roast, which is a milder coffee than their usual fare, along with a fairly big marketing effort which includes new signage and new cups.

PikePlaceRoast

Apparently they’ve hit some kind of glass ceiling and want to punch through. From slashfood:

Yesterday, in response to critics who say that their beans are over-roasted, they introduced a new roast called Pike Place, named after the iconic market in Seattle, the city where they first started out.