2024.01.04: Amazon Needs More Money

Linkdump

Beating Tetris

• 34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen” | Ars Technica
• (41) The First Time Somebody Has Ever “Beat” Tetris – YouTube
• List of best-selling video games – Wikipedia
• Wii U – Wikipedia
• Switch 2 Predicted to Arrive in 2024 With a $400 Price Point – IGN
• ‘DieHardBirdie’ interview – world’s oldest esports champion (usatoday.com)
• Youngest professional videogamer | Guinness World Records
• The average age in esports versus NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL – ESPN
• 7 Oldest League of Legends Players in the World – Oldest.org
• Tetris (2023) – IMDb
• Kingsman (film series) – IMDb

Imaginary Friends

• Mr. Snuffleupagus – Wikipedia
• A Brief History of Sesame Street’s Snuffleupagus Identity Crisis | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Bluey (TV Series 2018– ) – IMDb
• My Little Pony (TV Series 1986–1987) – IMDb

Ads on Amazon

• Amazon Video Ad Push Seen Generating Extra $5 Billion in Revenue – Bloomberg
• Citadel (TV Series 2023– ) – IMDb
• Why Amazon’s Citadel cost $50m per episode (telegraph.co.uk)
• Priyanka Chopra – Wikipedia
• Joe Jonas files for divorce from Sophie Turner after four years of marriage | Culture | The Guardian
• Reacher (TV Series 2022– ) – IMDb
• Alan Ritchson – IMDb
• The Boys (TV Series 2019– ) – IMDb
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series 2017–2023) – IMDb
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series 2022– ) – IMDb
• The Wheel of Time (TV Series 2021– ) – IMDb
• The Night Agent (TV Series 2023– ) – IMDb