Henry Collingridge

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The company that invented the Swagway hover-board came out with an electric scooter called The Swagger and I love it.  This zippy, carbon fiber toy weighs only 15 lbs, is easily carried and has a small form factor when collapsed.

I work in a large, carpeted office and we use the Swagger to blow off steam after long meetings.   I've been riding around on it for a few weeks now and there is so much cool about this thing.

THE PROS

• The Swagger is UL 2272 compliant, which means it’ll never burst into flames!
• The Swagger has a backlit digital display with an odometer, speedometer, 3 speeds and cruise control.  Why I’d need cruise control on this is beyond me but I’m glad it’s there!
• The factory set top speed of the Swagger is 15MPH and though is may not sound fast enough…it is. There’s even a way to lower the top speed if you'd like.
• The Swagger has a blindingly bright headlamp for night riding and the package as a whole looks and feels solid.
• The manufacturer, claims that a 1.5 hour charge will take you between 10-15 miles. I’m actually experiencing 5-7 but I think it's because I'm normally riding in the top gear at full throttle.

 

THE CONS

• The $399.00 price tag is pretty steep for an office toy.   But if you live in a flat area and your commute to work is short, you should check it out.
• The Swagger doesn't go up hills very well.

But to me the pros far outweigh the cons and I’ll probably buy a second so that I can ride around with my wife.  Below is Swagtron's promo video and from the look of it, the odds of meeting young ladies who also ride Swaggers to work are 1 in 1!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gn8_B1CkXA

I like your odds male America!

 

When game critic Jim Sterling uses video clips of the games he reviews on YouTube, the game companies claim copyright ownership of the video and run ads on Sterling's reviews. He doesn't like that because his videos are funded by Patreon and he doesn't think his audience should have to see ads. So what he does now is add video clips from other game publishers' titles. This causes the different companies to battle for control of the video, and they both lose out.

“I figured every time I talk about Nintendo, I’m going to throw in other stuff that gets flagged by Content ID, and just watch the corporations battle it out,” Sterling said. His hope was that by pulling this stunt, he could stop any company from monetizing the video at all, since it wouldn’t be clear who really owned the footage in the first place. And if anybody did manage to monetize the video, they’d probably only get peanuts for it. The scheme panned out just the way he thought it would, Jim Sterling tells Kotaku.