Kotaku: Meet Catbat, The Crash Bandicoot Series’ First Non-Binary Character https://kotaku.com/crash-team-rumble-bandicoot-catbat-non-binary-character-1850510308 #gaming #tech #kotaku #singleplayervideogames #videogamecharacters #videogameremakes #universalstudios #videogamesequels #doctorneocortex #crashbandicoot #platformgames #nicholaskole #videogaming #rondesantis #videogames #erikaishii #davidbowie #naughtydog #neocortex #abouttime #crashyan #paulyan #danneil #bridget #catbat #kotaku #crash

(3) “…It’s worse than I feared; the #AlpineA110 is fantastic. #Renault - part of the recently restructured Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance - has said the #Alpine brand could return to the U.S. before the end of the decade.

But the #A110, already long of tooth, is unlikely to be around to plant the flag.

If so, I’ll be tickled…well, you know.”

-#DanNeil on the Alpine A110 pink-colored South Beach Edition car that he reviewed while in the U.K.

#WSJ

(3) “…It’s worse than I feared; the #AlpineA110 is fantastic. #Renault - part of the recently restructured Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance - has said the #Alpine brand could return to the U.S. before the end of the decade.

But the #A110, already long of tooth, is unlikely to be around to plant the flag.

If so, I’ll be tickled…well, you know.”

-#DanNeil on the Alpine A110 pink-colored South Beach Edition that he reviewed while in the U.K.

#WSJ

(2) “…In any event, the glittery pastels seem more likely to appeal to club-going college-age women, for whom South Beach represents not a gay enclave but a raver’s paradise, an all-night Day-Glo Shanghai-La of parties & pools to fall into.

Thus the disappointed looks whenever the driver’s door opened &, instead of a princess 👑 looking for a 🎉 party, I stepped out, a frumpy American asking to use the loo. Sigh. I used to be the belle of the ball.”…

-#DanNeil #WSJ #AlpineA110

(1) #Renault’s premium-performance #Alpine brand, the 2-seat, mid-engine #AlpineA110 is often compared favorably to #Porsche’s #718Cayman.

#WSJ’s #DanNeil, on the #SouthBeach Edition:

“As for the stereotype embedded in the South Beach nomenclature, that it’s a pink car for out-and-proud self-identifying males, you’re thinking of a black #DodgeChallenger…”

#Renault’s premium-performance #Alpine brand, the 2-seat, mid-engine #AlpineA110 is often compared favorably to #Porsche’s #718Cayman.

#WSJ’s #DanNeil, on the #SouthBeach Edition:

“As for the stereotype embedded in the South Beach nomenclature, that it’s a pink car for out-and-proud self-identifying males, you’re thinking of a black #DodgeChallenger…”

“People sometimes write to me complaining of the denatured, antiseptic character of new #cars.

They are too #safe, too soft, too easy to #drive & too much alike, the same #PlayDoh through the same squeezy machine, delivering indistinguishable driving experiences 🚘

To these would-be wearers of dashing scarfs, these gourmets of windswept 🐞 bugs, I say try on the #Super3. It’s a special kind of different. 3 wheels, 2 seats, no doors, no top…Dash mounted windscreens…slim & none.”

-#DanNeil #WSJ

🚗+🐮 #DanNeil #WSJ:

“Like a #4H Club event at the state fair, the premium #crossover mkt…attracts cute little #heifers from all over: Sweden (#Volvo), Japan (#Lexus), Germany (#Audi), US (#Lincoln) & South Korea (#Hyundai)…no matter how primped & polished the contestants, when they enter the ring, they become 🐄 livestock - commoditized, consumable. Discerning judges look past the braided tails & cow mascara. It’s about the beef on the hoof…the #Genesis GV70 might as well be Babe the Blue Ox.” 👀