The parents at Engadget love the Playdate, a small, quirky transportable console that is full of nice indie video games and has a crank on the facet. I had my eye on it for a very long time however for some motive by no means pulled the set off. I do get Playdate emails, although, and earlier immediately a stunning and hilarious e mail caught my consideration (topic line: Mamma Mia!):
The message continued: “We is not going to be posting details about this product on social media. We is not going to be sending press releases to the media. This particular restricted version cowl was first shared with our Playdate mailing record readers. (Thanks for subscribing.)”
Nicely, don’t I really feel flattered!
To be clear, Playdate has offered a purple (and extra just lately ocean blue) case for the console from the start. It is also cute and wraps round your gadget satisfactorily to guard it from bites. Nonetheless, it has nothing to do with this iconic pizza design.
The announcement of this cute product despatched the Engadget Slack channel right into a frenzy — and Playdate fanatic Jessica Conditt stated no, it would no Let her neglect we’re nonetheless ready for the Playdate Stereo Dock (good attempt, Panic). On the identical time, I began enthusiastic about the upcoming holidays, wouldn’t Playdate be an awesome companion? Particularly that gorgeous cowl.
A couple of minutes later, I obtained an order affirmation message in my inbox. The scenario rapidly escalated—and by no less than one measure, the Playdate pizza cowl was successful.
For different Playdate followers, do not dwell on this – Playdate says the duvet is a restricted version and will not final lengthy. Within the meantime, we’ll have a full evaluation as quickly because the pizza is delivered.
