Doug Francisco, Author at HARDTIMES

February 26, 2019

TOKYO — During a seven minute long press conference this morning, Game Freak, the makers of the popular Pokémon series of…

January 24, 2019

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — While on a lunch date at Three Brothers Tacos, local nerd John Davis took a…

January 24, 2019

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — While on a lunch date at Three Brothers Tacos, local nerd John Davis took a…

January 24, 2019

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — While on a lunch date at Three Brothers Tacos, local nerd John Davis took a…

January 10, 2019

I have liked my son ever since he came out 18 years ago, and I've been competitive on the parent…

November 26, 2018

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Mobile technology programmers laid out plans yesterday to incorporate a feature into every app that would…

October 26, 2018

Red Dead Development, a new Ken Burns documentary detailing the grueling work conditions at Rockstar during the development process of Red…

September 20, 2018

PLANO, Texas — Pizza Hut president Artie Starrs announced this morning via a conference call with shareholders that the restaurant…

September 14, 2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Local 12-year-old Tanner Allen gave his father Grant a ride to Ace of Spades last night to…

September 12, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — The “death” section of the Wikipedia page for punk legend Benny Core is far longer than any…