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-7 posts tagged "Pokémon"
Ayden Kowalski | Thursday, March 2, 2023
Pokemon Day is advertised as a celebration of the world’s highest-grossing media franchise, a universe that is, at its heart, the illustration of a simple childhood dream. The appeal of befriending magical, and in some cases, divine animals and competing against the animals of others is rather fundamental. There’s a magic to the series that
Jack Griffiths | Thursday, February 16, 2023
Autistic people are often incorrectly thought of as passionless. One might meet an autistic person who seems anxious or reserved and misinterpret her demeanor as a sign that she’s simply not someone who feels very strongly about anything. This could not be further from the truth. Autistic people are still invested in the topics and
Ayden Kowalski | Thursday, January 26, 2023
Few franchises have a better pitch than “Pokémon”: tame and trained magical animals battle each other, save the world with a team of them and ultimately become “the very best, like no one ever was.” Whether each game brings the player into this dream is a different question. The previous main series games, 2019’s “Pokémon Sword” and
Andy Ottone | Monday, October 3, 2022
I come from a fifth-generation immigrant family, meaning my great-great-great grandparents immigrated from Japan to America. Putting it that way, I sound fairly detached from my Japanese roots, but I am still half-Japanese. Despite growing up in the United States, my parents, especially my mom, always made a point to help me learn about my
Dessi Gomez, Aidan O'Malley, Jake Winningham and Ryan Israel | Tuesday, March 9, 2021
“Only Wanna Be With You (Pokémon 25 Version)” — Post Malone By Ryan Israel, Scene Editor The context surrounding this song is baffling, to say the least. For the 25th anniversary of a Japanese video game turned dominant media franchise (Pokémon), a former rapper, current superstar singer (Post Malone) covers the hit song (“Only Wanna
Jimmy Kemper | Tuesday, March 4, 2014
On this past Saturday morning at approximately 3 a.m., after 16 days, seven hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds of continuous playing, over 100,000 people came together to beat “Twitch Plays Pokémon,” a live, Internet-based game of Nintendo’s “Pokémon Red” on videogame-streaming website Twitch.TV. The popular game was streamed live on the site and viewers
Matt McMahon | Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Last Wednesday, an account on the video game streaming website Twitch.TV started an experiment in which viewers could play Pokémon Red. The popular Nintendo game was being streamed live on the site and users could contribute to playing by typing in button commands in the accompanying chat. Since gaining coverage on Reddit.com, Huffington Post and