Aug
16thLest We Forget
Here’s another Pokemon Go post, but this one is designed for the historical purpose of documenting the moment. You see Pokemon Go is so big right now that it astounds me how much it’s effected our culture and lifestyle. As I previously wrote, I’ve been walking like crazy. But I want to take a minute to just document the early days of Pokemon Go so that when my children ask “What was it like” I can give them a solid answer. I believe that it’s impact is so revolutionary that people will be comparing it to Beatlemania in the upcoming years. It began with a mild curiosity. My daughter was smitten with the Pikachu character because it was cute and yellow and cute. So for Christmas I bought her– and yes I mean her– a copy of Pokemon yellow for the Gameboy. I was hoping that it would encourage her to read and that we could play the game together and bond. We started to play it together but she started to lose interest. I think partly because I was controlling the game and secondly because she would have to listen to the games repetitive text. But I became hooked and we played the game for many weeks. While my interest in the game waned Ava was still smitten with the Pikachu character. So much so that she was in absolute hysterics when she saw her first genuine Pikachu stuffed animal in the wild. Now at our home we’ve absolutely […]