This article covers the topic of the renowned Pokemon Go. It starts off by mentioning how popular Pokemon was in the 90’s; much like the OJ trial was. Then the article jumps back into the present and talks about how both Pokemon and the OJ trial have grown significant in pop culture again. Pokemon rising into popularity as a form of a game, and the OJ trial as a form of a miniseries. The article goes on to describe the different features of the game and how it is played. It also points out some features of the game that seem a little suspicious to the author of this article, Alexandra Petri. The tone of this article was very informal and playful. The diction that was used was filled with sarcasm and exaggeration. The author, Petri,
In the article “How Pokemon Go Conquered The World,” by Anna Starecheski, it talks about how Pokemon Go became famous and how it is a new intro into an augmented world. Pokemon Go became so popular because it was new. First off, Pokemon Go had a great timing for when it came out. The article states, “A new video game that took the world by storm last summer” (Starecheski 26). This show how Pokemon go had good release timing because it released in the summer, which is a great time to release a game where people need to be free from other stuff that consumes their day like school. The kids can do the game without stuff getting in their way, so they can play the game that just came out. Also, the game was cool, it was an augmented reality game,
A wake up call for our generation. We all have to learn when there is a time for everything, respectfully. Leonard Pitts Jr. brings out a shocking point in his article “Capture This: It’s wrong to play Pokémon at Auschwitz!” Everyone is steadily getting more distracted with what is going on in the virtual world, then what is right in front of them. Leonard Pitts Jr. highlights a contrived diction that will surely persuade anyone to agree with him, portrays tone that will make anyone take him seriously, and brings out key points that we should take action to.
Katherine arranges her text to put different negative impacts on her audience’s emotions to really show that bad things are happening. She brings up one topic while also including a paragraph about stalking, another about robbing, and one about fighting because of trash talking. By shedding light on all these problems with a game like this is going to get more readers to agree with her since what is happening is illegal and sad. Crime has been linked to this game specifically and unless something is done to add some rules, nothing is going to change about the crime rate. Cross also points out some good features of the game in her article. “So far, it seems like the physical nature of Pokémon Go helps tamp down the harassment that might otherwise occur if the game took place in a purely online space” (Cross). Although she mentions some good aspects about this game, you can clearly tell she believes that this game is still doing more harm than
The article was well written and organized thought. However it did had a bit of deficiencies. Although the usage of personal experience and opinions are existing but she also used a lot of rhetorical strategies. This overreliance made the argument and the tone sound little bit emotional. The introduction of
Additionally, this article is from a commercial publication, and though it is reliable and intended for an educated audience, it may include some dramatization and unnecessary information to make it more appealing for readers.
Pokemon Go is affecting business and society because everything is slowly starting to revolve around this game. Slowly but surely companies are advertising more, and creating Poke stops and Poke gyms. Pokemon Go is affecting business in a good way, stores are booming and sales are skyrocketing because of this game. Society is slowly changing because more and more kids are downloading the game and you see more kids everyday walking around town on their phones trying to catch Pokemons and receive awards.
Pokemon Go has been one of the utmost popular smart phone video game invention, however, this game has contributed to distracted driving, trespassing and distracted pedestrians. These distractions can lead to death or severe injuries. According to Fox News, the game was also cited in road accidents, sending people to the Emergency room, into busy highways and places of respect and quiet. One Reddit user stated that “Not even 30 minutes after the release last night, I slipped and fell down a ditch. Fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in my foot, 6-8 weeks for recovery…”. Another unfortunate accident occurred when one car wrapped around a tree while playing Pokemon Go in upstate New York. This game is beginning to become more of a hazard to human
Someone was pulling me through the house, those things were around every corner. We ran out and the morning sun woke me up, I finally saw who was pulling me, it was Joelle. Melanie and Jack were already in the car ready to go. We jumped in and Melanie stomped on the gas pedal so hard it had a dent.”What happened?” I said as we drove away at full speed. After we get away Joelle screams to Melanie “OK YOU CAN SLOW THE F* DOWN NOW”. Melanie then says “Sorry it was instinct.” Then I said “Wait you team Instinct!?!?!”. “What???” she said, then I said “like in Pokemon Go”. “WHAT THE HECK NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT POKEMON GO! I’M SO SICK OF THAT GAME!”. Joelle gets mad then says “Let’s do our team saying guys”. Then Joelle,Jack and I say “When snow
Pokemon is a game made by The Pokemon Company which is a Japanese consortium including Nintendo, Game Freak, And Creatures (But Nintendo is the sole owner of the trademark. Pokemon is a game where you can catch creatures called pokemon. You train these creatures to fight other pokemon and beat gyms. After you beat a gym you get a badge and once you get eight badges you can enter the Pokemon League. In The Pokemon League there are four trainers called the Elite Four. Each of the four trainer uses a specific type of Pokemon Which i will get to in a little bit. After you beat the Elite Four you get to face the Champion ,and if you beat Him/Her you become the New Champion. There are Eighteen different pokemon types Normal, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Steel, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Dark, Fairy, And ???
One day I was playing my Xbox when Sam Allen called my phone. I answer the call with a, “What’s up?”
Video games have been a favorite pass time for Americans and people all over the world for many centuries. I have always loved video games ever since I was introduced to the Nintendo 64 when I was a little girl. I found Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong very addicting when I began playing it. However, a new level of game addiction has been introduced into the era of technology. Games on our phones have been a new popularity in recent years. Usually when I hear the words “video game,” I think of a console, like the Wii or PlayStation. I don’t consider games that are on the app store like Flappy Bird or Temple Run a legitimate video game. Even though they don’t fall under that category, these games are downloaded over a million times. A
This paper is going to present discuss from a statistic point a view a health related newspaper article in which a research study is mentioned and summarized. I will also look into how the conclusions are presented, and if the general approach was correct and suitable as far as statistics is involved.
Pokémon has been a phenomenon in our country for eighteen years captivating audiences from young children to adults. On campus people who share an interest in Pokémon, a series with many forms of media including video games, a tv show, or anime, movies, a card game, and a comic series gather on Fridays in Wolford 203 from seven to nine. Every week there is a new activity that the club hosts. I witnessed and
On July, Niantic, an app company released a free game app Pokemon Go which equipped with augmented reality that generates monster creatures in the view of real world. Within days this app, which can be free downloaded by gadgets with the aid of cameras and GPS to catch Pokemon, has stunted the world by out beating all other apps; candy crash, Snapchat, Whatapp, Instagram, called the Pokemon Go fad has taken over the world by storm. Nevertheless, this game has brought many problems, accidents and disruptions to the players, public entities and the society at large. This essay is to explore how and why people struggling around in the course of accepting, rejecting and clinging to it under the theory of Cognitive dissonance.
“Let us make this a new age where we show our gratitude” (Pokemon X and Y). Video games are not quite as simple as people think. Bringing together the creative vision of one person or a few hundred people; they are large endeavors that require much time and talent. The resulting product is what you play; the art that is a video game. Seamlessly blending the ideas and talents of so many people into a moving story or narrative, where the story is told not solely through words or pictures, but through words and pictures. This is not solely for the enjoyment of the player, however. Video games also hold a special place as art, where those words and pictures come together as one in a beautiful way.