the time magizine article does tell a story of the creation of pokemon and
the man who created it (with nintendo's help, of course). it's
interesting, the hidden biases of the article and what is told and what is
not.
“In Japan, where the Pokemon were born, Ash is called Satoshi; and Satoshi
was made in the image of his creator, Satoshi Tajiri, a young outcast who,
as a boy living just outside Tokyo, collected insects and other tiny
creatures of field, pond, and forest. In a nation of ultraconforminsts, he
was a misfit who didnt’ even dream of college.”
time magazine says that satoshi tajiri is a “otaku” and only explains by
saying otaku “are those who shut themselves in with video games or comic
books or some other kind of ultraspecialization away from the rest of
society.”
kathie
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
start all over.
start all over.
we need to make new symbols,
make new signs,
make a new language,
with these we'll redefine the world
and start all over.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^tracy chapman:new beginning
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Katherine_Goff@ceo.cudenver.edu
http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~katherine_goff/index.html
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