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START/SELECT: Pokémon and Politics: Childs Play or Social Commentary?

START/SELECT: Pokémon and Politics: Child’s Play or Social Commentary?

By Mac Riga January 31, 2020

“Pokémon Sword” and “Pokémon Shield,” the latest entries in Nintendo and Game Freak’s blockbuster franchise, were released this November amid a wash of public complaints about what the game...

Pokémon Go: Georgetown Edition

Pokémon Go: Georgetown Edition

By Graham Ritter and Graham Ritter July 21, 2016

If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent most of your summer outdoors since the release of Pokémon Go. Pokémania has swept through the nation, including the Hilltop. Besides the obvious (and...

Pokémon Go Use in Memorials and Museums Sparks Ire

By Marina Pitofsky July 21, 2016

The explosive popularity of Pokémon Go has been marred by negative attention after users began playing the game in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and other sensitive spaces in Washington,...

Reveries, Reality and a Top-Notch Pokemon Collection

Reveries, Reality and a Top-Notch Pokemon Collection

By Hannah Kaufman August 3, 2015

I was cleaning out my room recently when I stumbled upon a little piece of my childhood. Tucked beneath my bed next to my old violin, some mismatched socks and a hoard of broken gadgets was my old Pokemon...

I CHOOSE YOU...

I CHOOSE YOU…

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee March 14, 2013

After a heated debate between some of The Hoya staffers over some of the answers in  a Staffer of the Week post, I decided it was time to settle a major debate that has divided our society since 1996: Which...

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