🔗 Click on the link in our bio to learn more about Lawson and other industry trailblazers.
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🔗 Click on the link in our bio to learn more about Lawson and other industry trailblazers.
While working at Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation in 1979, Lawson led the team that invented the interchangeable game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F game system. This technology has influenced game technology ranging from Atari systems to today’s Nintendo Switch 2. 🎮
Did you know that all of your nostalgic childhood memories are owed to an engineer named Jerry Lawson? 🤔
Let us know if there's more studies we should highlight, annotate, and take note of! 📝✨
“The potential for using video games to teach geoscience: learning about the geology and geomorphology of Hokkaido (Japan) from playing Pokémon Legends: Arceus” is a fascinating look at the topography of the Hisui region.
gc.copernicus.org/articles/5/3...
“Repackaging Japanese Culture: The Digitalization of Folktales in the Pokémon Franchise” records the connection between Pokémon and Buddhist, Shinto, and Taoist traditions as well as Japanese and Chinese mythos.
mutualimages-journal.org/index.php/mi...
“Pokémonikers: A study of sound symbolism and Pokémon names” digs deep into the why and how of Pokémon names, in both English and Japanese.
journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/...
This podcast is all about the intersection of video games and academia, so we want to bring your attention to scholarly articles centered on all things #Pokémon in celebration of the franchise’s 30th anniversary. (And they’re all free to access!) ✨🧵
Which starter will you be picking next year when Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves drop? 🍃🔥💧
❤️🐉✨ dragon types ✨🐉❤️
❤️❤️❤️ just little guys ❤️❤️❤️
🏯✨Johto✨🏯
👻🔥 Fire/Ghost types 🔥👻
Happy 30th Birthday, #Pokémon!! ✨
Here are our favorites of the 30th Anniversary logos.
This is definitely about Umamusume but I couldn’t help but think of the OG queen
Who will be your starter? 🔥💧🍃
Happy Valentine’s Day, gamers! 🎮❤️
Oh *voice gets intensely deep* BOY!
I spieth some jelly donuts
Remember when we posted some recommendations for scholarly reads on video games? You might want to see this...
You spelled "perfect" wrong
The snails of medieval manuscripts look like Pokemon to begin with. Love this!
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We love to see gaming spaces made specially for women!
Adding this to our TBR! 📚
Maybe we need to make this a future episode 🤔
🎮✨ Gaming is for everyone—but the industry hasn’t always reflected that.
This Black History Month, we’re spotlighting the Black creators, developers, designers, and writers who helped build the games we love. 🕹️✊🏿
Their impact is undeniable. Their stories deserve to be seen.
We covered this interesting bit of video game history in our latest episode, featuring Alysha Conner with the Powerhouse Museum in Australia.
If you’re a REAL gamer, be sure to check out the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Substack! 🎧
🔗 Link in bio!
Released in 1999, the Video Gear Command Center was advertised as the gaming accessory that would take your gaming to the next level. The ad is just so good, we had to take our own stab at it!
No, it’s not just a chair... It’s the Video Gear Command Center. 🎮
In the future, we're going to dedicate an episode to the impact the game has had on both gamers and farmers. 🐔✨
