Archive for January 2019

Lavender Town Syndrome: The Creepiest Urban Legend of Pokémon

January 23, 2019 Creepy Things, Gaming No comments
Lavender Town Syndrome

There have been terrifying rumors circulating about the spooky Lavender Town in Pokemon since Pokemon Red and Green were first released in Japan. Could these haunting urban legends be true?

Lavender Town Syndrome: The Creepiest Urban Legend of Pokémon

Though Lavender Town is small compared to other towns in the game, it is one of the most memorable in-game locations in the first-generation Pokémon games (and remakes of these games). Lavender Town’s somber color pallet, creepy background music, and unsettling in-game lore all work together to inspire urban legends and myths about this iconic town in the Pokémon’s Kanto region. Since shortly after the release of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, there have been rumors that this mysterious in-game location, and its associated music, have caused the deaths of countless children.

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Why Do Adults Still Play Pokémon?

January 13, 2019 Gaming No comments
Why do adults play pokemon

Many adults still enjoy playing Pokemon games. People who are not interested in the phenomenon may not understand the appeal.

Why Do Adults Still Play Pokémon?

The popular Pokémon games, and related media including the anime and manga series and trading card game, were created for children. There is no denying that fact. Despite its origins as a children’s game and anime, Pokémon has a much wider appeal. Many of the people who were children when Pokémon was first created over 20 years ago still find themselves drawn to the world of Pokémon. Many of the original Pokémon fans are still hooked on the series, despite aging much more rapidly than the anime’s main character, Ash. Why are so many of the original Pokémon fans still following the series two decades later as grown adults?

Some adult Pokémon fans never left the series and continued to pick up the latest iteration of the games each time a new one was released. Others might have attempted to put aside childish things at some point in their adolescence, only to be inexplicably pulled back into by the series’ after years away. There are even some newer adult Pokémon fans who first started playing as adults.

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