“Of Crickets and Gourds: Pokemon as Ancient Chinese Folk Game”
BY JARED MIRACLE Full disclosure: I love Pokemon. For some people, being passionate about a topic invalidates research by destroying…
Posts Tagged 'geek culture'
Deep Multiplayer: Pokemon’s 2000-Year History and Social Impact
Just a brief introduction here: this is a lecture given by Jared Miracle on the cultural history behind Pokemon. Tomorrow…
Freaks & Geeks: Freedom from the Outside
In the previous Freaks and Geeks articles, we examined the origin of the geek concept in culture through its etymology…
Freaks and Geeks: Geek Culture as Cosmogenesis and Cosmophagy
by NICK MIZER In a paper presented at the American Anthropological Association I developed a rough definition of geek culture…
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The Weekly Geekout: the Day[9] Daily
Some people watch football or hockey. I like watching e-sports. More precisely, I enjoy watching the Day[9] Daily, in which Sean…
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