Word: pokemon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...front of the boob tube. As encouraged as I am by kids' reading and enjoying these books, along with gaining an appreciation and love of reading, I have one major concern. Since Tinky Winky is supposedly gay (according to Jerry Falwell), and a church in my city has accused Pokemon of representing Satan and hacked apart several Pokemon dolls during its services, I just have to wonder what the wacky religious right has in store for Harry and his friends! PAUL G. BRIZAL JR. Colorado Springs...
...TRADE YOU Last week a group of parents sued video-game maker Nintendo Co. and others, claiming that the popular Pokemon cards promote illegal gambling. Some kids have become obsessed with trading the cards, which contain images of monsters with names such as Wartortle and Blastoise. The suit states that Nintendo issues relatively few "premium" cards, thus forcing kids to buy many packets in hopes of securing them. Rare cards have sold for $50, and fights have broken out over them. Nintendo has declined to comment on the case...
JAGGER BABY Mick admits paternity but probably won't stick around to finish a game of Pokemon...
...window for a few days, but kids kept borrowing stools and climbing in for a peek, so it was hidden away. And on the afternoon of July 8, stores around Britain were packed with children waiting for it. No, not for the newest set of Pokemon trading cards, but for a book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third installment of J.K. Rowling's entrancing magical mystery tales about a boy who is really a wizard. At exactly 3:45 p.m.--the moment of the book's eagerly awaited release, timed to the end of the school...
Walsh stresses the need to balance children's activities, which is not so easy when it comes to Pokemon. "I play it whenever I can get my hands on it," says eight-year-old Chad Boecke of Kenosha, Wis. Joshua Tunis, also 8, of New York City, would play every waking moment if his parents didn't set a kitchen timer to signal the game's end. Like most fads, Pokemania will undoubtedly fade. But there are no signs of that yet: the Pokemon movie is due out around Thanksgiving...