Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ADDICTION POTENTIAL Young boys may love characters that can kick that Pikachu thing's yellow butt...
...went broke. For several months, he barely had enough money to pay his employees. Five people quit when he told them how dire the financial conditions were. Tajiri didn't pay himself, but lived off his father. Perhaps the tensions were creative. Explaining his goal, Tajiri says, "The important thing was that the monsters had to be small and controllable. They came in a capsule, like a monster within yourself, like fear or anger...
...blood-borne diseases, but remember that kids are armed with something grownups will never have--the invincible confidence of youth. That is what makes them such good skateboarders and roller-coaster riders. So after you've made all your best arguments, show your kid that you know a thing or two about the impermanence of fashion. Somewhere in your attic there's a shoebox full of faded Polaroids of you flaunting your teenage geekiness. Good-naturedly display some specially selected photos of you and your friends dressed like Tony Orlando and Dawn. When the laughter dies down, explain to your...
...Funny thing is, those movies weren't very good. This one is: Burton's richest, prettiest, weirdest since Batman Returns. The simple story bends to his twists, freeing him for an exercise in high style. Sleepy Hollow may be late for Halloween, but this trick is a real treat...
...rumble. Willennium is a sample-happy pop-rap smorgasbord that draws on the jiggier hits of the Clash, Michael Jackson and, believe it or not, Tito Puente. Smith throws a few elbows at rappers who call him soft--"Yeah, Microsoft," he answers. But Willennium really has one thing on its mind: G-rated fun. And it delivers...