Five reasons we should be glad Pokémon don’t exist
| July 18, 2012 | Posted by Tom Astwood under satire |
I understand the title may be distressing or offensive to many readers, but I’m afraid I must insist. If you can’t tell, I’m a fan-boy down to the core. I’ve always played Pokémon, and not on any time scale either – just for as long as I can remember. I digress, however – the world of Pokémon maintains some seriously worrying themes. Here’s my top five: Lack of proper government or police force Now I get I might be reading into this too much but on a recent play-through of Pokémon White I noticed something very worrying. Gym leaders are the government: all of it. Each town has its own little gym in which the strongest trainer resides, a worrying sentiment… more
Five reasons I’m disappointed in you
| July 10, 2012 | Posted by Tom Astwood under satire |
So 2015 is rapidly approaching and, contrary to popular belief (or what Apple might tell us), we are no longer “five years ahead of our time” – Back To The Future Part II would have us in flying cars by this point, with shoes that tie themselves and bright pink hoverboards before October. Where is our mechanised war armour? Our fluorescent means of transport that are quite clearly the least energy efficient idea possible? Here is a list of the five inventions that don’t yet exist in a working format. Some are on their way but it could be decades, some look like they just need heavy refinement. Others look like they aren’t coming at all. The jetpack (what do you… more
