About this episode

This episode covers the history of Pokémon and explores its cultural impact and unusual phenomena.

This episode we take a partial traditional approach, covering the history of Pokémon and the minds behind the biggest media franchise of all time. But Pokémon's too huge a topic to stay tidy, so we also go on a side quest into the weirder stuff — like a million strangers controlling one Game Boy on Twitch, and Pokémon GO's surprising ties to military surveillance. Sources: History of Pokemon - Bulbapedia A Brief History of Pokemon Being Left Out of Games - Video Game Story Time Speedrun World Records Pokemon Red/Blue The Complete History of Twitch Plays Pokemon - Schwam Games 70 YEARS OLD GRANDPA USES 45 PHONES TO PLAY POKEMON GO - POKÉMON GO We welcome you to get in touch with us! Visit us on: GamingHistory.Club Facebook Instagram Theme tune created by Tom Docherty

People in this episode

Host: Gaming History Club

Topics covered

• Pokémon history
• media franchise
• Twitch Plays Pokémon
• military surveillance
• gaming culture

Keywords

• Pokémon
• Twitch
• Pokémon GO
• gaming history
• media franchise
• military surveillance
• Twitch Plays Pokémon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Twitch, Pokémon GO, Bulbapedia

Products: Pokémon

Books & works: Video Game Story Time

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