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"content": "\u003cp>If it's even remotely possible that you know someone who -- after the past few weeks of shootings and protests -- believes racism no longer exists in America, here's a handy crib sheet to give them: Leslie Jones' Twitter account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The actress and comedian, who by all accounts should be riding high on a big box-office weekend and generally favorable critical reception to the much-hyped \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/07/19/why-are-we-treating-the-new-ghostbusters-like-a-cult-classic-on-opening-weekend/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> reboot\u003c/a>, has instead spent the last 24 hours dealing with shockingly \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/movies/leslie-jones-star-of-ghostbusters-becomes-a-target-of-online-trolls.html?smid=fb-share\" target=\"_blank\">awful, racist vitriol on Twitter\u003c/a>. Jones first commented on the vile images, videos and slurs aimed at her on the social network on the morning of July 18, and soon thereafter started retweeting the offensive messages themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755126377691680768\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not even comfortable pasting the worst of the offending tweets here -- they're disgusting, and surely triggering to many. You can scroll through \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg\" target=\"_blank\">her feed yourself\u003c/a>, if you like. 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Meanwhile, the company has time and again proven itself to be woefully impotent when it comes to punishing offenders, and the\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/22/canada-man-twitter-harassment-not-guilty-gregory-alan-elliot\" target=\"_blank\"> legal system isn't currently set up to take online abuse as seriously a\u003c/a>s its \"real life\" counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Personally, I've gotten sexist crap for years, and recently I've become used to at least a few anti-Semitic crazies popping up in my mentions about once a week. They spiked after I \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/05/25/neo-nazis-are-really-into-taylor-swift/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote this\u003c/a>. They will probably spike again after I hit \"publish\" on this post. 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Times \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755182965060169728\" target=\"_blank\">a thousand\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones finally signed off last night with a few clearly pain-filled tweets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755261962674696192\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/755271004520349698\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative from Twitter issued the following statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/susancheng/love-for-leslie-jones?utm_term=.ueBpbGwLQ#.ffg9g1lvq\" target=\"_blank\">Buzzfeed late Monday night\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This type of abusive behavior is not permitted on Twitter, and we’ve taken action on many of the accounts reported to us by both Leslie and others. We rely on people to report this type of behavior to us but we are continuing to invest heavily in improving our tools and enforcement systems to prevent this kind of abuse. 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"content": "\u003cp>Even if you are a serious person with adult responsibilities, you are likely aware that a new incarnation of \u003cem>Ghostbusters \u003c/em>arrives in theaters this week. It stars four funny women and was co-written by a fifth, and at least some proportion of its intended audience has found these staffing decisions alarming. While I haven't seen it yet, \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> '16 is by most accounts neither a feminist battle cry nor a cynically made disaster, but a light midsummer amusement. \"Too risk-averse,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.villagevoice.com/film/busted-flat-all-too-normal-activity-dominates-the-ghostbusters-remake-8841463\">wrote the \u003cem>Village Voice's\u003c/em> Melissa Anderson\u003c/a>. \"It never strays far from the anodyne, generic humor that pervades the Ivan Reitman-directed 1984 original.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those words — \u003cem>anodyne, generic\u003c/em> — are comedy anti-matter. But they perfectly capture how weird it is that \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> has become a subject of controversy. If you were at all cognizant of pop culture in 1984, as I was just starting to be, the idea that 32 years later Prince — the artist formerly known as the guy who almost single-handedly prompted Tipper Gore to found the Parents Music Resource Counsel — would find himself near-universally beloved, while \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> has become a divisive topic, is a tough thing to get your head around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was something going on that year, 1984. More than three decades before it arrived, George Orwell had pegged it as a year in which fresh ideas would be violently suppressed. No one knew it at the time, but 1984's box-office charts foretold the originality-averse multiplex dystopia that awaited us on the other side of the millennium. In \u003cem>The Terminator\u003c/em>, the year's 21st(!)-highest grossing film we learned that the early 21st century would find the shivering, starving, war-thinned human herd hunted to extinction by machines. Emotionless. Data-driven. They do not feel pity, or remorse, or fear. In that respect they'er a lot like the beings who decide, in this nightmare year of Two Thousand Sixteen, which movies get greenlit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, that's an overstatement. This isn't: In box office terms, 1984 resembled 2014 a lot more closely than it did 1983 or 1985. Because, for the first time in history, \u003cem>every single one\u003c/em> of its Top Ten grossing films spawned a sequel or a remake or both ... except for the Daryl Hannah-Tom Hanks mermaid romance \u003cem>Splash.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Wait, no, sorry, I'm getting something in my earpiece. It's seems there was a made-for-TV \u003cem>Splash Too,\u003c/em> featuring none of \u003cem>Splash\u003c/em>'s principal players, in 1988.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Movies are only real if they're released in theaters, agreed?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway: producer Brian Grazer announced last month that he's working on a big-screen \u003cem>Splash\u003c/em> remake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course he is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1984: The Year We Made Contact\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Top 10 Films of 1984, as reported by Box Office Mojo.\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Beverly Hills Cop\u003c/em> (Sequels in '87, '94, unsuccessful TV pilot in 2014)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> (Sequeled in '89, rebooted 2016)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\u003c/em> (Sequels in '89 & '08; reboot threatened)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Gremlins\u003c/em>* (Sequeled in 1990)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>The Karate Kid\u003c/em> (Sequels '86, '89, '94, remade 2010)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Police Academy\u003c/em> (Sequels '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '94)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Footloose\u003c/em> (remade 2011)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Romancing the Stone\u003c/em> (Sequeled 1985)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock\u003c/em> (Sequels '86, '89, '91, '94, rebooted 2009)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Splash\u003c/em>*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*\u003c/em>Numbers 11 and 12 were \u003cem>Purple Rain\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Amadeus\u003c/em>, respectively. Their principal creators, Prince and the playwright Peter Shaffer, both died just this year. Number 15 was \u003cem>Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Lord of the Apes\u003c/em>, another property we're \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/01/483702536/can-you-really-rebuild-tarzan-out-of-whole-loin-cloth\">still monkeying around with\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While nine of these films would spawn theatrically-released sequels — hell, \u003cem>Police Academy\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Romancing the Stone\u003c/em> had quickie follow-ups out the following year — only two of them \u003cem>were\u003c/em> sequels. (\u003cem>Temple of Doom\u003c/em> was technically a \u003cem>prequel\u003c/em> to 1981's \u003cem>Raiders of the Lost Ark, \u003c/em>but whatever.) Four of the top five were original concepts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That wasn't unusual at the time. 1983's Top 10 contained four sequels/franchise installments: \u003cem>The Return of the Jedi\u003c/em> at Number 1; the Roger-Moore-in-clown-makeup James Bond flick \u003cem>Octopussy\u003c/em> at Number 6; \u003cem>Sudden Impact,\u003c/em> the third sequel to \u003cem>Dirty Harry, \u003c/em>at Number 7; and \u003cem>Staying Alive,\u003c/em> a follow-up to \u003cem>Saturday Night Fever\u003c/em> written and directed by Sylvester Stallone because \u003cem>sure,\u003c/em> at Number 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remainder of the lushly exploitable IP in 1983's Top Ten has been left alone, mostly. 1983's No. 2 movie, the Best Picture-winning \u003cem>Terms of Endearment, \u003c/em>got an unlikely sequel. It was called \u003cem>The Evening Star,\u003c/em> and it was one of the most bruising belly-flops of 1996, failing to crack that year's Top 100. Like \u003cem>Terms of Endearment, The Evening Star \u003c/em>was adapted from a Larry McMurty novel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was no follow-up to 1983's far likelier candidates for the Electric Boogalo treatment: not \u003cem>Flashdance, \u003c/em>the year's Number 3 hit, nor \u003cem>Trading Places\u003c/em> (Number 4) nor \u003cem>WarGames\u003c/em> (Number 5) nor \u003cem>Risky Business \u003c/em>(Number 10). Compared to '83, 1984's biggest hits were simply easier to franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Wait, sorry, I'm receiving new information that a direct-to-DVD sequel entitled \u003cem>WarGames: The Dead Code, \u003c/em>directed by and starring no one you've ever heard of, sought to capitalize on \u003cem>WarGames' \u003c/em>massive Reagan-era cache in... 2008. What did we say about DTV releases? They don't count. Moving on.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Johnny '85 Is Alive\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But enough of 1984's past, let's get back... to the future! 1985's box office champ, \u003cem>Back to the Future,\u003c/em> towered over its closest competition by a cool $60 million. In the Number 2 and 3 positions we get \u003cem>Rambo: First Blood Part II\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Rocky IV, \u003c/em>respectively. Clearly, Sly did not let the poor reviews of \u003cem>Staying Alive\u003c/em> get him down — \"It's not even as good as \u003cem>Flashdance,\" \u003c/em>Roger Ebert \u003ca href=\"http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/staying-alive-1983\">wrote\u003c/a> — because '85 was indisputably \u003cem>his year.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, his and Phil Collins'.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after those three, 1985's Top Ten opened up to accommodate plenty of serious, and as yet, un-remade, fare: \u003cem>The Color Purple \u003c/em>(adapted from Alice Walker's novel, and now the basis for a Broadway musical that could well become a movie); \u003cem>Out of Africa \u003c/em>(adapted from Karen Blixen's memoir); and \u003cem>Witness, \u003c/em>which actually won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also included\u003cem> The Goonies \u003c/em>and\u003cem> Spies Like Us, \u003c/em>both of which seem eminently remakeable, but for whatever reason have not been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 80s ran themselves out in similar fashion. In each year, sequels or adaptations of preexisting material were the exceptions in the Top Ten rather than the rule. Until, that is, 1989, when the top earners included the long-in-development \u003cem>Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 2, \u003c/em>and\u003cem> Back to the Future Part II. \u003c/em>Oh, and one other sequel, less inspired than any of those: \u003cem>Ghostbusters II.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 1989 was an anomaly. Five years later, the ratio of new material to old in the Top Ten was far smaller than it had been a decade earlier, but still healthier than today. The biggest hit of 1994's was a Best Picture-winning adaptation of Winston Groom's novel \u003cem>Forrest Gump. \u003c/em>Number 2 was \u003cem>The Lion King — Hamlet\u003c/em> for kids, but we'll still count it as an original. Number 3, the action comedy \u003cem>True Lies, \u003c/em>was in fact a pumped-up remake of a French farce called \u003cem>La Totale!,\u003c/em> but this was probably not one of the key factors that persuaded millions of patriotic Americans to buy a ticket for a James Cameron-directed Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in the Top 10: \u003cem>Clear and Present Danger\u003c/em> (based on a Tom Clancy novel,), \u003cem>The Flintstones\u003c/em> (based on a Hanna-Barbera cartoon), and \u003cem>The Mask\u003c/em> (based on a comic book). Squeaking in at Number 10 was a wildly energetic and unpredictable crime picture, one that exuded originality from every pore --despite taking its title from a genre where formulaic plots and stock characters are celebrated. It was called \u003cem>Pulp Fiction.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Millennium Approaches: Sequels, Adaptations, Passion Plays\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side of the millennium, innovation waned. The biggest hits of 2004 were \u003cem>Shrek 2 \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Spider-Man 2, \u003c/em>followed by Mel Gibson's \u003cem>The Passion of the Christ, \u003c/em>which was, you know, based on preexisting material, if not exactly in the same way that \u003cem>Meet the Fockers \u003c/em>was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were still a few \"originals,\" however derivative, in the Top Ten: The Roland Emmerich bad-weather thriller \u003cem>The Day After Tomorrow\u003c/em>. \u003cem>National Treasure.\u003c/em> Brad Bird's wonderful Pixar superhero movie \u003cem>The Incredibles. \u003c/em>And when the franchise entries were as strong as \u003cem>Spider-Man 2\u003c/em> (Number 2), \u003cem>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban \u003c/em>(Number 4), and \u003cem>The Bourne Supremacy\u003c/em> (Number 8), who was going to complain?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2014, there was \u003cem>nothing\u003c/em> not extrapolated from a preexisting movie or comic book or Navy SEAL's memoir in the Top Ten.\u003cem> (American Sniper \u003c/em>became the first R-rated movie to win its year since\u003cem> Saving Private Ryan \u003c/em>16 years earlier.) Unless of course you want to count \u003cem>Maleficent, \u003c/em>a reframing of \u003cem>Sleeping Beauty,\u003c/em> or \u003cem>The Lego Movie\u003c/em>, which was of course adapted from a set of molded plastic blocks that hurt when you step on them barefoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We got our first glimpse of this state of affairs 32 years ago now, in that year Orwell warned us about. We weren't afraid of no ghosts, but maybe we should have been. These days, they're pretty much all all we get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet: when our franchise entries are as strong as \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/05/14/406009465/a-visceral-inventive-blockbuster-roars-to-life-in-mad-max-fury-road\">\u003cem>Mad Max: Fury Road\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/11/25/457130828/vital-and-tear-jerking-creed-is-the-best-rocky-movie-since-rocky\">\u003cem>Creed\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/12/18/460001132/pop-culture-happy-hour-star-wars-the-force-awakens-and-toys\">\u003cem>Star Wars: The Force Awakens\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/05/06/476490464/captain-america-civil-war-is-the-mightiest-marvel-movie\">\u003cem>Captain America: Civil War\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>who's going to complain? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Even if you are a serious person with adult responsibilities, you are likely aware that a new incarnation of \u003cem>Ghostbusters \u003c/em>arrives in theaters this week. It stars four funny women and was co-written by a fifth, and at least some proportion of its intended audience has found these staffing decisions alarming. While I haven't seen it yet, \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> '16 is by most accounts neither a feminist battle cry nor a cynically made disaster, but a light midsummer amusement. \"Too risk-averse,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.villagevoice.com/film/busted-flat-all-too-normal-activity-dominates-the-ghostbusters-remake-8841463\">wrote the \u003cem>Village Voice's\u003c/em> Melissa Anderson\u003c/a>. \"It never strays far from the anodyne, generic humor that pervades the Ivan Reitman-directed 1984 original.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those words — \u003cem>anodyne, generic\u003c/em> — are comedy anti-matter. But they perfectly capture how weird it is that \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> has become a subject of controversy. If you were at all cognizant of pop culture in 1984, as I was just starting to be, the idea that 32 years later Prince — the artist formerly known as the guy who almost single-handedly prompted Tipper Gore to found the Parents Music Resource Counsel — would find himself near-universally beloved, while \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> has become a divisive topic, is a tough thing to get your head around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was something going on that year, 1984. More than three decades before it arrived, George Orwell had pegged it as a year in which fresh ideas would be violently suppressed. No one knew it at the time, but 1984's box-office charts foretold the originality-averse multiplex dystopia that awaited us on the other side of the millennium. In \u003cem>The Terminator\u003c/em>, the year's 21st(!)-highest grossing film we learned that the early 21st century would find the shivering, starving, war-thinned human herd hunted to extinction by machines. Emotionless. Data-driven. They do not feel pity, or remorse, or fear. In that respect they'er a lot like the beings who decide, in this nightmare year of Two Thousand Sixteen, which movies get greenlit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, that's an overstatement. This isn't: In box office terms, 1984 resembled 2014 a lot more closely than it did 1983 or 1985. Because, for the first time in history, \u003cem>every single one\u003c/em> of its Top Ten grossing films spawned a sequel or a remake or both ... except for the Daryl Hannah-Tom Hanks mermaid romance \u003cem>Splash.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Wait, no, sorry, I'm getting something in my earpiece. It's seems there was a made-for-TV \u003cem>Splash Too,\u003c/em> featuring none of \u003cem>Splash\u003c/em>'s principal players, in 1988.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Movies are only real if they're released in theaters, agreed?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway: producer Brian Grazer announced last month that he's working on a big-screen \u003cem>Splash\u003c/em> remake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course he is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1984: The Year We Made Contact\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Top 10 Films of 1984, as reported by Box Office Mojo.\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Beverly Hills Cop\u003c/em> (Sequels in '87, '94, unsuccessful TV pilot in 2014)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> (Sequeled in '89, rebooted 2016)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\u003c/em> (Sequels in '89 & '08; reboot threatened)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Gremlins\u003c/em>* (Sequeled in 1990)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>The Karate Kid\u003c/em> (Sequels '86, '89, '94, remade 2010)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Police Academy\u003c/em> (Sequels '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '94)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Footloose\u003c/em> (remade 2011)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Romancing the Stone\u003c/em> (Sequeled 1985)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock\u003c/em> (Sequels '86, '89, '91, '94, rebooted 2009)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Splash\u003c/em>*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*\u003c/em>Numbers 11 and 12 were \u003cem>Purple Rain\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Amadeus\u003c/em>, respectively. Their principal creators, Prince and the playwright Peter Shaffer, both died just this year. Number 15 was \u003cem>Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Lord of the Apes\u003c/em>, another property we're \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/01/483702536/can-you-really-rebuild-tarzan-out-of-whole-loin-cloth\">still monkeying around with\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While nine of these films would spawn theatrically-released sequels — hell, \u003cem>Police Academy\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Romancing the Stone\u003c/em> had quickie follow-ups out the following year — only two of them \u003cem>were\u003c/em> sequels. (\u003cem>Temple of Doom\u003c/em> was technically a \u003cem>prequel\u003c/em> to 1981's \u003cem>Raiders of the Lost Ark, \u003c/em>but whatever.) Four of the top five were original concepts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That wasn't unusual at the time. 1983's Top 10 contained four sequels/franchise installments: \u003cem>The Return of the Jedi\u003c/em> at Number 1; the Roger-Moore-in-clown-makeup James Bond flick \u003cem>Octopussy\u003c/em> at Number 6; \u003cem>Sudden Impact,\u003c/em> the third sequel to \u003cem>Dirty Harry, \u003c/em>at Number 7; and \u003cem>Staying Alive,\u003c/em> a follow-up to \u003cem>Saturday Night Fever\u003c/em> written and directed by Sylvester Stallone because \u003cem>sure,\u003c/em> at Number 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remainder of the lushly exploitable IP in 1983's Top Ten has been left alone, mostly. 1983's No. 2 movie, the Best Picture-winning \u003cem>Terms of Endearment, \u003c/em>got an unlikely sequel. It was called \u003cem>The Evening Star,\u003c/em> and it was one of the most bruising belly-flops of 1996, failing to crack that year's Top 100. Like \u003cem>Terms of Endearment, The Evening Star \u003c/em>was adapted from a Larry McMurty novel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was no follow-up to 1983's far likelier candidates for the Electric Boogalo treatment: not \u003cem>Flashdance, \u003c/em>the year's Number 3 hit, nor \u003cem>Trading Places\u003c/em> (Number 4) nor \u003cem>WarGames\u003c/em> (Number 5) nor \u003cem>Risky Business \u003c/em>(Number 10). Compared to '83, 1984's biggest hits were simply easier to franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Wait, sorry, I'm receiving new information that a direct-to-DVD sequel entitled \u003cem>WarGames: The Dead Code, \u003c/em>directed by and starring no one you've ever heard of, sought to capitalize on \u003cem>WarGames' \u003c/em>massive Reagan-era cache in... 2008. What did we say about DTV releases? They don't count. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">First off, let’s be clear on one thing — just because a podcast is hosted and created by brown people doesn’t mean that it is exclusively for people of color (POC). It's also true that, in this so-called “golden age of podcasts,” some of my favorites happen to be by brown folks -- people who have historically been underrepresented in media jobs, and people who, mind you, actually represent this country's future majority. According to the U.S. Census, people of color will exceed white people by \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85fr6nbiMT4\">2042\u003c/a>. (Latinos already outnumber whites in the great state of California, according to the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-census-latinos-20150708-story.html\">LA Times\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">). \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 2015 \u003cem>Wired\u003c/em> article on our current podcast renaissance told readers to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/12/if-podcasts-are-the-new-blogs-enjoy-the-golden-age-while-it-lasts/\">“Enjoy the golden age while it lasts.”\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I say instead: Hear ye, hear ye, enjoy the POC-cast renaissance while it lasts! 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The first episode, “\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/05/31/479733094/the-code-switch-podcast-episode-1-can-we-talk-about-whiteness\">Can We Talk About Whiteness?\u003c/a>,”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> made me call up my friends from college to reminisce about reading “What’s in your Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh. Her voice has a lovely lilt. The podcast was \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">created by a team of talented POCs working at the epicenter of whiteness -- public radio (NPR diversity stats can be seen \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/12/15/459707396/nprs-staff-diversity-numbers-updated\">here\u003c/a>, KQED is yet to release theirs). The Code Switch doesn't shy away from these stats, they've spoken candidly about the whiteness of public media. While there are moments that sound a bit scripted (and one moment comes to mind in which Gene Demby sounded like he was trying to slow his excitement), this podcast is sure to keep me looking forward to Wednesdays for a while. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Politically Re-Active\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hari Kondabolu and W.Kamau Bell are two of my favorite comedians, so it only makes sense that I would appreciate this POC-cast. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.politicallyreactive.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politically Re-Active\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is, as Kondabolu describes it in the first episode, “basically what we do over the phone, except recorded and in front of white people.”\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It succeeds because these dudes are funny, smart and they are tackling relevant issues. The second episode features an interview with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/motherjones/\">Mother Jones\u003c/a>\u003c/em>'\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shane Bauer, who discusses his experience working as a guard in a private prison. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Listening to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wkamaubell\">@wkamaubell\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/harikondabolu\">@harikondabolu\u003c/a> 's \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoliticallyReactive?src=hash\">#PoliticallyReactive\u003c/a> = best remedy after dealing w/ privileged white geek boys\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jen Wang (@JeniverseAbr) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JeniverseAbr/status/749092010150113282\">July 2, 2016\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Another Round\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://soundcloud.com/anotherroundwithhebenandtracy/28-hillary-clinton-for-pos\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Admittedly, I am a newcomer to Buzzfeed’s \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/anotherroundwithhebenandtracy\">Another Round\u003c/a> podcast -- but thus far it’s like smart lady power meets cackling girlfriends (in the best way possible). It's h\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">osted by Tracy Clayton and Heben Nigatu; if you're looking for a starting point, the episode in which they interview Secretary Hillary Clinton is particularly on point.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/anotherroundwithhebenandtracy/28-hillary-clinton-for-pos\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madam Secretary, What’s Good?\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” placed at No. 8 of \u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em>’s 50 best Podcast Episodes of 2015. As that article states, “You’d be hard-pressed to find another show\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">that does a better job balancing scholarship with laugh-out-loud humor.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>There Goes the Neighborhood\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Black folks are disappearing… What we don’t talk about is race...Racism and systemic racism...” these are just some of the opening lines in “\u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/shows/neighborhood\">There Goes the Neighborhood.\u003c/a>” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by editor of The Nation, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thenation.com/authors/kai-wright/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kai Wright\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and in partnership with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/shows/neighborhood/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">WNYC Studios\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, this is a close-up examination of gentrification in Brooklyn and the integral role that race plays in the process. Oakland even gets a shoutout as the fifth most expensive rental market in the country (yeah — ugh), but it’s not just about real estate. It’s about humanizing information that is overwhelming. How do you really understand the exponential increase in real estate transactions? What is gentrification and how does it persist? The nine-episode series finished in May, so you can binge-listen at your leisure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>A Few More to Keep an Ear Out For\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sooo Many White Guys\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phoebe Robinson (one part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/shows/dopequeens\">Two Dope Queens\u003c/a>), this podcast will soon be available every Tuesday. Tired of being the token black woman, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/shows/whiteguys/about\">Sooo Many White Guys\u003c/a> will feature interviews people who aren’t white dudes. 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"content": "\u003cp>I'm not sure if you guys have heard about this -- it seems like maybe it's been covered \u003ca href=\"https://theawl.com/the-seventeen-remaining-pokemon-go-headlines-d6adb2d98687#.k6el4n1g8\" target=\"_blank\">a few other places?\u003c/a> -- but there's a game that many people are currently playing called\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/07/11/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go/\" target=\"_blank\"> Pokémon Go\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of these people are having a very nice time. As\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/07/11/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go/\" target=\"_blank\"> Gabe Meline explored yesterday\u003c/a>, players are leaving the house at times when they might not otherwise, meeting new friends, and exploring their neighborhoods. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.people.com/article/pokemon-go-users-tripping-falling-getting-sunburned-while-using-app\" target=\"_blank\">some people\u003c/a> are acting like \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/12/holocaust-museum-to-visitors-please-stop-catching-pokemon-here/?tid=pm_business_pop_b\" target=\"_blank\">goddamn idiots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an attempt to stave off said idiocy (and perhaps limit the number of Pokémon related injuries and accidents to which they must respond), the San Francisco Police Department issued some official safety guidelines this week for Pokémon enthusiasts, as shared by the Bayview Station's social media accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can view all of these tips in \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaBFollamezYLeKKAGTchGlwyedP48kFzll7M98fiyI/pub\" target=\"_blank\">a document here\u003c/a>, along with a cute lo-fi graphic that it's kinda fun to imagine a police officer spending time cropping and pasting into a Google doc, especially while an investigative panel is issuing \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfpd-culture-bar-reforms-blue-ribbon-panel/\" target=\"_blank\">damning reports about pervasive and institutional racism across the SFPD.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, here's the memo in full:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">\u003cspan class=\"c1\">As the Pokemon Go fever hits the Streets of San Francisco, I wanted to take a few minutes to remind you/your kids of some simple safety tips. So as you battle, train, and capture your Pokemon - just remember you’re still in the real world! Other law enforcement agencies throughout the world have already reported accidents, injuries, and string of robberies where suspects have set up fake ‘Poke-spots’. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cul class=\"c5 lst-kix_3ui711jcommo-0 start\">\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Know your surroundings and pay attention to where you are going/who is around you. Slow car paralleling a person on foot, might be a sign it’s a get-away car. If you get the sense you are being followed or set-up for a robbery, head to a lighted area with people around. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Watch where you are going, please don’t look down at your phone while crossing streets, getting off buses, or even while walking. Obey traffic laws, please.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Do not run into trees, meters, and things that are attached to the sidewalk; they hurt.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Do not drive or ride your bike / skateboard / hipster techie device while interacting with the app. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Know where your kids are going when playing with the app, set limits on where they can go, so they don’t keep going trying to get that Pokemon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Tell your kids about stranger-danger because the app may bring strangers together in real life at ‘pokestops’. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"c0\">\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Do not go onto private property, dark alleys, or areas that you usually would not go if you weren’t playing the game. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Be Safe, Enjoy!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Captain Vaswani\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">\u003cspan class=\"c1\">Bayview Police Station, San Francisco Police\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">And there you have it, folks. You might note that most of these tips are in fact just basic common sense for continuing to be an alive person in a city, but it sure is fun to reframe them as safety tips for Pokémon Go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">Have fun out there, and remember: You're still in the real world. 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And \u003ca href=\"http://www.people.com/article/pokemon-go-users-tripping-falling-getting-sunburned-while-using-app\" target=\"_blank\">some people\u003c/a> are acting like \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/07/12/holocaust-museum-to-visitors-please-stop-catching-pokemon-here/?tid=pm_business_pop_b\" target=\"_blank\">goddamn idiots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an attempt to stave off said idiocy (and perhaps limit the number of Pokémon related injuries and accidents to which they must respond), the San Francisco Police Department issued some official safety guidelines this week for Pokémon enthusiasts, as shared by the Bayview Station's social media accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can view all of these tips in \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaBFollamezYLeKKAGTchGlwyedP48kFzll7M98fiyI/pub\" target=\"_blank\">a document here\u003c/a>, along with a cute lo-fi graphic that it's kinda fun to imagine a police officer spending time cropping and pasting into a Google doc, especially while an investigative panel is issuing \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfpd-culture-bar-reforms-blue-ribbon-panel/\" target=\"_blank\">damning reports about pervasive and institutional racism across the SFPD.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, here's the memo in full:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp class=\"c2\">\u003cspan class=\"c1\">As the Pokemon Go fever hits the Streets of San Francisco, I wanted to take a few minutes to remind you/your kids of some simple safety tips. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Welcome to KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/women-to-watch/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women to Watch\u003c/a>, a series celebrating 20 local women artists, creatives and makers who are pushing boundaries in 2016. Driven by passion for their own disciplines, from photography to comedy and every other medium in between, these women are true vanguards paving the way in their respective communities.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one of those “why didn’t this already exist?” ideas. 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Why?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Degeneres, hands down. She’s my favorite comedian and life coach. I actually wrote my college essay about Ellen. But then I subsequently didn’t get into the colleges I wanted to go to. I’m sure it had nothing to do with her, I thought it was a great essay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I just like that she’s so funny and also likable. Everyone loves Ellen. There’s no way you can’t not like her and if you do I think you’re a psychopath. I just want to be that likable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you find your creative voice?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I am still trying to find exactly my voice in comedy. 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I love \u003ca href=\"https://karindadobbins.socxs.com/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karinda Dobbins\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. Kamau Bell\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom makes these snails that she kind of stir-fries with soy sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What upcoming show are you excited about?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I run a show every month, every fourth Thursday that’s called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/manhaterscomedy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Haters\u003c/a>. That’s probably my favorite time of the month. It’s at the White Horse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where do you see yourself in five years?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living in LA, hopefully in a nice apartment. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How would you describe yourself in one word?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What did you do last night?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night I was supposed to do a show but it got cancelled or they never told me it was cancelled, so instead I stayed home and watched my two favorite shows on TV right now, which are \u003cem>Jane the Virgin\u003c/em> and \u003cem>My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can’t you live without?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Gmail. And Facebook, but I’m trying to quit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Probably just LA, I know it’s really boring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11800751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11800751\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Tu\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irene Tu \u003ccite>(Photo: Travis Jensen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who is your personal hero? Why?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Degeneres, hands down. She’s my favorite comedian and life coach. I actually wrote my college essay about Ellen. But then I subsequently didn’t get into the colleges I wanted to go to. I’m sure it had nothing to do with her, I thought it was a great essay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I just like that she’s so funny and also likable. Everyone loves Ellen. There’s no way you can’t not like her and if you do I think you’re a psychopath. I just want to be that likable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you find your creative voice?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think I am still trying to find exactly my voice in comedy. I think I’m getting closer but I still don’t know exactly what it is yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moment I realized that I was probably going to keep doing comedy after college was when my adviser asked me to do stand up at my graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is something most people don’t know about you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I say this when people ask me, that I kind of hate people. We’re doing terrible things. I wish we would stop doing that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What do you do when you feel uninspired?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I like to go out and watch my friends do live stand up comedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11800752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11800752\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Irene Tu\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/wp-body-irene-3-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irene Tu \u003ccite>(Photo: Travis Jensen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What was your biggest ‘learning moment,’ and what did you take from that experience?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hadn’t been doing comedy very long and I saw someone posted they were looking for comedians to do this show. I sent a clip and [the promoter] was like, great, why don’t you come do a feature set. I had never really done more than, honestly, 10 minutes. So when I get there he was like, okay do 20 minutes. And I was so ill-prepared for that. I did like, okay, you know, but I was not ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had carpooled with another comedian who was like way more established than me. And then he went up after me and killed it. That was the moment where I was like, okay take a step back and work on some jokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s your greatest achievement and how has it shaped you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I feel like my greatest achievement was in high school, the first time I told a funny story in front of a large group of people. I told this story about how my mom forced me to go on the Tower of Terror when we went to Disneyworld when I was like ten and I was still mad at her. That was the first moment when I realized I could be funny and people liked it. 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I love \u003ca href=\"https://karindadobbins.socxs.com/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karinda Dobbins\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. Kamau Bell\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is your favorite meal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom makes these snails that she kind of stir-fries with soy sauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What upcoming show are you excited about?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I run a show every month, every fourth Thursday that’s called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/manhaterscomedy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Haters\u003c/a>. That’s probably my favorite time of the month. It’s at the White Horse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where do you see yourself in five years?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living in LA, hopefully in a nice apartment. 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You're weary of it before you're even able to learn what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_-400x514.jpg\" alt=\"Chances are you've seen screengrabs like this one over the last two days.\" width=\"400\" height=\"514\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29708\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_-400x514.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chances are you've seen screengrabs like this one over the last two days.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides, you've seen all those headlines. Pokémon Go makes you \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/sore-legs-become-pandemic-as-pokemon-go-players-acciden-1783402931\" target=\"_blank\">exhausted\u003c/a>, makes you \u003ca href=\"http://factually.gizmodo.com/no-a-man-didnt-cause-a-major-traffic-accident-while-pl-1783425087\" target=\"_blank\">crash your car\u003c/a>, makes you a \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/armed-muggers-use-pokemon-go-to-find-victims/\" target=\"_blank\">target for muggers\u003c/a> and even makes you \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/09/technology/pokemon-go-dead-body/\" target=\"_blank\">discover dead bodies\u003c/a>. There have been \u003ca href=\"https://theawl.com/the-seventeen-remaining-pokemon-go-headlines-d6adb2d98687#.oq76tko7x\" target=\"_blank\">more clickbait headlines\u003c/a> about Pokémon Go this week than about Millennials. (And that's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/millennials/\" target=\"_blank\">saying something\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 873px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends.jpg\" alt='Searches for \"Pokémon Go\" over the last month, according to Google Trends.' width=\"873\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends.jpg 873w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-400x218.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-800x436.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Searches for \"Pokémon Go\" over the last month. \u003ccite>(Google Trends)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, I'm with you! I am that insufferable breed of person who loudly recuses himself from ultra-popular phenomena on the grounds that \u003cem>it sucks, man\u003c/em>, without ever giving it a try. (I never saw \u003cem>Avatar\u003c/em>, but I hate \u003cem>Avatar\u003c/em>. That sort of thing.) Yet I know that this is obnoxious, and I know I can do better. So with the \"new me\" in mind, I steeled my too-cool-for-school resolve and I downloaded Pokémon Go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I played it for two days, and can now safely say that I understand. Let me help you understand, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29692\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard.jpg\" alt=\"Two kids play Pokémon Go in the park. Note the absence of other players. That would soon change.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two kids play Pokémon Go in the park. Note the absence of other players. That would soon change. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What Is Pokémon Go, and Why Is Everyone Playing It?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go is a augmented-reality game you play on your phone, downloadable as an app. In order to play it, you have to actually walk around outside, staring at your phone. As you walk around, your character on the screen walks around a map of your actual environment, showing streets and parks and creeks and the like. Using GPS and a mapping system similar to Google Street view, the game puts you in a half-reality of your actual city and a strange world of weird little animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemon.screengrab.jpg\" alt=\"pokemon.screengrab\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29702\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemon.screengrab.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemon.screengrab-400x711.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those animals are Pokémon, which, as anyone alive in the 1990s remembers, starred in a hugely popular franchise of TV shows, card games, video games and movies. In Pokémon Go, the goal is that you've \"gotta catch 'em all\" -- capturing myriad breeds of Pokémon whenever, and wherever, they appear. The only way to find them is to walk around the real world until they pop up on your map. When they do, your phone's camera opens, and the Pokémon are suddenly standing in your stairwell, your BART station, you friend's leg, or wherever your camera happens to be pointing. Then you swipe a Pokéball at it and voilá -- it's caught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-29690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata-400x711.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon.Rattata\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata-400x711.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the basics, at least. There are refill stations called Pokéstops in the game, located at notable landmarks around town like schools, plazas and benches, and there are huge towers called Gyms, control of which players can battle using the Pokémon they've caught. These places attract a lot of people, and that's part of why the game is so great on a social level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the activity in Pokémon Go is programmed to happen in big outdoor public spaces like city centers and parks. So after launching our character, my daughter and I went to the park down the block. We immediately met another family, powering up at the same Pokéstop. Five minutes in and we'd already had a friendly conversation with complete strangers, right there on the sidewalk, while cars whizzed by and people back in their homes argued on the internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt.jpg\" alt=\"A family playing Pokémon Go talks with other players.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-400x280.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-800x561.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-768x538.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-960x673.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family playing Pokémon Go talks with other players. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Here's How It's Good for Humanity (I'm Serious)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beyond the game itself of catching Pokémon, Pokémon Go is designed to get players out into the world. And, let's be honest: a lot of people are shut-ins who spend hours on the internet instead of getting out into the world. Modern culture, and especially modern \u003cem>gaming\u003c/em> culture, is definitely not known for being outdoorsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go forces people to get out -- and, invariably, talk to each other face-to-face. Often, to laugh and joke with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When my daughter and I ran into the family at that first Pokéstop, we couldn't believe it: we found someone else playing the game!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were so naïve. EVERYONE is playing this game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-29688\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-800x491.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people play Pokémon Go.\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-800x491.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-768x471.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-960x589.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of people play Pokémon Go. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our next voyage to catch Pokémon took us to a large local park. We quickly found 20 other people walking around with their phones, playing Pokémon Go. We shared tips and strategies, and then formed a posse with a couple of them and walked a half-mile to another park, catching Pokémon and running into other players along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the second park, we ran into another dozen people playing it, battling each other for control of a Gym. On the screen, these people fought each other. In person, they were laughing, joking, and high-fiving each other after battles. \u003cem>Everyone\u003c/em> was talking to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I'm over-romanticizing it here, but it was just a certain feeling that I can't put into words, other than to say that after the past week -- full of people arguing bitterly on Facebook about gun control and #BlackLivesMatter and \"Shillary\" or whatever -- it was very, very reassuring to see people come together, face-to-face, away from the keyboards that tend to turn them into jerks, to share a moment of compassion and humanity. Even if it was over a \u003ca href=\"http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Psyduck\" target=\"_blank\">silly cartoon duck with a constant headache who can control the weather\u003c/a>. You know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, informal reports have suggested that the game \u003ca href=\"http://www.attn.com/stories/9779/pokemon-go-affecting-players-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">improves people's mental health\u003c/a>. Those suffering from severe depression \u003ca href=\"http://www.attn.com/stories/9779/pokemon-go-affecting-players-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">report how liberating it is\u003c/a> to have a reason to get out of bed, get dressed, and go out into the world. I personally witnessed a shy-looking guy and a phone-wielding girl hit it off over Pokémon Go at one of the Pokéstops, and I don't want to be \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/did-you-get-laid-playing-pokemon-go-1783444839\" target=\"_blank\">too crass about it\u003c/a>, but there's no question that the love life of a lot of formerly reclusive people got a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> more promising over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Two kids try to capture a Pokémon in Pokémon Go.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two kids try to capture a Pokémon in Pokémon Go. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Isn't It Addictive, Though?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don't believe all the stories you read about Pokémon Go. The one about the guy who caused a multi-vehicle car crash while trying to catch Pikachu has \u003ca href=\"http://www.snopes.com/man-stops-to-catch-pikachu/\" target=\"_blank\">already been debunked by Snopes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I \u003cem>will\u003c/em> tell you, however, that if you're playing it with a child, be on guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After downloading the game for my six-year-old daughter, we went out and within one minute caught Squirtle. For me, it was fun: the Pokémon appeared on top of our neighbor's trash can, my daughter swiped the little Pokéball to throw it in Squirtle's direction, and we captured it. My daughter, on the other hand, turned into an immediate addict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After catching a couple more Pokémon, it was time to go to the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I wanna go downtown and catch all the Pokémon!\" she protested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No,\" I said, \"we have to go shopping.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But then everyone else will catch all the Pokémon!\" she howled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't work that way,\" I said. \"We need to go to the store.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But will there be Pokémon there?!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You get the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 578px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29675\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus.jpg\" alt=\"Pokémon Go Plus is coming soon (and will easily make a million dollars).\" width=\"578\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus.jpg 578w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus-400x166.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokémon Go Plus is coming soon (and will easily make a million dollars).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for myself -- a non-gamer, remember -- I got hooked too. On the drive home from a party last night, I had my daughter open the app \"just to see if it works while driving,\" I said. But when she mentioned she saw a Pokémon on the side of the road, I impulsively pulled over, looked around to see if there were other cars in the area, and backed up a little bit so we could catch it. Yes. I did that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We got home. It was past her bedtime, but that didn't stop me. \"Let's just go down the block and see if we can catch any more,\" I suggested. \"We're almost on Level 6!\" I texted my wife saying we'd be a little bit late. We walked around. We didn't catch anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I put my daughter to bed, I sneaked a quick look at the game and saw a rainshower of pink in the distance. Someone had left a lure at a Pokéstop just two blocks from our house! There'd be so many Pokémon there! And it was set to expire in 30 minutes! My daughter could get out of bed and put on some slippers! Gotta catch 'em a -----\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was then that I realized I just needed to \u003cem>close the damn game\u003c/em>. I haven't opened it since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29687\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats.jpg\" alt=\"POkemon.Congrats\" width=\"750\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resources for Playing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you're interested, it's probably best to start playing Pokémon Go sooner than later. In two weeks' time, judging by the half-life of these types of phenomena, everyone will be \"so over\" Pokémon Go; the Gyms will all be controlled by super-strong Pokémon, the serious players will turn aggro in person instead of accommodating, and there'll be more reports about the negative side-effects of the game (while I was writing this post, in fact, the inevitable report about how Pokémon Go can \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-all-the-data-pokemon-go-is-collecting-from-your-phone?utm_term=.tv4WXaAkB#.nr4OP37NX\" target=\"_blank\">access all your personal info and read all your emails\u003c/a> emerged). Soon, it won't be fun anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you want to start now? Funny thing about Pokémon Go: it doesn't come with any instructions on how to play. Here are a few guides to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kotaku.com/how-to-play-pokemon-go-1783354400\">How to Play Pokémon Go\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nVia Kotaku, a very clear and simple explainer for the beginner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqIdsLEJaLw\" target=\"_blank\">How to Pick Pikachu as Your Starter in Pokémon Go\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGame Informer breaks down the easiest way to capture Pikachu, a.k.a. the Pokémon that everyone wants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-go/\" target=\"_blank\">Pokémon Go Plus\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThis wristband accessory is coming soon, and will make playing it easier (and make players less annoying to non-players).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/9/12136310/pokemon-go-tips-how-to-play-beginners\" target=\"_blank\">Six Pokémon Go Tips for the Ultimate Beginner\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPolygon gives a pretty good starter kit here.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Around the world, hundreds of thousands of grown adults are playing \u003ca href=\"http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-go/\" target=\"_blank\">Pokémon Go\u003c/a>: walking around, staring at their phones, repeatedly swiping the screen to throw a fake ball to catch a fake animal in a fake version of reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're \u003cem>not\u003c/em> one of these people, you probably already hate Pokémon Go. You've been oversaturated with Pokémon Go everywhere you turn, with screengrabs of Pokémon Go all over your Facebook timeline and in-jokes about Pokémon Go on your Instagram feed. You're weary of it before you're even able to learn what it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_-400x514.jpg\" alt=\"Chances are you've seen screengrabs like this one over the last two days.\" width=\"400\" height=\"514\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29708\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_-400x514.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Poke.Volvo_.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chances are you've seen screengrabs like this one over the last two days.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides, you've seen all those headlines. Pokémon Go makes you \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/sore-legs-become-pandemic-as-pokemon-go-players-acciden-1783402931\" target=\"_blank\">exhausted\u003c/a>, makes you \u003ca href=\"http://factually.gizmodo.com/no-a-man-didnt-cause-a-major-traffic-accident-while-pl-1783425087\" target=\"_blank\">crash your car\u003c/a>, makes you a \u003ca href=\"http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/armed-muggers-use-pokemon-go-to-find-victims/\" target=\"_blank\">target for muggers\u003c/a> and even makes you \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/09/technology/pokemon-go-dead-body/\" target=\"_blank\">discover dead bodies\u003c/a>. There have been \u003ca href=\"https://theawl.com/the-seventeen-remaining-pokemon-go-headlines-d6adb2d98687#.oq76tko7x\" target=\"_blank\">more clickbait headlines\u003c/a> about Pokémon Go this week than about Millennials. (And that's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/millennials/\" target=\"_blank\">saying something\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 873px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends.jpg\" alt='Searches for \"Pokémon Go\" over the last month, according to Google Trends.' width=\"873\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends.jpg 873w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-400x218.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-800x436.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemongotrends-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Searches for \"Pokémon Go\" over the last month. \u003ccite>(Google Trends)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, I'm with you! 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That would soon change.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Juilliard-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two kids play Pokémon Go in the park. Note the absence of other players. That would soon change. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What Is Pokémon Go, and Why Is Everyone Playing It?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go is a augmented-reality game you play on your phone, downloadable as an app. In order to play it, you have to actually walk around outside, staring at your phone. As you walk around, your character on the screen walks around a map of your actual environment, showing streets and parks and creeks and the like. Using GPS and a mapping system similar to Google Street view, the game puts you in a half-reality of your actual city and a strange world of weird little animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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When they do, your phone's camera opens, and the Pokémon are suddenly standing in your stairwell, your BART station, you friend's leg, or wherever your camera happens to be pointing. Then you swipe a Pokéball at it and voilá -- it's caught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-29690\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata-400x711.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon.Rattata\" width=\"400\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata-400x711.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/Pokemon.Rattata.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the basics, at least. There are refill stations called Pokéstops in the game, located at notable landmarks around town like schools, plazas and benches, and there are huge towers called Gyms, control of which players can battle using the Pokémon they've caught. These places attract a lot of people, and that's part of why the game is so great on a social level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the activity in Pokémon Go is programmed to happen in big outdoor public spaces like city centers and parks. So after launching our character, my daughter and I went to the park down the block. We immediately met another family, powering up at the same Pokéstop. Five minutes in and we'd already had a friendly conversation with complete strangers, right there on the sidewalk, while cars whizzed by and people back in their homes argued on the internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29689\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt.jpg\" alt=\"A family playing Pokémon Go talks with other players.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-400x280.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-800x561.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-768x538.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.PikachuShirt-960x673.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family playing Pokémon Go talks with other players. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Here's How It's Good for Humanity (I'm Serious)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beyond the game itself of catching Pokémon, Pokémon Go is designed to get players out into the world. And, let's be honest: a lot of people are shut-ins who spend hours on the internet instead of getting out into the world. Modern culture, and especially modern \u003cem>gaming\u003c/em> culture, is definitely not known for being outdoorsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go forces people to get out -- and, invariably, talk to each other face-to-face. Often, to laugh and joke with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When my daughter and I ran into the family at that first Pokéstop, we couldn't believe it: we found someone else playing the game!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We were so naïve. EVERYONE is playing this game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-29688\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-800x491.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people play Pokémon Go.\" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-800x491.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-768x471.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_-960x589.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Crowd_.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of people play Pokémon Go. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our next voyage to catch Pokémon took us to a large local park. We quickly found 20 other people walking around with their phones, playing Pokémon Go. We shared tips and strategies, and then formed a posse with a couple of them and walked a half-mile to another park, catching Pokémon and running into other players along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the second park, we ran into another dozen people playing it, battling each other for control of a Gym. On the screen, these people fought each other. In person, they were laughing, joking, and high-fiving each other after battles. \u003cem>Everyone\u003c/em> was talking to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I'm over-romanticizing it here, but it was just a certain feeling that I can't put into words, other than to say that after the past week -- full of people arguing bitterly on Facebook about gun control and #BlackLivesMatter and \"Shillary\" or whatever -- it was very, very reassuring to see people come together, face-to-face, away from the keyboards that tend to turn them into jerks, to share a moment of compassion and humanity. Even if it was over a \u003ca href=\"http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Psyduck\" target=\"_blank\">silly cartoon duck with a constant headache who can control the weather\u003c/a>. You know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, informal reports have suggested that the game \u003ca href=\"http://www.attn.com/stories/9779/pokemon-go-affecting-players-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">improves people's mental health\u003c/a>. Those suffering from severe depression \u003ca href=\"http://www.attn.com/stories/9779/pokemon-go-affecting-players-mental-health\" target=\"_blank\">report how liberating it is\u003c/a> to have a reason to get out of bed, get dressed, and go out into the world. I personally witnessed a shy-looking guy and a phone-wielding girl hit it off over Pokémon Go at one of the Pokéstops, and I don't want to be \u003ca href=\"http://gizmodo.com/did-you-get-laid-playing-pokemon-go-1783444839\" target=\"_blank\">too crass about it\u003c/a>, but there's no question that the love life of a lot of formerly reclusive people got a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> more promising over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Two kids try to capture a Pokémon in Pokémon Go.\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup.jpg 1100w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Closeup-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two kids try to capture a Pokémon in Pokémon Go. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Isn't It Addictive, Though?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don't believe all the stories you read about Pokémon Go. The one about the guy who caused a multi-vehicle car crash while trying to catch Pikachu has \u003ca href=\"http://www.snopes.com/man-stops-to-catch-pikachu/\" target=\"_blank\">already been debunked by Snopes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I \u003cem>will\u003c/em> tell you, however, that if you're playing it with a child, be on guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After downloading the game for my six-year-old daughter, we went out and within one minute caught Squirtle. For me, it was fun: the Pokémon appeared on top of our neighbor's trash can, my daughter swiped the little Pokéball to throw it in Squirtle's direction, and we captured it. My daughter, on the other hand, turned into an immediate addict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After catching a couple more Pokémon, it was time to go to the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I wanna go downtown and catch all the Pokémon!\" she protested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No,\" I said, \"we have to go shopping.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But then everyone else will catch all the Pokémon!\" she howled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It doesn't work that way,\" I said. \"We need to go to the store.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But will there be Pokémon there?!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You get the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_29675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 578px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-29675\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus.jpg\" alt=\"Pokémon Go Plus is coming soon (and will easily make a million dollars).\" width=\"578\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus.jpg 578w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/pokemonplus-400x166.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokémon Go Plus is coming soon (and will easily make a million dollars).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for myself -- a non-gamer, remember -- I got hooked too. On the drive home from a party last night, I had my daughter open the app \"just to see if it works while driving,\" I said. But when she mentioned she saw a Pokémon on the side of the road, I impulsively pulled over, looked around to see if there were other cars in the area, and backed up a little bit so we could catch it. Yes. I did that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We got home. It was past her bedtime, but that didn't stop me. \"Let's just go down the block and see if we can catch any more,\" I suggested. \"We're almost on Level 6!\" I texted my wife saying we'd be a little bit late. We walked around. We didn't catch anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I put my daughter to bed, I sneaked a quick look at the game and saw a rainshower of pink in the distance. Someone had left a lure at a Pokéstop just two blocks from our house! There'd be so many Pokémon there! And it was set to expire in 30 minutes! My daughter could get out of bed and put on some slippers! Gotta catch 'em a -----\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was then that I realized I just needed to \u003cem>close the damn game\u003c/em>. I haven't opened it since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29687\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats.jpg\" alt=\"POkemon.Congrats\" width=\"750\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/POkemon.Congrats-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resources for Playing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you're interested, it's probably best to start playing Pokémon Go sooner than later. In two weeks' time, judging by the half-life of these types of phenomena, everyone will be \"so over\" Pokémon Go; the Gyms will all be controlled by super-strong Pokémon, the serious players will turn aggro in person instead of accommodating, and there'll be more reports about the negative side-effects of the game (while I was writing this post, in fact, the inevitable report about how Pokémon Go can \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/heres-all-the-data-pokemon-go-is-collecting-from-your-phone?utm_term=.tv4WXaAkB#.nr4OP37NX\" target=\"_blank\">access all your personal info and read all your emails\u003c/a> emerged). Soon, it won't be fun anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you want to start now? Funny thing about Pokémon Go: it doesn't come with any instructions on how to play. 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