Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and originated as an electronic games series from Nintendo that debuted in Japan on February 27, 1996, and that 2026 marks the 30th Anniversary of Pokemon, celebrating three decades of creativity, innovation, storytelling, and community building that continues to inspire generations of fans to explore, learn, and connect.
From Street Fighter's hadouken! to Call of Duty's remember, no Russian to BioShock's would you kindly?, there are phrases so creepy, clever or cool they have slipped imperceptibly into the gaming lexicon, ensuring that whenever they're memed on social media, almost everyone gets the reference. But there are also odd little phrases, sometimes from obscure games, that stick with us for seemingly no reason.
The bullet that killed conservative activist was inscribed with a message: Notices bulge OwO whats this? The online world quickly recognized the reference. It's a phrase used in internet culture to troll people in online role-play communities, specifically furries (a subculture that cosplays as anthropomorphic animal characters). The phrase has been popularized not only as a way of making fun of furries and related communities for being cringe,
In the mid-2010s, loosely organized online movements began spilling into the real world, catching popular culture off guard and leaving many journalists flat-footed in unfamiliar internet territory. You know their names. Pizzagate. QAnon. And the most consequential of all, MAGA: a mainstream political movement fueled in part by a fervent online contingent. But before all that came Gamergate, the proving ground where the tactics were tested.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World treated gaming like a culture that deserved celebration, never letting that overshadow its actual plot, while director Edgar Wright captured its essence.
Anish Kapoor stated, 'I think there's a big leap that we are seeing in the gaming trends right now, and how even parents have started to see gaming as one of the options.'
Ross Scott launched the 'Stop Killing Games' initiative after Ubisoft made The Crew unplayable for purchasers, advocating for better preservation of digital games.
