Reykjavík Grapevine - 15.07.2016, Síða 6

FOR
Confession time: I used to be a pretty avid
gamer. Not to an unreasonable degree: I
only spent maybe ten hours a day tops
playing WoW, and only peed in empty
bottles of Mountain Dew in my room if
there was a really important quest going
down. But even in my very limited capac-
ity as a gamer, I can see the benefits of
Pokémon Go.
They say you can’t get better graphics
than Outside (although your HP is weak
and one bullet can kill you), and that was
never truer than in Pokémon Go. Instead
of your game map being some poorly
rendered pixelised map on a console, the
literal outside world is your map. Fur-
thermore, places of interest in your town
or even your neighbourhood that you
might have overlooked are brought to
your attention. In fact, the game compels
you to visit them.
Someone once remarked that golf is
just an excuse to go on a long walk, and
the same could be said for Pokémon Go.
Unlike golf, this game is free to all, and
acts as a miniature tour guide of sorts as
you bounce around town, looking at stat-
ues and talking to strangers. Pokémon
Go is a godsend and you’d be crazy not to
try it.
AGAINST
Confession time: I used to be a pretty avid
gamer. Still am, really. From WoW to De-
fense of the Ancients to League of Leg-
ends, trust me—I know from real gam-
ing. And Pokémon Go is not a real game.
Like most mobile games, Pokémon
Go is for filthy casuals who are afraid to
commit to the intense amount of train-
ing and concentration it takes to get good
at real games. These games attract the
worst kind of people and it’s no wonder
Pokémon Go has become the grandaddy
of all Filthy Casual Gamer games.
Just look at that noob walking down
the street with her face in her smart-
phone screen, looking around like a lost
baby goose because she’s trying to find
the nearest Pokéstop but forgot to turn
her GPS on. Jesus, give it up. Don’t you
have some Sonic the Hedgehog drawings
to post on DeviantArt or something?
And don’t get me started on people who
post about it on Facebook. I get it al-
ready—you’re having fun. Stop rubbing
it in my face and learn a real video game
like Quake or something.
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THE ISSUE:
The word of the issue this issue is bras-
kari. This is a pretty important word to
know, as you can apply it to people who
hail from all income levels and back-
grounds. A braskari is a lot of things:
a hustler, a prospector, a venture capi-
talist—all these people can be called a
braskari, in particular if they’re involved
in semi-legal, shady dealings. Don’t be
shy about throwing this one around!
Used in a sentence: “Hann er svo
mikill braskari; myndi ekki trúa orð
sem hann segir.”
Braskari
POEM
HENCEFORTH ALL POEMS SHALL ONLY BE ALIGNED
ACCORDING TO THE POET’S WISHES AND WILL NOT
INCLUDE ANY WORDS NOT SPECIFICALLY ASKED
FOR BY THE POET
A Poem By
Lommi
The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 10 — 2016
6
A POEM BY is curated by Grapevine’s
poetry liaison, Jón Örn Loðmfjörð
the number of megawatts
Iceland would need to export
to Britain to make an undersea
cable between the two coun-
tries viable.
15% OF
LONDON'S
ELECTRICITY
TWO
EMPIRE
STATES
& CHANGE
1400
the amount of krónur it would
take to even build the cable
Pokémon GoFOR ANDAGAINST
800bn
5%-
10%
300+
the minimum number of
Pokémon Go Gyms in Iceland
(based on the number of
churches)
the percentage your
electricity bill would increase
to support the cable
Takara Tomy
©Pokémon