Outlines
Part 1 in the exam question asks you to explain briefly the Pokémon Go concept and outline some of the attitudes to it that are presented in the three texts.
The Pokémon Go is an enhanced reality game which can be played through a mobile phone app. The app overlays monsters over different real-world locations using the phone’s camera. The players have to find, capture, fight, and train these virtual creatures which are called Pokémon. The concept is explained in both Texts I and II.
Text I explains that Pokémon Go evolved from the original 1996 Pokémon game which is constructed around a coming-of-age story in which a young boy is encouraged to leave home and go out in the world to collect monsters. The Pokémon Go, however, is more about the hunt and the collecting part of the game then the narrative behind it.
Text II describes Pokémon Go as a contemporary version of a treasure hunt with fairy-tale elements. The text includes a detailed description of how the game works, explaining how users chase virtual monsters through the real world via their phon…
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I: “Pokémon and the Great Unknown”
Text I is an article from The Atlantic written by David Sims in 2016, in which the author presents how the Pokémon game evolved into Pokémon Go and the differences and similarities between them.
The writer’s attitude is one of praise towards the original Pokémon game, but critical towards the Pokémon Go version.
David Sims believes the o…
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II: “Why Pokémon Go really is a national health service”
Text II is an article published in The Guardian in 2016, written by Gaby Hinsliff. The author argues that Pokémon Go helps children and adults re-engage with the outside world because the Pokémon hunt takes place in the real world.
Gaby Hinsliff has a positive, favourable …
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III: “Pokemon Go is one more excuse to gawp at your phone and ignore reality”
Text III is an article by Liz Jones published in The Daily Mail in 2016. The article discusses the popularity of Pokémon Go and its negative impact on society.
The writer’s attitude is critical towards both the designers of the game and the adult players. Her main argument is that …
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