> I have a distinct memory of dismissing the whole Pokémon craze as gauche, childlike, beneath my refined nearly-adult maturity. I mean, of course, Pokémon was

> I have a distinct memory of dismissing the whole Pokémon craze as gauche, childlike, beneath my refined nearly-adult maturity. I mean, of course, Pokémon was childlike. Us almost-adults played clearly superior games like MtG with cardboard. The GameBoy was for Tetris.