A Stupid Hobby Could Change Your Life

A silly game can be the thing that makes your life

Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon are two of the most nostalgic properties of the 90s and 2000s, surely topping any lists of the sort. Each had an anime, multiple video games, and of course card games to pair with the TV shows, launching massive entertainment franchises. Yugioh was all about the card game, with the Duel Monsters anime focusing on Yugi’s journey to being King of Games, and Pokemon was what we all imagined the games, like the gen 3 Ruby and Sapphire or gen 4 Diamond and Pearl games, to be like. Seeing as both Yugioh and Pokemon centered around games, I was curious to dig deeper into my nostalgic feelings and see why they loomed so large. What I discovered of course was less about these properties, and more about the world around us and its often depressing qualities, as well as the loss of childhood ignorance that made life so interesting.

But, when this led me to reconsider my history with the Duel Monsters trading card game (TCG), I saw an unintended meaning to them. Of course, they are just some rich person’s way to make money, but they’re a common point among many different people. They can bring anyone and everyone alike in a shared interest, and that can have the kind of far reaching and super beneficial impact that some video games and anime could only dream of having. There’s no better way to meet people and make connections than a stupid game.


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A video essay discussing nostalgia (90’s kid / 2000’s kid shows)

0:00 Introduction
3:33 Nostalgia
16:05 Connection

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