Google Maps Issues Pokemon Challenge – April Fools

Every year on April 1st – April Fools Day – the Internet is overrun with fake articles and countless other things in an attempt to “get people”. Though a select few will always use this time to ‘get people’ rather then “get people”. Confused? Let me explain. Rather than trick people, some like to give…

Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal: The Final Battle

The campaign for Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal has come to climactic end. As I’d hoped – and others predicted – the final match against the Champion Red – the protagonist from the first game – was fought with the original team we raised. So in this match of Gods vs ‘Mon, Lord Helix vs LazerGator,…

Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal: Right In The Feels!

After the success of Twitch Plays Pokemon – an Internet experiment where 10,000+ people play a single game together – the developer decided to continue the hit with a second season based off of a hacked version of Pokemon Crystal. Though despite lower numbers, what this season might lack in viewership it dramatically makes up…

Twitch Plays Pokemon: The Good, The Bad, And The Elite Four

Remember that time tens of thousands of people played the exact same game of Pokemon all at once? Well it’s been going on for the past few weeks and it’s been exceeding all expectations – both good and bad. One Twitch commenter said it best: “This isn’t a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters. It’s…

Pokemon: Origins – A Trip Down Memory Lane

If you were a kid in the late 90s, there’s a pretty good chance you played Pokemon Red and/or Blue version. Think what you will of the new installments, but these old games will forever hold a warm and fuzzy place in our hearts. At the end of 2013, a mini-series about the original games…

Pokemon X/Y: New & Returning Legendaries, Pokebank And More

One of the things Pokemon X/Y lacked was any considerable post game activities. Between mysterious rail stations, ghosts, and foreign travels from strange and mysterious lands there is certainly potential. Well if these rumors of new pokemon are true, then we might just get the makings of an interesting post game after all. But will…

Pokemon X/Y: 10 Years Later

My first thought upon playing the new Pokemon Y version was “Wow, I’m too old for this… stuff”. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a few more minutes since I had not only bought the game, but the 3DS system as well. Just when all hope seemed loss, something amazing happened. Something I hadn’t experienced…