Pokemon Features
I Miss You, Transparent Technology: An Investigation into the Y2K Clear Craze
I’m five years old, a young creature, in a daze while watching reality TV on a chunky cathode-ray tube in the living room with my family, when a sudde...
I'm Not Irrational for Believing Pokemon Should Be Better
It’s a little hard to quantify exactly how toxic the Pokemon discourse has gotten in the last four years. Despite the games breaking sales records with each new title, there’s been an ever-lo...
I Am Already Fatigued By Regional Pokemon Variants
On some level, the idea of new Pokemon generations is inherently untenable. Every few years, they introduce a brand new region, new gyms, new characters, and of course another set of Pok...
What Exactly is the Pokemon "Ironmon" Challenge?
For a long time, Pokemon challenge runs have tried to up the difficulty of the game. The classic example is the Nuzlocke, a ruleset that forces players to only catch the first Pokemon they en...