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Pokémon’s All-Pervading Positivity: How The Euro Championships Spread Infectious Joy
10.4.2024
The feeling of being somewhere overwhelmingly positive is unusual. In 2024, it seems ever-more likely that even the most upbeat of events would be coated in a veneer of cynicism, if not outright skepticism. But at the Pokémon Europe International Championships (EUIC), every person I spoke to...
The Pokémon Battle Gimmicks, Ranked From Worst To Best
14.8.2023
Nearly every mainline Pokémon game has changed up how we engage in battles alongside our favorite little (nongendered) guys. Whether pitting multiple monsters against each other at once or full transformations for your team, each Pokémon game puts a specific twist on its fights. But even though...
Here's All The Type Matchups In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl
20.11.2021
A new Pokémon is out in the wild. Well, an old Pokémon is out in the wild, resprayed to look and feel like a new Pokémon. Yes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, released for the Switch on November 19, are by all accounts faithful but unimaginative remakes of the 2006 generation-IV...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ Ghostly New Pokémon Belong To A Special Club
26.10.2021
Earlier today, The Pokémon Company officially unveiled the Hisui-region forms of Zorua and Zoroark, set to appear in Pokémon Legends: Arceus next year. Unlike their original Dark typing, however, these regional variants are a dual Normal and Ghost typing, a unique combination that’s never been seen...
Why You Should Rewatch Your Favorite Movies in Black and White
2.4.2021
Cinema snobs the world over scoffed when polarizing director Zack Snyder announced that his indulgent superhero opus Zack Snyder’s Justice League would be re-rereleased in a desaturated black and white version he’d dubbed Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice Is Gray. I was among them, but mostly...
Switch Is Getting Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Remakes In Late 2021
26.2.2021
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl for the DS are getting “faithful” remakes in the form of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl on Switch later this year.Read more
Our Favorite Comic Moments of 2020
16.12.2020
While 2020 posed more than its fair share of significant challenges for virtually everyone working within the entertainment industry, comics in particular stood as an example of creative teams adapting on the fly—and doing their damndest to keep telling compelling stories at a time when people...