Pokemon Catch-em-All Classic: Charity for ALSA Fight Against Lou Gherig’s Disease

This is the first time I’ve seen anything like this.  On a whole bunch of the live-stream websites right now like justin.tv and ustream.tv, this group is pulling a massive marathon.  They’re already near hour 70 and they’ve raised almost $12,000 for the ALS Association.  Hopefully you’ll see more of these kinds of events taking [...]

Japan Hit by 8.9 Earthquake

Japan, the originating home of Pokemon and gijinka has been hit by a devastating earthquake.  The shockwaves have caused a tsunami that is now spreading across the Pacific.  As I’m writing this to you, Hawaii has reported the first expected high-surf (which thankfully wasn’t as bad as expected) and California is expecting the waves in [...]

Poké-geddon is at last upon us

In about a few hours, Nintendo is going to have its massive launch party at the Rockefeller Center.  Last November they converted their regular Nintendo shop into a fully-stocked “Pokemon Center.”  I can’t imagine how crowded it’s going to be there with all the screaming little kids and The Presidents of the United States playing. [...]

Tepig’s Got the Moves

http://kotaku.com/#!5776515/oh-how-they-danced-the-starter-pokemon-of-stonehenge There’s this incredible video of the poor people dressed in the Pokemon mascot costumes doing some really funny dancing.  Tepig’s got this pop and lock thing going.  Oshawott’s all bouncy and an attention-whore.  And Smugleaf’s all like “I’m too cool for this.”  The video comes from the big launch party in London which apparently [...]

Pokemon Black and White Releases this Week

There’s not much else to say. March 6th release. 5 days away. 156 new Pokemon. New adventure, yadda, yadda, yadda go play it. And bring some costume ideas here.       Gotta catch ‘em all.  

Interview – Kyle Mistry (aka Tropius)

Earlier this week I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing the very talented and artistic Kyle Mistry.  His Tropius (Gen III) gijinka caught my eye when his photos popped up on the front page of Cosplay.com.   In our audio interview, I got to hear more about his experience constructing an original gijinka, crafted based [...]

Know Your Meme Interviews Nuzlocke

KnowYourMeme’s AJ Mazur posted an interview with internet sensation Nuzlocke on KnowYourMeme.com last night.  Nuzlocke, a UC Santa Cruz student, has become noteworthy especially among pokemon fans for revitalizing the games by adding an additional challenge.  The history behind his popular strategy and webcomic is quite humorous.  Concocted one day out of boredom, his challenge [...]

2011 – YEAR OF POKEMON REVIVAL

We’re less than a month away from Pokémon Black and White’s release.  Reports are already coming in about how Nintendo is planning to spend millions of dollars on advertising.  They’re going to release more movies, promote the tv show, and probably go crazy with toys, collectibles, and merchandise.  The whole plan with this generation, according [...]