Relative to Nintendo, it might be best to think of the game as just an advertising endeavor for the Pokemon franchise. As such, it’s pretty amazingly successful, so it could potentially lead to higher sales of other Pokemon-related media that would, in turn, lead to a greater financial boon for Nintendo in the long…

Either way, it seems like the shooter is a little bit at fault.

Not having followed the numbers from previous years, I’m actually surprised Melee ended up with fewer competitors at all.

It seems to have been misreported.

Interesting, but what’s the explanation for the minimized Nearby box pulsating when no single Pokemon has been selected (instead, displaying three of them)? Would that mean one of the three is in that direction?

It’s reportedly (in this article) a public park, so I’m not sure how much authority private security personnel would have to clear it.

Reminded me of this, actually.

Yeah, I tried logging in with my already-existent Pokemon Trainer Club account for two days straight. The game hung on the sign-in screen with a never-ending loading icon spinning away.

Mystic has the better icon design, name, and character silhouette – it’s all about the branding.

So, my understanding is that not only would a live version of a show like Man v. Food not be allowed to be broadcast, but channels that review snack food would also be out of the question?

Bah, I think both look great.

Wait, what?

It looks like a lower quality rip-off of a Tiffen Steadicam that uses some sort of massive rubber bands instead of the coiled reinforced springs of the name-brand model. It also looks like it was mis-calibrated, as the camera started rising up as soon as the operator moved his hands away.

Well, it depends on the job, mainly due to the context inherent with some jobs.

A modified Mini Cooper with upgraded suspension? Doesn’t that sort of fly in the face of the original concept of the “reasonably priced car”? The previous cars were picked specifically because they were extremely low-tier budget economy cars without any particular sportiness. That was part of the comedy of the…

The big difference there is, of course, in the capture of the video frames. Videogames render out each frame individually and then optionally add in post-processing motion blur effects to varying levels of quality. Live action video records with a natural motion blur (additionally augmented by the shutter speed of the…

It’s pretty much a pseudo-real-time realization of the the semi-turn-based combat systems in games like Valkyria Chronicles or XCOM. Or something like that.

It depends what you’re looking for in a show, but I liked this a whole lot better, yeah.

I’m mainly interested in those (relatively) simple mods that swap out the dialogue option adjectives with the actual text of what your character will be speaking.

Oh, others can empathize.