27 days until Pokémon Sword & Shield release! Welcome to Lorekeeper Lite! This intermittent companion series to the Lorekeeper’s Logs hopes to answer the questions no one asked, but everyone wanted answered, those burning questions on everyone’s minds… In the Lorekeeper’s Logs, nothing is more important than the diligent understanding of the sometimes confusing world … Read more
28 days until Pokémon Sword & Shield release! Now there’s a pretentious title if ever I wrote one. It’s no secret that the British Industrial Revolution was part of the inspiration for at least some of the Pokémon, locations and themes of the upcoming games. Galarian Weezing’s design is a clear reference to both the … Read more
What helped separate Pokémon Red & Blue from contemporary RPGs was its sense of growth and accomplishment allowed by its evolution mechanic. A mechanic that would help define the series to become the one we know and love today. Pokémon could, upon either reaching a level threshold or satisfy certain conditions, transform their appearance was … Read more
Welcome to Lorekeeper’s Logs! This series hopes to delve deep into the strangest lore of the Pokémon world and investigate the unexplained, the unanswered, and the unknown. For our second Pokémon mystery, we’re taking a journey into the stranger regions of the Pokédex to investigate an anomaly that’s existed since Generation I—Artificial Pokémon. How exactly … Read more
Welcome back to the second instalment of Gym Leaders RATED, the series where I judge the gym leaders of the Pokémon anime according to my four S’s: Strategy – do they fight good? Style – do they look good? Standing – do they do good? Structure – do they build good? Today’s gym leader is… … Read more
In this recurring series, I’ll analyze the origins of Pokémon designs, their culture, and their historical allusions to British culture. In the August Pokémon Direct was when we first met our rodent-like friend, Morpeko, the Two-Sided Pokémon. At first glance, it is very close to many other Electric-type rodents that have become a tradition for … Read more