Author: pokemaniacchris

CantakerousAuntGay asks:

So hey I just wanted to let you know you’re like my favorite single blog I follow that isn’t run by one of my personal IRL friends and you make me laugh all the time. I also thought that you Roman Glass thing was facinating (even if I admit Im in a very small demographic) and would love to see more history stuff.

D’awww, thanks!  Knowing that people enjoy it is probably the main reason I keep this up, so it’s much appreciated!  I sort of feel bad about spending a lot of my time on the history/archaeology stuff instead of Pokémon stuff, since it’s (I assume) not really what most people read my blog for – but sometimes if a topic is on my mind a lot anyway from work, it’s easier to bang something out quickly.  I’ll definitely keep that up, subject to inspiration striking. 🙂

Anonymous asks:

I don’t want to sound demanding or ungrateful but can you please post the ‘House Words’ at a quicker rate? I’m absolutely loving them but we’ve got more than 400 species to go – I can’t bear the thought of waiting a year to see them all! Keep up the good work dude.

Eh… I’m… kind of happy with the current rate, to be honest.  Although I theoretically have most of them written already, there are a lot I wasn’t happy with the first time and have to revise, and it takes time to put together the banners, and I’m also trying to make time for writing amongst my real-life responsibilities.  So… sorry, but this is what I’m comfortable committing to.

Frezgle asks:

Hey!!! Did you see the a trailer for Pokemon Go? What do you think? I’m pretty psyched, since Ingress was awesome and it’s made by the same people.

I have indeed.  It’s actually kind of funny to me, because I have a friend back home who works in the mobile games industry and has been working towards a pitch for basically this exact game for years, and now they’ve gone and done it first, the bastards.  Anyway, I don’t actually know anything about Ingress, but yeah, I’m excited!  Pokémon was always supposed to be about exploring the world around you, and I think this is a fantastic way of building on that theme.  I’m particularly interested in the segment from the trailer that depicts a massive battle against Mewtwo – legendary Pokémon finally getting the respect they deserve, as huge challenges that take as many as a dozen Pokémon working in unison to take down.  I wonder whether you’ll be able to see different Pokémon in different parts of the world, or whether the game will be able to choose species that are appropriate to the real world environment?  Lots of interesting decisions they could make here.