Internet troubles continue so there’s no Friday stream this week… instead enjoy the madness that is this Pokemon Emerald Randomised game!
Author: Jim the Editor
Final Fantasy Friday is here!
Chris and Jim the Editor play the classic JRPG, Final Fantasy X and talk about life, the world and whatever else comes up…
Join us and be part of the Live Chat from 8pm BST – we’d love to see you there!
It’s Final Fantasy Friday Again!
Join Chris and I from 8pm BST over on YouTuber as we toil through one of the Final Fantasy series’ most iconic games, discussing all that’s right and wrong with the world and our lives. If you’ve ever wanted to hear our funny accents or just chat to us generally, here’s your chance!
Final Fantasy Fridays are back!
Apologies for the hiatus – I was in Wales, the country not the animal, and Chris was rock climbing for fun(?) – anyway, regardless, we are back once more for some light-hearted banter while we mess around playing Final Fantasy X, one of my favourite games of all time over on my YouTube Channel.
Spotlight Series: Ethics of Pokémon Training
Hey everyone! Jim the Editor once more (I know, twice in one week is a bit excessive but hey there’s a lot going on…). This time I’m here with the second entry into our Spotlight Series, where Chris and I go back into the archives in order to rediscover articles from the rather immense back catalogue here on Pokemaniacal.com. In doing so we hope not only to introduce some of the more recent additions to our little community here to the work we – mostly Chris – have done in the past 8 years but also to add a little commentary to those posts which are by now nearly three generations out of date.
Last time we went right back to the origins of the blog and revisited Chris’ Unova Reviews. This time we are taking a more thematic approach by delving into the collection of posts and articles devoted to the somewhat problematic topic of the Ethics of Pokémon training.
Enjoy!
Continue reading “Spotlight Series: Ethics of Pokémon Training”Three More Speculative Galarian Forms…
Hey all, Jim the Editor here!
I think we can all agree that this opportunity for Chris to spread his wild ramblings over at PokéJungle is pretty cool – and so was the way in which PokéJungle used pitches for Galarian forms as a writing sample. I was so intrigued that having heard Chris had his own designs in mind and needed/wanted no input from me, I went about creating three of my own. Now, I did not submit these for consideration and therefore was not restricted by word-limits or considerations of style; so, with that in mind, here are my three speculative Galarian forms!
Spotlight Series: Unova Pokémon Reviews
It’s been a while since we here at Pokémaniacal introduced something new, but with the end of the Gen VII Pokédex in sight, we thought we might try something a little different and begin a spotlight series. This monthly series will take the form of a conversation or interview between Chris and I (Jim the Editor) around the subject of one of Chris’ past projects throughout the eight-year history of this blog. Of course, as good historians, all references to old works will be linked to so if you’re new to the blog, you won’t be left in the dark and can follow on with the loyal few who have followed us from BlogSpot, to Tumblr and finally to our new-ish home on WordPress.
Now, before you stop reading and accuse us of just lazily pointing at old content in the ever-going quest for more clicks (I mean, yes, I’d be a liar if I said that wasn’t part of it), the real aim of this series is to allow us both – mainly Chris – to revisit some of his older works and address what /he/ liked about some of his older stuff, where his perspective has changed, and whether he might do things differently now. It’s a way of updating and revisiting some of the earlier stuff without having to trawl through each of the 2,237 posts on the site to date individually… Which I don’t think anyone wants. Anyway, without further ado, let’s get to it – please let us know what you think of our topic and this new series in the comments – be sure to include any old posts which you would like to see covered next!
Continue reading “Spotlight Series: Unova Pokémon Reviews”Detective Pikachu top 5 scenes
Hello Pokémaniacs, Jim the Editor here.
Now, I’m sure you’ve all been waiting with baited breath for Chris’ thoughts on Detective Pikachu; well, I have some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that Chris has a very long post – so long that it might turn out to be 2 posts – with all the thoughts he can muster about the long-awaited live-action Pokémon adaptation.
The bad news is that there were some minor structural issues I had with the draft and Chris has begrudgingly agreed to make a few changes here and there to ensure that we put out only the best content for all of you.
In the meantime, because we promised Detective Pikachu content today, we decided to give you all a special Jim the Editor post containing my 5 favourite scenes from the movie!
There will be spoilers – you have been warned!
Continue reading “Detective Pikachu top 5 scenes”I can help?
Hello everyone, Jim the Editor here – don’t worry, nothing has happened to Chris, he’s just busying himself with the Ultra Beast reviews, answering all your questions and, well, his attempts to contribute to the real-world academic community, so we thought it might be worth me taking the lead to point wildly at an upcoming Pokémon-related event which is close to my own heart. For the second year running Niantic – the creators of Pokémon Go – are teaming up with Playmob to support a worldwide ‘clean-up’ initiative based around ‘Earth Day’ on April 22nd.
Continue reading “I can help?”