One lunatic's love-hate relationship with the Pokémon franchise, and his addled musings on its rights, wrongs, ins and outs. Come one, come all, and indulge my delusions of grandeur as I inflict my opinions on anyone within shouting distance.
8:41
So… we meet again.
8:45
NOOOOOOO! NOT EVIL STEVE! HE- wait, he was a mob boss who smuggled illegal weaponry, bought and sold slaves, and has literally threatened to kill us a dozen times.
Nonetheless… true evil never dies, and his spirit shall have revenge…
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January 2
12:17
We have travelled across the world to find a new Pokémon to fill the gaping void left in our hearts by the Fat Controller.
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12:05
Behold the glory of Legatron, Bionic Hitmonlee!
12:09
Time for Gym Number 3!
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4:37
Thanks to the secret chemical compounds obtained/stolen from Team Rocket by Evil Steve, Dr. Chrim’s experiments on Specimen X have been successful. Soon his true power shall be unleashed!
4:44
Side effects may include dry mouth, nausea, sore throat, vomiting, psychosis, and transformation into a gigantic sea dragon.
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New Year’s Day
1:16
A haggling dispute with Slippery Sue’s contact at the other end of Rock Tunnel has led to bloodshed. She and Evil Steve will need to find somewhere else to offload our stolen goods. Meanwhile, Detective Doug thinks this was all a clever sting operation.
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1:08
Though Slippery Sue’s numerous contacts, an independent contractor has been hired to deal with the trees in our path – paid in cash and onions.
1:21
Hmm…
We could go fight a difficult battle against a master of Electric Pokémon to win a shiny bit of plastic and permission to fly in Kanto…
…or we could take a lucrative contract smuggling goods through Rock Tunnel.
…
Laters!
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11:47
…if it couldn’t survive, it didn’t deserve to join us.
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7:47
Okay Jim, you take over!
7:57
Jim: This is so depressing.
Chris: What are you talking about? We have a BADASS SUPER RAT! The greatest lab rat of all time!
Jim [sobbing]: Where’s our starter?
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Okay peeps; it’s New Year’s Eve, I’m in Jim the Editor’s flat in sunny and tropical St. Andrews, Scotland, it’s fμ¢&ing miserable outside (because Scotland), and I am going to speed-Nuzlocke the $#!t out of Pokémon: Fire Red version, because WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DO? This post will be updated throughout the night with progress reports, screenshots and commentary, and we will either conquer the Elite Four or die trying.
LET’S DO THIS
5:02:
SHUT UP OAK WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS $#!T
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