Jason plays the Pokémon Trading Card Game

Time to say good-bye to the last strands of my dignity. I'm sure it's no secret that I love Pokémon, as I spent months building up to Pokémon Sun and Moon on this blog when it was announced. However, I haven't spent too much time talking about the Trading Card Game. Which is strange considering …

Our new Toy Opening channel

After a lovely family lunch at Mama D's with my grandparents to celebrate my Grandpa Joe's belated birthday, Alyson made me take her over to Target. She didn't need anything. She just wanted to wander aimlessly and kill time. To be fair I do that sort of thing with my friends constantly, to the point …

Strange Associations: Irvine band competition edition

Tonight my family and I braved the smoke-ridden California atmosphere to head out to Irvine for the California State Band Championship semi-finals, where Alyson and the RUHS band performed. I'm not sure whether it's wrong of me to talk about that while people in areas actually ablaze right now are surviving a horrible tragedy? But …

My (obligatory) Top 10 Games of 2017 List

A merry Christmas to all of you out there that are taking a break from your families on this most Yule of evenings and have decided, for one reason or another, to spend some time reading this silly, clichéd offering of mine. That's right, as the title above suggests, I've decided to throw my hat …

Alola begins anew

It may only be a year after we were first introduced to the Alola region in Pokémon Sun and Moon... But as a self-proclaimed hardcore Pokémon fanatic, I simply couldn't resist going out to get the next addition to the series on day one. I'll admit, it does help that my Mom agreed to help …

New Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Information: Plot lines, Pictures and Z-Moves

I've spent most of the day out in Fullerton covering a Project Rebound event for a story I'll be publishing in the Daily Titan's first issue insert on Monday. The event started at 9 a.m. so I had to get up pretty early to drive out, and then devote plenty of time to covering what …

New Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Information: Rise of the ‘roc, part 3

Been a while since I've had the chance to do one of these. Since the games were teased for us back in June, we haven't gotten too much new information on Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the follow up sequels/reimagining/who even knows what for Pokémon's seventh generation games Sun and Moon. However, now it seems …

My thoughts on the June 6, 2017 Pokémon Direct

It's that time once again, ladies and gentlemen. With a brand new Pokémon Direct this morning comes a brand new reason to get hyped up for the holiday season! https://youtu.be/gvhUgC0f_tU While the Direct itself is only about 8 minutes long, with half of that time filled up by a rather long trailer, there are still …

Marshadow, coming soon to Pokémon Sun and Moon

I'll be honest, life has kind of been stressing me out lately. A lot. Between classes throwing exams, papers and more at me while the semester winds down, four days of work at the Daily Titan constantly trying to keep sinking ships afloat (Since, as I like to say, news is and always will be …

Reflections on the 2017 International Challenge for February

I don't usually start these posts with a look behind the curtain, but I figure this seems like an alright time to do so. To be frank, I expected to have this post out a couple of weeks ago.  Jokes on me for expecting the battle record results to be released right after the competition, …