Finding God in Video Games

Pokémon and their trainers alike invest serious time and energy preparing for the opportunity to become world champions, and that means going through gym battles and entering tournaments that will truly push them to their limits. This isn’t a punishment from their trainer… this is about gaining the level of endurance they will need to succeed in the challenges they will face ...

Detective Pikachu is a very unique spin-off in the Pokémon universe, eschewing the normal battles and capturing that made the Pokémon franchise famous and instead focusing on the story of a lone Pikachu seeking to solve a big mystery. Sure, Pikachus aren’t typically known for their sleuthing skills, but this situation called for this Pikachu to stretch far beyond their comfor...

If there is one thing you can always count on Team Rocket to do, it’s showing up in some kind of ridiculous disguise to conceal their identities until it is time to reveal them. As the viewers, we are already wise to their schemes and know that they are up to no good, but for the characters we are watching these disguises seem to work on their unsuspecting victims almost as w...

Pokémon are certainly a diverse group, coming in all manner of shapes, sizes, strengths, and elemental capabilities… and that means that they are each designed to be the perfect fit for some situations and a complete mismatch in others. Even a massive, fearsome Pokémon like Onix is competing at a disadvantage when matched up against a water or grass-type Pokémon, and the rela...

Pokémon is full of unexpected battles, and after taking damage most of them need to take a trip to the Pokémon Center for some healing courtesy of Nurse Joy. The Pokémon Center is not a place for criticizing the choices that caused them to wind up in this condition… preventive care can happen after they have recovered from their wounds. The first priority is to provide them w...