Okay, so... Why does Sycamore wear such weird socks?

His outfit is really well-coordinated, and he's known for being a savvy, fashionable guy. So why on earth would he wear socks of that color with that outfit? To some people it may be a minor detail, but in the professional world socks can really affect how good (or bad) your outfit looks. These socks are way too colorful and don't match Sycamore's attire at all.

So why?...

I think very critically of Pokémon games. That is to say, I enjoy each one very much; even the ones I think of as "the worst," I still find to be leagues above most other games in terms of quality. But two things cause me to play Pokémon with a critical eye: one is, as an aspiring game designer--while I did graduate from a certain college with a background in this field, I'm not claiming to be a genius by any means--I generally view games critically in order to formulate what would work...

I was looking through my old deviantArt journals when I came across this one I had written on December 19, 2011. I thought I would repost it here since it's Pokémon-related (and I'm cleaning up my dA page):



The official Pokémon website always has full English episodes of the Pokémon anime available for viewing by anyone, but they rotate the available episodes at any given time. At the moment they have some of the first Orange Islands episodes available under...

The worldwide announcement will be made tomorrow at 6am in my timezone. That's RIGHT before I go to class.

I'm all sorts of spazzing right now. I really hope that this presentation won't let me down! After having so many announcements hyped but then leading to only simple Wi-Fi events or the like, I'm really, really, really hoping that I won't be disappointed by this!

This blog entry is my take on the Pokémon world's government in the main series of Pokémon games.

All the regions we have visited thus far fall under one National PokéDex, which would mean that they are all one giant nation despite their distance from each other. To have such a huge country raises other questions: namely, how large is the "Pokémon planet," and how many other nations are there?

One option is that all regions are controlled by one nation,...