Medic

Medic, also known as Arkay, a former death god of a small pocket universe, is the chief editor and main writer of the Daily SPUF, producing most of this site's articles and also just randomly writing stuff.

Nora’s Choice Nightwave is Fine

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Nora Night, or what we see of her

In Warframe, we have a system called Nightwave. Really, it’s a season pass. You do these chores, you level up and get stuff. Not always good stuff, sometimes the rewards are kinda crap, but that’s the basic pattern. It keeps people coming back. I’ll be honest, the rewards aren’t always amazing. In fact, some rewards from past Nightwave events have been somewhat mediocre. But as you go along and level up, the rewards do definitely get better, and give out rare resources like Umbral Forma. Tasks of Many Flavors To be able to progress in Nightwave, you have to do… [Continue Reading]

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs

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The weird red 12km egg.

Between today, yesterday, and the day before yesterday, I’ve walked about 10 kilometers. With that 10km, tracked in Pokemon GO, I managed to hatch an egg. It gave me an Espurr, a Pokemon I forgot that it even existed. But as soon as that egg had hatched, I was already trying to pick what egg I should try and hatch next. I opted for a 12km egg, because I am looking for a female Salandit. That’s stupidly rare as it is, but these 12km eggs won’t hatch themselves. The problem is, I can’t hatch eggs fast enough with just the… [Continue Reading]

Why are Niantic Nerfing Remote Passes?

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Mudkip raid

On March 30th, Niantic made an announcement regarding the future of remote raid passes. Simply put, they are increasing the price of remote passes to 195 coins, with a pack of three costing 525 coins. Even worse, they are reducing the amount of remote raids a player can do in one day, from infinite to 5. This announcement has popped up very suddenly, and the changes will occur on April 6th. Of course, no one likes any of these changes. Remote raids offer so much freedom. The changes made to remote passes are pretty damn drastic. Not only are they… [Continue Reading]

Team Rocket GO are Mediocre, But I Love Them.

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A disgruntled grunt.

Every Pokemon game has some bad group that do bad things and you, the 10 year old player character, have to go and stop them. In Pokemon GO, we get Team GO Rocket, run by what I assume is a clone of Giovanni. It’s called Team GO Rocket, either way, but Team Rocket GO is cooler. Or I can just call them Team, Rocket, it’s all the same. Still, probably better than Team Star in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Team Star just seems to be filled with kids bunking off school or something. Anyway, Team GO Rocket aren’t really much… [Continue Reading]

On Cookies

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Cookies - image from Pixabay

Cookies come in two different forms. You’ve got wonderful cookies that you can bake and eat; or you’ve got cookies on your computer, specifically on your web browser. Cookies aren’t something to be afraid of, but they can contain a lot more information than you’d like. These days, you may have heard of scary-sounding third party cookies and tracking cookies, which send information about what you are doing online. It all sounds worrisome, but don’t fret, these cookies won’t bite. Not all cookies are evil though. There are many essential cookies that help make sure that you are logged in,… [Continue Reading]

5 Pokemon That Were Badly Translated into Pokemon GO

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Pokemon that don't quite work right

While Pokemon GO does have a lot of Pokemon, from across all regions of the Pokemon series, there are still some Pokemon that, well, don’t really fit in. Pokemon that change forms or look different or just turn invisible. In today’s article, we’ll look at some Pokemon that don’t work the same way they would in a main series game. Smeargle I’ve always kinda liked the little paintbrush dog. It’s cute and has a cool gimmick, copying moves from other Pokemon. However, the move-copying gimmick in Pokemon GO is very basic. When a Smeargle appears, it only copies the moves… [Continue Reading]

Five Pokemon I Always Catch When I See Them

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Eevee and its Eeveelutions

When I go on my daily walks, I generally play Pokemon GO at the same time. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many Pokemon to catch where I live, so I just have to make do with the daily incense. And, frankly, most of the spawns are pretty damn mediocre. However, there are some Pokemon that I always catch, no matter what. Houndour Houndour is my favourite Pokemon, so this is kinda obvious. Although I have both a shiny Houndour and a 100% Hundoom, I find myself still catching them, because I need the XL Candy to get my Hundoom to level… [Continue Reading]

A Warm Welcome Back to the Sea of Thieves

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Sunset on the Sea of Thieves

A while back, I kinda stopped playing Sea of Thieves, or any games in general. All I played was Pokemon GO. When it comes to Sea of Thieves in particular, a single gameplay session can end up being rather long. I just didn’t have the stamina for hours of gaming. But after a day of almost binge-watching my friend Bacxaber’s Sea of Thieves videos, I decided that I needed to get back into playing Sea of Thieves again. So I asked Bacxaber if he was available to play and he said yes. That evening, we got on a sloop, then… [Continue Reading]

I Hate Elite TMs

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A massive premier ball to contain a universe-altering dragon

Elite TMs suck. They are rare and hideously expensive, and you have separate Elite TMs for fast attacks and charge attacks. The only way to reliably get Elite TMs are by buying them in a bundle for Community Days, or reaching rank 20 in PvP. And even then, it still alternates every season, between fast and charge TMs. On top of that, seasons are pretty long, generally 90 days long, so once you reach rank 20, you’re still waiting for three months to claim your reward. Sure, Elite TMs allow you to give a Pokemon any of its move, especially… [Continue Reading]

The Same Volt I Started With

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Volt with Voidshell Skin and wing ephemera

Normally, when an older player gets a new Prime Warframe, their normal version is chucked away. Some will get eaten by the Helminth, but others might just be sold entirely, especially if they have already been subsumed. After all, inventory space is limited, and it’s nicer to keep the new, spangly golden Warframe, rather than keeping the old one. Me though? Even though I have Volt Prime, I still use a normal Volt. Not just any Volt though. I use the same Volt that I picked in Vor’s Prize. I mean, why not? The only real difference is how much… [Continue Reading]