The Little Gap Between Events

As of writing, there is no event going on in Pokemon GO. The Festival of Colours event has ended, and we’re getting a Team Rocket-based event coming next week. Because there is no event going on, we get basic seasonal spawns. Pokemon that spawn naturally in the wild, based on whatever season we’re in. By ‘season’, I don’t mean normal, in-real-life seasons, I mean the ones in Pokemon GO. They do kinda sorta co-exist with real seasons, but the seasonal spawns aren’t always related to winter or spring or whatever. The current season is Rising Heroes, and we’re expecting more… [Continue Reading]

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On Using The Right Counters

During the Hoenn Tour, one of the main features was doing raids. We were raiding for Groudon and Kyogre, which had reverted into their Primal forms, making them much, much more powerful. They had a  CP of about 90,000 each, which is nearly double what normal legendary Pokemon have. So, in order to defeat these monsters, we needed to use the best teams possible. Did we all do that? Well, I did. Organized teams I had separate teams for both Kyogre and Groudon. Against Primal Groudon, I used a collection of (normal) Kyogres, while using a Mega Gyarados to boost… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays Pokemon Violet – Part 11

The last thing that Miraidon needs is the ability to climb walls. Luckily, Miraidon can learn that if we go to Paldea’s massive lake, which is filled with level 50+ Pokemon. Really, I should be staying away from this place. After all, aside from Ringo, all my Pokemon are around level 40, with one of them being only level 35. But here I am, on an island in the middle of a sea, looking for a gigantic Pokemon that’s not there yet. Instead, I find myself battling a Tatsugiri that repeatedly says “Taitan”, giving away that it is in fact… [Continue Reading]

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Legendary Rank 2

So, after a really weird grind, I finally made my way to Legendary 2, the current (at the time of writing) highest rank you can get. I originally wasn’t actually chasing after Legendary Rank 2, but after playing a bit of Citrine’s Last Wish, I realized I was way closer than I thought. So I decided why not, and went ahead to farm a few things. And by farming, I mostly mean trading. After selling a Legendary Core (probably the one I got for reaching Legendary Rank 1, ironically), I put some platinum to one side and traded for Khora… [Continue Reading]

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Halo’s Assault Rifle is Magnificent

To err is human. To “get some” is divine. Flawless Cowboy If God is real, he’d probably wield an MA5B. This gas-operated, magazine-fed, 900 RPM slugthrower is the backbone of any fireteam in the United Nations Space Command. Anyone dumb enough to get caught on the wrong end of this weapon is doomed to become more lead than man. Even shielded opponents can’t endure the weapon’s torrent of fire for very long. In close quarters, a sixty-round sustained spray can be devastating. Go the distance, however, and operators should temper their trigger finger– And their expectations. Initially designed for Earth’s… [Continue Reading]

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Thoughts on a Heavy Update, from a Medic’s Point of View

Editor’s note: This article was written way before Valve decided to subtly change some text, indicating that the summer update was not a real update, just another cosmetic one. So feel free to take all of this with a pinch of salt since it’s no longer going to happen. Heavy is never going to get an actual update or anything. The fact that there’s a potential update this summer has really got me back into think about Team Fortress 2. While I haven’t opened the game in a month, I’ve been browsing the Steam Workshop and doing a lot of… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays Pokemon Violet – Part 10

So I’m now here in Medali, working my way towards the Normal Badge. It’s taken me a while to actually get here, mostly because I have been avoiding Nemona. The last time I saw her, she appeared in the Medali gym and had just finished it. She wanted to fight, but had the wrong Pokemon, so Nemoma dashed off and left me alone. Before I could do anything else though, I need to do the gym challenge. What’s weird is that this gym challenge is food-based, kinda like the Water Gym. But this time, I have to find a bunch… [Continue Reading]

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Free Space For Railjacks

When Fortuna was announced at Tennocon years ago, a big part of the teaser was seeing a Railjack come in, Mag jumping on and us all seeing a transition straight to a Railjack mission, fighting a Kuva Lich. It all ended in a teaser for the Duviri Paradox. Now, while we’re all still waiting for the Duviri Paradox, we did eventually get most of what was teased. Fortuna became a cool open world area, we have Railjack mission and can fight Liches on, and the Duviri Paradox is on its way soon. We got most of what was promised, even… [Continue Reading]

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Pokemon Violet and Stalking

Everyone in Pokemon Violet is stalking me. I’m not normally a paranoid person, at least I am not any more, but something is massively bothering me in the new Pokemon games. Since day 1, I have been some sort of prodigy, some super powerful trainer, despite mostly fluking my way through with just a cat made of grass and a dog with horns and a devil tail. Honestly, it’s mostly the weed cat. But yeah, everyone seems to know who I am and everyone seems to know where I am too. At first, I just thought it was my rival,… [Continue Reading]

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On Silly New Weapon Skins

Weapon skins are kinda weird in Warframe. They often come in several forms. There are weapon skins that only change the texture of the weapon, similar to warpaints in Team Fortress 2. But there are also complete weapon skins that change the whole model into something else. A lot of weapon skins, mainly melee ones, are sold via Tennogen and can only be bought with real money. However there are plenty of other skins that can be bought for Platinum. Many deluxe Warframe skins come in bundles that contain unique weapon skins as well. But for this Nightwave episode (yet… [Continue Reading]

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