Mega Evolutions are actually good now in Pokemon GO

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Mega Salamence, Mega Beedrill, Mega Swampert and Mega Venasaur all battle a Mega Charizard

When Mega Evolutions first came out in Pokemon GO, the system was genuinely not very good at all. The costs to Mega Evolve were really high, they didn’t last very long and getting mega candy was genuinely a chore. However, these days, Mega Pokemon are way more accessible. To the point that they are actually worth using. They last longer The first major change to Mega Evolutions was to make them last longer. Originally, Mega Pokemon only lasted for four hours, before turning back to normal. This was changed to 8 hours, which gives players plenty more time, especially in… [Continue Reading]

Sea of Thieves with the Siblings for the first time

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A bright night in the Sea of Thieves

Up until Christmas, I only really ever played Sea of Thieves with my great friend Bacxaber. Together, we’d sail the seas, kicking ass and getting tons of loot. The problem was, because of time zones, I’d have to stay up super late in order to play. Also, there’s a massive skill difference between Bacxaber’s level of play and my own. He’s a PvP master while I’m slow and only really know the basics. But over the Christmas break, I was gladly informed that my sister and her boyfriend had both purchased Sea of Thieves. So of course we had to… [Continue Reading]

Pokemon GO’s new Size Stats are Annoying

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An example of a small Pokemon

One of the newer features in Pokemon GO’s winter updates was something to track the sizes of Pokemon. Normally, every caught Pokemon has a weight and height, but this update boosted the visibility, adding little ribbons for Pokemon are bigger or smaller. New sizes This update also introduced two more sizes. Your Pokemon can now be extra large or extra small. These do seem to be quite rare though. During the Community Weekend back in December, despite catching tons of Pokemon, I only saw a handful of extra small Pokemon. Didn’t see any extra large ones though. The game does… [Continue Reading]

Reaching Level 44 and the Uselessness of Levels after 40

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Reaching level 44 in Pokemon GO

After a long, slow grind, I finally made my way to level 44 in Pokemon GO. It took me ages, and the last 100k of experience needed felt like wading through treacle, with how slow it felt. But I finally did the four tasks I needed to reach level 44, and I also finally had enough experience to actually level up. Some lucky people got free wins off me, thanks to me needing to play in the GO Battle League 20 times. But the other three challenges, I borrowed my brother’s phone and I did 90 games, 30 in each… [Continue Reading]

Happy 2023!

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Medic and Volt, simply chilling out and watching fireworks

Yay, time for a new year! A new year, hopefully a new you. Or a better you. Your call. But yeah, 2023 is here and it might be good for a change. The last few years have been a bit sucky, but we can always hope for some improvement. Not just improvement on ourselves, but improvement world wide. Speaking of improvements, I’ve already decided on my new year’s resolutions. I’ve got a few actually. The first one is, as always, an attempt to actually lose weight. Because losing weight is difficult. Especially after we spent the holiday break stuffing our… [Continue Reading]

I Don’t Get Close Quarters Combat in the Sea of Thieves

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Sailing on the Sea of Thieves

In the Sea of Thieves, I’ve managed to do a fair amount of learning. Despite my few hours, there are plenty of things I have learned, making me not completely useless. I’m good on the cannons and I’m also getting better at steering the ship. However, there is one place that I fall down, and that’s close quarters combat. I don’t know why, I just don’t get it. The concept is simple enough. Get into close range and then either hit them with a sword or shoot them with the blunderbuss. If you do this correctly, the pirate standing in… [Continue Reading]

The New Winter Setting is Really Nice in Pokemon GO

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A happy Spheal

While all the events and weird ticketed research is going on, there’s one thing that’s somewhat slipped under the radar, despite being obvious. The recent art for Pokemon GO has been really nice. We have a sweet loading screen with a happy Spheal and everything is slightly icy, with piles of snow on the world map and festive Christmas trees on the catch screen. It actually feels somewhat wintery. Like a proper seasonal change. This leads me to one question. Can we have actual seasons please? This year, we’ve actually already seen a few graphic upgrades, such as the changing… [Continue Reading]

More Berries too, Please

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A Houndour eating a Golden Razz Berry

The other day, I talked about Pokeballs and how we have very few of them in-game. But the same actually applies to berries too. In the main games, there are tons of berries. A LOT of berries. There are berries for almost everything. They can heal Pokemon, they can remove status effects like confusion and sleepiness, they can buff a Pokemon’s next attack AND they can improve the EVs of Pokemon. That’s a huge amount of things. Meanwhile, Pokemon GO only has 6 berries. Or 5 if you don’t count a Poffin as a berry. Surely we could take some… [Continue Reading]

More Pokeballs, Please

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Image by Tox Mendoza from Pixabay

With the recent raid day for the Ultra Beasts, we actually got a new Pokeball, for the first time in years. The Beast Ball is designed to catch Ultra Beasts more easily, but struggle to catch normal Pokemon. That Beast Ball made the Ultra Beast raid day so much more fun. Being able to catch our targets with ease meant that we spent less time catching and more time raiding. Plus, I find that Beast Balls look really cool. In Pokemon GO though, we actually only have five types of Pokeball; Pokeball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Premier Ball and the… [Continue Reading]

On Archon Hunts and Shards

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An angry Archon

Back in the New War, we fought some boss enemies known as Archons. They were weird amalgams between Warframe and Sentient, with a massive crystal sticking out of their bodies. After each battle, we’d rip out that Archon Shard and give it to Natah to help her heal. There were three bosses, two fought as the Drifter and one fought by our Warframes. After the New War, it was believed that the Archons were dead. Well, turns out they’re not dead. Someone by the name of Pazuul has shoved new shards into these Archons and brought them back to life.… [Continue Reading]