Augury Adept from Shadowmoor holds a special place in my heart when it comes to Magic: the Gathering. The Adept happens to be the first rare I ever pulled from a Magic pack. Shadowmoor is one of the best MTG…

Back in the days of Windows 95, PC baseball video games were just starting to come into their own as something more than a simple spin-off of the console versions. As a kid, I wasn’t even that avid of a…

When Smoliv was one of the first new Pokemon revealed for Scarlet and Violet, one monster that came up for comparison often was Sawsbuck, the only other dual Normal/Grass type in the entire Pokemon franchise. While even by late October…

The history of Bingo spans centuries, owing its origins to a lottery game in 16th century Italy. Today, Bingo is one of the world’s most popular games of chance. It’s often played in churches, casinos, and even halls used for…

Raptor: Call of the Shadows was one of my favorite PC games growing up. It was a top-down vertical scrolling shooter by Apogee Software & Cygnus Studios from 1994, running on DOS. It’s similar to another classic shooter PC game…

Moraff’s World was an obscure, yet classic PC role-playing game developed by Steve Moraff and first released in 1991 for DOS. It was a follow-up to a very basic dungeon crawler called Moraff’s Revenge in 1988. The version of Moraff’s…

Komala is a particularly fascinating case to study for its inclusion as a returning Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet. The cute koala-like Pokemon is only making its second ever appearance in the franchise for Generation 9. It debuted in Generation…

With the Indigo Disk DLC bringing Hisuian Qwilfish as a catchable Pokemon into Scarlet and Violet,  it seems about time to revisit my thoughts on Overqwil. This is the unique regional evolution introduced in Legends Arceus that is now available…

Today, we examine the merits of Hisuian Samurott, a regional form of Oshawott’s final evolution introduced in Pokemon Legends Arceus. Originally introduced in Black and White, Samurott is a fairly above-average offensive Pokemon, with modest defenses and below average speed….

For many years, Arbok was a Pokemon with below average stats, but its dual typing and a decent move-pool allowed team builders to work with it. Of course, Arbok was an early fan favorite as it was Team Rocket member…