Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

To the surprise and delight of many, Pokémon has thrived in its new post-Ash era. Liko and Roy’s adventures on Pokémon Horizons prove the anime can evolve past its original “I wanna be the very best” ...

Ash Ketchum spent over 1,000 episodes of the Pokemon anime climbing the mountain to become a Pokemon Master. Along the way, he suffered some brutal losses – but we never realized just how many until a ...

Pokemon’s anime first introduced to Ash with the very first episode of its run in Japan back in 1997 (and in the United States a year later), and started him on his journey to becoming a Pokemon ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

As Ash set out on the first part of his journey, he built up his team to include Pokémon caught throughout the region of Kanto. Although Ash had been late to the party to receive the typical starter ...

Twenty-five years ago, I drove my mother up the wall every Saturday to take me to the local Toys R' Us in South Florida. At the time, the retailer hosted some of the first Pokémon Leagues in the U.S. ...

Ash Ketchum, the 10-year-old who led the Pokémon franchise for many years, proves time and again that he is actually extremely strong (not just for his age) by holding various Pokémon throughout the ...

During the first session, I had to face off against three trainers in a Battle Zone, which took place fairly early in the game. My party contained a Chikorita, Mareep, Fletchling, and Weedle, all of ...

In Japan, Pokemon fans had to wait a year after the games debuted for the TV show. But, in North America, the games, cards, and anime all debuted together in 1998 in one solid stream of marketing. It ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...