Month: December 2016

  • Super Mario Running Man Challenge

    Mario Makes the Jump To Mobile! For the first time in his long and storied 2D digital history, Nintendo’s  Mario is finally making his debut on mobile phone devices. It’s true that the prized plump plumber is no stranger to being portable, making his first hand held appearance all the way back in the early 80’s…

  • Pokémon POP Episode 5: Two Laptops and a Mobile Hotspot

    Pokémon POP Episode 5: Two Laptops and a Mobile Hotspot

    With the Apple Watch app coming, John is really wishing he hadn’t sold his to Jason Tucker a while back. Interestingly enough, I had just considered purchasing the Pokemon GO Plus just to put in my backpack or pocket. I still haven’t pulled the trigger on that one though. This Week’s New Evolutions Weeping Bell…

  • IV Calculators: The chase for 100

    IV Calculators: The chase for 100

    When I first started playing Pokemon Go, I had a pretty simple strategy. I would keep one of each of the individual Pokemon I’d catch and build a “Living Pokedex.” My decision on which Pokemon to keep was easy; whichever had the highest CP would stay. The rest would be turned into candy immediately. Fast…

  • Pokémon POP Episode 4: That Starbucks Thing

    Pokémon POP Episode 4: That Starbucks Thing

    So, this week, Starbucks came out with a new Frappuccino for Pokémon GO and I tried it. The good new is that it wasn’t completely horrible tasting, but the bad news is that the texture felt like they threw a plastic pokeball in the blender and shredded it. Honestly, it felt like I was drinking a Fiberglass…

  • Pokémon GO Walks: University Center, Irvine

    Pokémon GO Walks: University Center, Irvine

    Last night on our podcast, I mentioned that it would be cool to share some of the regular routes we walk to catch Pokémon with all of you. Since I don’t yet have a device that can track my route and allow me to access the GPX file that’s created from the walk, I checked in with…