Pokemon/Stephen Fry

Hey everybody,

The pokemon have captured me.
Seriously. The last few days, I live in a pokeball.
I was recently re-introduced to the MMOrpg Pokemon World Online

You have to register online in order to play it...but you get to play in the way that you kinda wished you had been able to when you were playing as a kid - That is there actually people around to battle and to trade with. It takes a little effort to get signed up and get playing...and isn't perfect, (it is fan made) but they are clear that it is still in development and have things such as a "broken Move" list, for stuff that doesn't work right. It's not perfect, but its addicting and fun w/ a community and most importantly -

Its free.

It combines the games of the golden age (as I choose to dub it) of pokemon...namely red/blue/yellow/silver/gold

You can start in Kanto (red/blue start region) or Johto (silver/gold)

Anyway Its pretty neat and worth checking out if you the old pokemon

Also...I recently rediscovered my Nintendo DS and what did I find inside of it?
Pokemon Diamond

Which I was both surprised and pleased to find and I decided to play for a few minutes. I picked it up and I was immediately surprised to find that despite the fact that the game has added all sorts of things since the good ole' red/blue days...the starts of these games look so damn similar

Pallet from Red/Blue:                                                 Twinleaf from Diamond:

Hmm...the organization of that is slightly off...but
In any event, hundreds of new pokemon later, all sorts of new features later...but in the end, the formula stays the same and it keeps on selling. All in all - pretty impressive.

Okay - So. I was also going to write about this amazing show that I've just started watching, but I've geeked out for so long now about pokemon that I feel as though I should be out of words here...
Maybe I'll write about it later..
*Looks around for a save point...does not find one*

So I'll give it a quick once over...Stephen Fry is amazing and he has a show that I've discovered called "Stephen Fry in America" where he basically just tours America and learns about the United States, under the idea that he was almost born here (his father was offered a job at Cambridge while his mother was pregnant with him, but turned it down).

It is sweet.
Found it.
*Save*

-Erik
Soundtrack of the Moment: Stepehn Fry talking about the Battle of Gettysburg - "Stepehen Fry in America"