GeekNights – Pokemon Go: Initial Thoughts
GeekNights – Pokemon Go: Initial Thoughts
Pokémon GO is getting my whole groups of my friends outside with Pokévision on their phones. That’s great, but as GeekNights podcast explains, there isn’t any skill or strategy in the game right now. Everything is a grind that takes exponentially longer as you go on. Battles are won by whoever has spent the most time playing the game, and that’s not going to change when more features are added. At least Ingress has teamwork going for it. Watch out for Team Rocket?
I almost made a post without an image or a video in it. This post would have looked weird without one. Always be aware of your surroundings, folks.
(Skip to 29:58, a little over halfway through, for the Pokémon GO part of the podcast. I had a button for this in the Wordpress post but it won't work with Tumblr's weird audio player.)
Source: GeekNights via some gaming podcast ranking site about eight years ago
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Source: CollegeHumor via Jiko via Reddit?
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Source: Games Done Quick via GeekNights
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Source: Thank You Scientist via Spotify
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Source: YourMKArcadeSource via Nathan Phillips and Now You’re Playing With Podcast
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Source: PiNe – BirthStones via Pixiv
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Anyway, enjoy some high-energy Game Boy chiptunes courtesy of Xinon. This album has gotten me through some long, tiring weekends.
Source: https://xinon.bandcamp.com/album/origin via a Spotibot playlist based on my Last.fm recommendations
Go Shiina – Highschool love!
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 14: Music featuring vocals From Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition (Wii U, 2012)
Oh, you want vocals? Tekken Ball has a high school musical! It’s in Taiko no Tatsujin too.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT3QYb7AN6k via Anime Hell via MisterKleenhead
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Source: 「花咲エコロジカ」/「鶴亀＠１日目Ｈ-45ｂ」のイラスト [pixiv] via fuckyeahpixiv-blog
花咲エコロジカ | 鶴亀
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Source: Something About Super Mario 64 ANIMATED SPEEDRUN (Loud Sound Warning) ⭐️ 0 Stars 01:49 Legit Non-TAS via Jiko
