Thursday, February 12, 2026


 Yeah, it's not like there were half a dozen people in the Game Corner tipping me off about checking a poster on the back wall.

On a somewhat related note, I'm reaching the end of Legends: Z-A (the base game, not the DLC, which I will get ASAP), and I like it more and more on a story level the more I progress. At the beginning of the game, characters and events around Lumiose felt kind of disjointed, but when you reach the higher ranks, they start to gel into a cohesive whole, the significance of reaching rank A in the Z-A Royale makes sense (although I kinda wish AZ would have explained it to me earlier), and the plotline does a lot to follow up on the events of Pokémon XY in ways that are really satisfying for people who have played those games. 

Wednesday, February 11, 2026


 Every time I play a Pokémon game and see a Masquerain, this pops into my head, so I thought I might as well draw it.


 And that's how you defeat a Team Rocket Grunt.

Tuesday, February 10, 2026


 Fun fact: The rugose bony structures on the noses of Pachyrhinosaurus are called bosses.

Fun(?) fact: I have a ridiculous sense of humor and this is why I can't be a serious paleoartist.

Fun fact: I want this on a t-shirt.


 It's so shady that this guy in Celadon realizes how stupid gambling is, so he divests himself of his Coin Case by giving it to a random child. That's definitely sending some questionable messages.

Monday, February 9, 2026


 My buddy and accomplice in space humor Chris Lintott is Gresham Professor of Astronomy, and his running joke throughout his lectures is trying to start fights with the audience about whether or not Pluto is a planet (although I did once call him out on it during the Q&A and made him answer for his shenanigans in front of everyone, because that's what friends do). (For the record, he and I both believe that Pluto is awesome no matter what the IAU decides to call it.) So I just couldn't resist doodling New Horizons having this same debate with Pluto itself.

The irony, of course, is that New Horizons was a flyby mission, so it won't get to talk to Pluto later. Or ever.


 If you're a criminal organization, it's just a really bad idea to establish a prominent business right in the middle of town with the name of your organization in the name of the business.

Wait, new fan theory: the police are corrupt and actually letting Team Rocket do whatever they want, and Red is a lone vigilante trying to bring justice to a lawless Kanto.

They already used that idea for Pokémon Colosseum, though.