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My Pokemans. Let Me Show You Them.

Post author By Dan Dickinson
Post date April 21, 2007
1 Comment on My Pokemans. Let Me Show You Them.

Many gamers – the sorts of who proudly label themselves as gamers – snicker when the subject of Pokémon comes up.

Those poor souls are missing out. For Pokémon is the same kind of hard-nosed, level grinding RPG that so many people remember fondly in their more formative years. While the trappings may be cartoon, and the mechanics simplified, it is a good time that can be had by all.

The US release of the first true DS Pokémon games, entitled *Diamond* and *Pearl* (Prince must be pleased), hits US stores tomorrow. Buttons has connections, and thus we are currently cranking away on our respective games. I have Pearl, Katie has Diamond.

Everyone with a DS should buy one of the two games.

My WFC friends code is **0430 4738 4617**. (You won’t get your Wifi code until you reach the fourth town, where the first Gym is.) If you’re someone I know, or would otherwise recognize the name of, *please* leave your code in the comments, over IM, or via email.

Let’s catch them all.

Tags ds, friendscode, gaming, pokemon

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It appears that [Mr. Reznor](http://www.nin.com/) is working in an [alternate reality game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game) to help hype up the approaching release of his new album, [year zero](http://yearzero.nin.com/).

**WARNING**: Many of the links below go to sites with fractured web design and possibly disturbing text, images, or sound. Click at your own risk.

The plot seems to involve some sort of military drug called “Parepin”, and an underground resistance, set some time in the future. The first site, [IAmTryingToBelieve.com](http://www.iamtryingtobelieve.com/), was found by reading the bold letters on the new tour t-shirts. Subsequent sites found include:

* [Another Version Of The Truth](http://anotherversionofthetruth.com/), which contains a “resistance” message board hidden in the depths.
* [Be The Hammer](http://bethehammer.net/), a website belonging to a soldier in the 105th Airborne Crusaders.
* [105th Airborne Crusaders](http://105thairbornecrusaders.com/default.htm), “the proudest unit in the service of protecting and policing God’s green earth.”
* [The First Evangelical Church of Plano](http://churchofplano.com/), a church that practices “neighborhood cleansing”.
* [Consolidated Mail Services](http://www.consolidatedmailsystems.com/), some sort of citizen…mail service, I guess.

The [Unfiction boards](http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18272) are starting to buzz, but the [echoingthesound board](http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20265) is running away with it.

The game is apparently being PMed by [42entertainment](http://www.echoingthesound.org/phpbbx/viewtopic.php?t=20265), they of ILoveBees.

Wish I had time to contribute, but I’m just going to have to read the summary from afar.

(Thanks to Ryan Godinez for much of the information for this post.)