I'd Name Mine Styx

Ah memories. I was thinking about Pokemon the other day. I thought about all the hard work and long hours I had put into it. On my Red & Gold games I had complete pokedex's. A good amount of level 100s always ready for a battle with Evan or Mike. Could never really say who was the best overall, we all had our strengths and weaknesses. Those were the days.

Then after I have joined the AF and stopped playing, I pretty much forgot about the fun I used to have. There actually came a point where I had planned on picking them back up (after transferring all my Pokemon to Stadium 2, so I wouldn't lose all the hard work). I was deployed and seriously missing the old days, and decided that when I returned I would start playing again. When I got back to Jersey, I discovered an extremely shitty event had occured. I had asked a buddy of mine to check my mail and drop it in my room (so my box wouldn't overflow, which would've gotten me in trouble. I know.....extremely gay), and naturally lent him a key so he could put the mail on my coffee table. Biggest mistake ever. While I was gone, he decided that he was gonna "hang out" in my room, which eventually became "live in" my room. Which led to a few problems.

1. He got deployed, mailbox filled, got in trouble.
2. Left my room a horrible mess, got in trouble.

While I could deal with 1 (hey, it happens in this job), I was extremely pissed about 2. Until I discovered 3.

3. Had played almost all my video games, and "DELETED" most of my save files.

Not just shit off my memory card, but my two prized Pokemon games. And what really steamed me was that he had only played each for about 20 minutes a piece and SAVED!!!! All those Pokemon from Blue and Silver, gone. My prized Charizard, gone. My box full of Mews (yeah, I still had them), gone.

So I had all but given up on the series. I bought Ruby, beat it, wasn't really impressed. Just when I had thought I'd never play them again, fate played it's hand. I had some extra credit at GameStop and was trading in Big Brain Academy (don't waste your money) and couldn't find anything that I wanted. So I browsed through the used games, still nothing. Then I saw it.


Pokemon FireRed. I figured, fuck it might as well. Now it's like a resurgence of my love for the games. I can't stop playing it. I want to go back and play the others again. Track down some GameSharks and get my 100% dex again. I never thought I'd say it again. But I'm a PokeManiac.


It's great to be back.


PS- Pokemon Diamond & Pearl for the Nintendo DS are set to release sometime this year, hopefully.