Category Archives: NLJ Video Game Stories

I test whether there are rules for breaking the rules of the tutorial of an underrated classic game, Pokémon Trading Card Game for Game Boy Color.

Why did I spend hours trying to catch a level 15 Dragonair in the Pokémon Yellow Safari Zone? Some questions are hard to answer.

Remembering the time I inadvertently triggered the wrath of a video game character in Persona 3 FES and was forced to hang on for dear virtual life.

A strategy guide in story form to preemptively dealing with an annoyance in Tiki’s paralogue in Fire Emblem Engage.

I tasked Victor V. Gurbo with naming a video game protagonist. The protagonist became the 37th President of the United States, just as I expected.

〜Winning magic-to-hand combat the old-fashioned way〜

〜Only in America〜

〜Video of a rust-filled Pokémon battle between the New Leaf Journal editors〜

On my discovering and finishing an un-finished round of Mario Party 20 years after starting it.

〜An argument for leading unsuspecting video game players into Death Knight’s loving embrace〜

I explore the mysterious connection between Nixon going to China and the illness of a pink bear named Apple in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.