Tag Archives: Pokémon Generation 1

On finding the 132nd Pokémon, Ditto, on Cheever Place in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (without a phone app).

I introduce my Pokémon Prismatic Adventures project, wherein I will play through Pokémon Red, turn my play-through into a novel/strategy guide, and serialize the novel here at The New Leaf Journal.

Some websites stealth edit. Other websites issue in-article corrections. We issue full article corrections.

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

A colorful journey (puns intended) through the slogans of the towns of Pokémon’s Kanto Region before and after a certain time skip.

Ranking the 12 video games that left the biggest impression on me over nearly 30 years of owning and playing games.

Justin says that every boy had a dinosaur fight tier list. But does that include Justin?

In order for a video game to produce positive benefits in players — be it intellectually, emotionally, or socially, it must first be engrossing.

The aesthetic wonder of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Examining a Game Boy renaissance with reference to a 2000 Ken Sugimori interview.

I review a 1999 hybrid adventure book/strategy guide for Pokémon Red and Blue more than 20 years after having first read it.

I remember the version of a Pokémon Red and Blue urban legend that I heard from a classmate in April or May of 1999.