Coffee at Leblanc

  So yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the Pokemon series and it got me thinking about my childhood and the birth of my love of gaming. So while Pokemon debuted in 1996 it wasn't until 98 where it released in America where I live. I was in third grade at the time and had the original fat GameBoy that me and my brother shared. While I don't remember how we got our copy of Pokemon Blue I remember the feeling of my first playthrough. I think Pokemon Blue might have been my very first RPG. It was either that or Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars for the SNES. There's always a sense of wonder when starting an adventure with a game for the very first time and Pokemon started a path that will lead me into delving into Pokemon fan games for years to come. Even to this day Generation 1 Pokemon maintains a graphical art style that is pleasing to the eyes. Sprites are timeless as those say and walking out of your house into Pallet Town just invigored joy. My first star...

    The Persona games have some surprisingly stylish outfits in a genre that's known for terrible outfits. In this entry I want to explore the inspirations in the clothing of characters in the Persona series and how it relates to their character. I never got the chance to finish Persona 3 and after looking for a while I can't quite tell if Persona 3's cast has casual outfits like in 4 and 5 and also a part of me wants to wait until I actually get to properly play 3 so I'll pass on discussing Persona 3, but in Persona 4 Arena the cast gets all new outfits. They are definitely more costumes than traditional clothes for the most part: Yukiko has a superhero look going on with her, which after playing Persona 5 makes me think maybe in this universe she's an actor for that Featherman TV show and is the pink ranger. Junpei is a professional baseball player I guess. I'm not sure what's going on with Akihiko, that robot is still a robot, and Mitsuru... Mitsuru. I lo...