A Handheld History Celebrates the Time We Spent With Screens
Lost in Cult and Retro Dodo have collaborated to assemble dozens of essays on the art of the handheld device. From the hardware to the games themselves, A Handheld History:…
How to start The Teal Mask DLC in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
The first of two announced DLC expansions for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet has hit, called The Teal Mask. Both DLCs will introduce new places, items, moves, and, most importantly, Pokémon…
All new Pokémon in The Teal Mask DLC
Even though it isn’t a new generation, The Teal Mask DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is still introducing a handful of new Pokémon to add to your Pokédex. Whether…
A New Live-Action Pokémon TV Show Is Coming, But Not In the Way You’d Think
Image: TV Tokyo Yes, we’ve had Detective Pikachu, and Netflix is about to get into the TV business of Pocket Monstering with Pokémon Concierge, but another new TV adventure is…
Pokémon Sleep Users Quickly Find Way to Exploit Peripheral to Access Cute Nightcap Snorlax
If you start gameifying app features, no matter how ostensibly beneficial, then you should expect players to abuse them. Pokémon Sleep is supposed to help people focus on achieving a…
Pokémon Sleep Is a Cozy Game That Wants to Make Waking Up Fun
“Just like Pokémon Go gamified walking, we want to gamify sleep.” That’s the unofficial explanation for Pokémon Sleep, the newest mobile game to be released in the Pokémon franchise. It’s…
Google and Taito’s Space Invaders AR Game Is Finally Available for Download
Worried you’re going to be woefully ill-prepared for an inevitable attack by invaders from outer space one day? Google and Taito—the company who released the original version of Space Invaders…
Netflix’s Pokémon Concierge Looks Like Well Worth the Visit
Image: Netflix Throughout the decades, Nintendo’s Pokémon franchise has portrayed the titular pocket monsters in one of three typical ways: they’re either pets, natural extensions of every day life, or…
Detective Pikachu Returns: release date, trailers, gameplay, and more
One of the more forgotten entries in the monster-catching franchise is also the most unique. Detective Pikachu was originally a 3DS game (and a feature film) that cast Pikachu as…
Google and Taito’s Space Invaders AR Game Lets You Defend Your Own City From Aliens
SPACE INVADERS: World Defense, an immersive game powered by ARCoreBy leveraging Google’s Streetscape Geometry API, which provides developers with access to “the geometry of terrain, buildings, or other structures in…