An Indepth Look Into A Geek's Soul

Day Nine:  Favorite Steel-Type Pokemon

Ah yes, Steelix.  He evolves from Onix, which was the very first Pokemon card that I ever recieved (from Joel, naturally).  He took what I liked about Onix and cranked up all the right aspects, namely, the defense.  Yeah, he's a bit slower, but he hits a lot harder than Onix could ever hope to.  Plus, being one of the first Steel types, they spared nothing on his design.  Also, have you seen his shiny form?  It's gold.  Who wouldn't want a solid gold Steelix? 

Peace Out.

Day Eight:  Favorite Ghost-Type Pokemon

Haunter gets by on his insanely cool looks.  Yes, Gengar is better, and there are stronger Ghost pokemon in future generations, but Haunter takes them all when it comes to his sheer awesome looks.  I normally used him in the first generation, even though Alakazam was the superior choice.  Plus, have you seen this guy in the show?  Hilarious!  The real question though is what exactly was Haunter in life?  Think about that until I post tomorrow.

Peace Out.

Day Five: Favorite Ground Type Pokemon

Camerupt is a sweet little Pokemon.  He has this typing that, while not the best for defensive, is pretty alright when it comes to attacking moves.  It almost has the best of both worlds, with being able to hit hard with both special and physical attacks.  Yes, he is slow, both mentally and in terms of speed, but that just adds to his charm.  Honestly, I think I just like Pokemon that have things growing out of their back.  He has volcanoes growing out of his, which seems kind of bad ass in its own right.

Day Six:  Favorite Rock Type Pokemon

Another oldie but goodie.  Kabutops is my favorite rock type simply because of how bad ass he looks.  He's essentially nothing by blades.  How is that not awesome?  I feel that Kabutops is everyone's favorite fossil Pokemon, which always made feel a little bad for Omastar, but hey, not everyone can be a winner.  I will be honest, I never used this guy too much, but he was always a guy that I wanted to use.  He just came too late in the game, and until the last few generations, his stats were skewed in such a way that made him not the most awesome guy ever.  However, he is now back to a place where I think he'll be rather useful, so I might have to add him to a team of mine here soon.

Day Seven: Favorite Bug Type Pokemon

Now, Scyther was always an awesome Pokemon, there was never a doubt about that.  And then he evolved into a Scizor in Gen 2, and there honestly was no looking back.  Sure, every now and then I fall back in love with Scyther, but Scizor is just cooler.  He may not be as speedy, but he has much better typing and hits with a variety of moves that Scyther just doesn't have access too.  Plus, being one of the first Steel types is always a cool thing.  Definitely is a guy that is going on my favorites team.

Peace Out.

Day Four:  Favorite Poison Type Pokemon

Tiny picture, big punch.  For those of you who can't see it, that's a Weezing.  Specifically, it's the Weezing that belongs to James of Team Rocket.  And yes, it is crying.  Why is it crying?  Not sure.  Anyways, Weezing is a blast from the past.  I honestly didn't think much about him before the third generation of games hit the market.  I remember first making him a part of my team as a backup favorites type of team to battle Joel with.  I don't think we ever fought, probably because of me, but it was still pretty damn sweet.  I was surprised at how versatile this Pokemon is.  He has decent attack stat, a slightly better special (if I remember correctly) and a pretty good movepool.  All in all, it's nice.  Plus, as a bonus when you are loosing, you just have to have it use explosion and chances are you'll take the opponent down.  Finally, how could you not love that face?  Just look at it!

Peace Out.

Day Three:  Favorite Flying Type Pokemon

Archeops is the newest inclusion into my favorites list.  At first I was kind of iffy on him, wasn't sure if he would work out well.  Then, he smacked people around left and right and he was destined to remain on my team.  I actually like this guy more enough to put him on to my favorite's team, which I'm sure I'll get around to showing you guys one of these days.  One of the things I really like about him is that even though he's a fossil pokemon, he doesn't fall into this stereotypical category that I feel a lot of the other ones fall into.  All in all, this guy is amazing.  Everyone should give him a chance at least once.

Peace Out.

Day Two:  Favorite Fighting Type Pokemon

Machamp has always been a pretty sweet Pokemon to use in the games.  The moves tha the learns have always been kind of shallow and lacking a whole lot of depth, at least the ones he learns naturally.  Once you get into breeding and TMs, he certainly gets a great deal better.  There was always something about a four armed, super strong guy who wants to punch your face in that just screams awesome.  Hariyama put up a good fight here, as I did love him in Ruby, but in the end, I had to go with Machamp because he's never really let me down.  Plus, this picture I found has him holding four lightsabers.  Do you understand the damage that could be had when a Machamp has four lightsabers?  It is not pretty, let me tell you that.

Peace Out.

So, my friend Joel recently started up a tumblr, and I've been reading it because hey, why the hell not.  It's actually rather enjoyable.  Here's a link if you want to check it out for your own self.  Anyways, during December he was doing this thing called the Pokeddex, whos rules I will post below.

Those checkmarks I believe were created by Joel, but I could be wrong.  I'm going to go down the same basic route that Joel did, by posting about my favorite guy every day instead of actually drawing them.  Yes, I'll probably miss a few days, but I'll just do extra work on the days that I miss to make up for that.  And yes, I also realize this was for the month of December, but I don't care.  This will be a January/early February deal for me.  Anyways, here we go!

Day 1:  Favorite Normal Type Pokemon

Bouffalant doesn't get the attention that it deserves.  It wouldn't surprise me at all too hear that people much prefer the old school Tauros, and I can't say that I blame them too much; they've had all this time to get to know the guy.  However, I love the design of Bouffalant.  When I first saw the first drawings of him, he was a guy that I wanted on my team at some point in the game.  When I make my all normal team, he will recklessly lead the pack of them.  Still think Tauros should evolve into though, am I right?

Peace Out.

Lately, I've been getting back into RPG's of all walks of life.  I blame this mostly on Joel, as he graciously gifted me Fallout 3, the post-apocalptyic first-person shooter RPG made by Bethesda Software, the makers of other games such as Oblivion and Skyrim.  I haven't played it too terribly much yet, maybe eight hours or so, but it's enough to get me hooked.  Essentially, the game is set in the nuclear wasteland that was once Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas.  It's like walking through my childhood every time I play the game, only there are a few more freaks and mutants around.  Currently, my mission is to go place a satellite dish on the top of the Washington Monument so we can get the radio systems up again.

The Monument itself is simply amazing!  I haven't even been inside of it yet, but just seeing the shell of the building that I've visited many times as a kid blows me out of the water.  It looks so familiar, and you can tell that the designers put a lot of work into the enviroment, which is to be expected coming from a company like Bethesda.  I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if they had the reflecting pool located somewhere in the game as well.  I would love to blow up mutants while Abe watches me defend his monument.  The game has made me slightly afraid of going into the Metro systems now though, as there is a lot of scary stuff going on down there.  Mostly monsters creeping around every corner, but also just the empty halls are enough to make me jump at the slightest sound.  Well done Bethesda, well done.

However, Fallout isn't the only RPG I've been playing a lot of lately.  I've recently picked up Pokemon Black, again, thanks to Joel.  He challeneged me to a duel on January 1st to see who is the best trainer around.  I naturally had to accept, and have been crafting a new team ever since.  It's a pretty weird team, so I can't promise anyone that I'm going to win, but I'm certainly going to give it a whirl.  It should be fun whatever the outcome happens to be.

Also, sorry for the lack of updates lately.

Peace Out.

So, I've invested some time into a new game.  Which game you ask?  Why none other than League of Legends!  It's a pretty interesting game if I do say so myself.  The basic premise of the game is that you are a summoner in the League of Legends, which is essentially a place to settle the scores between countries in Runeterra, the plane of existance the game is set in.  As a summoner, you control one of several different champions, each with their own unique, special abilities.  You have all of your typical roles that need to be filled, from tanks and dpsers, to supporters and crowd controlers.  They give them a few different names of course, and there is an add role, called a jungler, though I haven't 100% figured out what his deal is.  The matches are generally 5 vs. 5, one purple team, one blue.  The first team to destory the opposing enemy  nexus (essentially the item used to summon in the champions) and they win!  Best of all, the game won't cost you a single dime to play.

I haven't played much, only about seven games, of which my teams have won four.  I consider that to be pretty good if I do say so myself.  I haven't played any ranked PVP yet, mostly because I don't think that it is up to be completely honest.  I've unlocked two characters so far:  Nunu, a kid riding a Yeti, and Alistar, a minotaur who is trying to right some wrongs.  I mostly play with Nunu, seeing as how he has an ability to heal himself by devouring the little minions running around the place, which is really helpful when it comes to trying to stay alive, which I will admit, I tend to have a problem with in any given match.  It's a ton of fun and so far none of the people have been anything resembling a jerk on there.  I know I will run into them at some point, but hey, you run into them in real life too, so what's the point in trying to avoid them?  At any rate, you guys should head on over, download the game and try it out sometime.  Look me up if you want to; my name is thegeekcorner, just like always.

Peace Out.

How does one measure one's worth in the world? I mean, what value could possible measure the unmeasurable worth of what it means to be a good person? That, my friends, is a very tricky question. However, I think I have stumbled across the answer. Oddly enough, I found the answer while reading my friend's blog. A link to the entry that made this measurement possible can be found here. Yes, that's right. The only true way to measure worth is through PLAYSTATION TROPHIES!

Now, I know what you're thinking. "Jon, what if I don't have a Playstation 3?" Well, that simply means your life is not worth measuring. Sadly, my life was not worth measuring only a sad few months ago. However, since then my value has gone up like a rocket. And it's not just all bronze plated crap either. A good chunk of my wealth is in cold, shiny silver and gold. Oh yeah. You guys are totally jealous right now, I can tell. No worries though, I'll keep your secret.

I do have some competition right now though. The biggest one being Joel himself. His trophies are more vast than mine at the moment (even if mine are far more impressive if I do say so myself). So I will take a moment to through down a challenge the Video Game Master himself: I will get more trophies than you. I will scour each and every game in my limited collection and squeeze every last trophy out of them, just to let you know who's the best. Your days as the reigning champion are dated. As of tonight, the score is 376 trophies to 153 trophies, in his favor. This will not last long. Your days are numbered. I am on your heels and gaining more every single day. You have been warned.

Peace Out.