Augmented reality lifehack replaces the rubber bands and clips that worked for previous Pokémon games.
Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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We’d offer it a tissue, if we weren’t also kind of scared of it.
Your armpits, not to mention your coworkers, family members, and fellow commuter train passengers, will thank you.
Developers warn players of potential emotional trauma while fans praise dating simulator’s realism.
Because if you’re old enough to cast a vote, you’re old enough to bust a nut.
The pitifully weak Pokémon has been showing up in some embarrassing places, including one that shows a preference for a rival company’s video games.
The capital’s gigantic public transportation system can be a shock to the system for new arrivals.
Let the magical star of the Hayao Miyazaki classic deliver your messages with a personal touch.
This is what happens when artistic sense meets a sense of responsiblity.
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