Filly's Weekly Highlights: June 17 - 23

Well, I decided I'd do this thing where I give a rundown of my personal highlights every week, and offer my humble two cents.

New Releases:  Pokémon Conquest; Quantum Conundrum (PC)

E3 2012: Nintendon't Live Up to the Hype

Well, I held off an extra day to make my comments on Nintendo's E3 2012 offerings, due to their unexpected announcement that they would have a 3DS-dedicated conference this evening.

Sadly, that was one of the only surprises Nintendo had to offer this year.

What? Pokémon is Evolving!

Hey everyone--sorry for the lack of updates.  College "Hell Week" has just come to a close for me, with finals right around the corner.  That said, I scraped together this written "translation" of my presentation on Pokémon, first seen at ScoreCon1 in Franklin, TN.  This is for those who could not be there, as well as those who were there but couldn't understand me due to my sudden and incessant "koffing" (see what I did there?). Enjoy! (P.S.:  There is a tl;dr version at the bottom!)

                                      Pallet Town (1996)                                                  Castelia City (2010)

It's easy to compare these two pictures and recognize that Pokémon has come a long way in the past fourteen years.  We've gone from monochrome to full color; 2D buildings to fully 3D cities; link cables to local wireless. As long as the game series has been around, it still continues to climb in popularity.  In the first two weeks after its release, European Pokémon Black and White sales topped three million.  Obviously the series isn't going away any time soon, yet there remain some misconceptions about Pokémon that I felt the need to address.

Fun and Games at ScoreCon1

Filly here, weighing in on the fun times that were had at ScoreCon1, Franklin's premiere video game convention! It's an event brought to you by the small-local-business-and-non-douchey equivalent of GameStop, The Score.  There were panels, presenters, game setups, merch booths, and tournaments galore.