Thursday, March 25, 2021

HOH Magazine: February 2021 Issue

HOH The David Magazine Cover - David's face on Oprah's body sits sideways on a director's chair that says HOH on the back, holding a cover of this very magazine, quite meta. The headlines: "WHAT THE HECK DO I KNOW ABOUT LOVE" - "Donald Trump: Yep! Still a loser! He should have lost in a landslide, but roughly 48% of Americans are brain-damaged, foolish, bigoted, idiot terrorists — more facts on page 69" - "Who's Hungry? Doctor Hannibal Lecter (NBC's 'Hannibal') shows us a few culinary secrets, revealing that his dishes are more than 'meats' the eye!" - Active Appreciation the craze that's not yet sweeping the nation!"

The Love Edition, whatever that means. Inside, this cold fish will dish out hot tips and outsider info on that crazy little thing called love. I'll help you understand what it is to 'be yourself' a little better. I even write a love letter to my 16-year-old self! Happy Reverse-Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

A Very Specific and In-Depth Critique of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl's Art Design

Promotional art for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, with the game's titles left and right under the legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia, respectively

[The following is the extended portion of the "I'm Into This - Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (...Kind Of)" segment published in the February 2021 issue of HOH Magazine. It's being published here in its unabridged entirety, not because it 'deserves to stand on its own' but because editor-in-chief David Hoh felt it was too long for the 'I'm Into This' segment.]

The announcement of remakes for the Generation IV games, Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl versions, were not unexpected. In fact, I'd been expecting them since the originals came to North America in 2007. We'd recently had Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, remakes of the original Gen I games; so even being amazed at D/P's graphical improvements on the Nintendo DS, the most cutting-edge Pokémon games yet...I knew in the back of my mind "They're gonna remake these some day." I just didn't know when it would be, or what it would look like.

Until now.