Video Games · Josh Fjelstad, Tanner Greenring
by Josh Fjelstad, Tanner Greenring
Two longtime friends and Pokémon fans play every game, gym by gym.
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This is the Pokémon podcast I never knew I needed. As a 33-year-old dude who grew up playing these games and re-discovered the joy of the franchise again as an adult, this podcast is the perfect companion to my mature Pokémon fandom. One thing to add. The guys need to ditch the insanely complicated rules sets they make up for their Nuzlocke runs. There are always so many that the hosts cannot keep them straight and are constantly breaking them, arguing about whether they have broken them, straight up forgetting they exist, or on completely opposite sides of how one of the rules they made up together could be interpreted. It’s maddening. Do a Nuzlocke. Do a character based or a MonoType run. But stop doing Nuzlockes as personas with 7 extra rules to make it “more challenging,” followed by 10 “clauses”, most of which negate the established rules they just argued over in a way they won’t notice until it’s halfway through the game and Josh is perplexed by Tanner’s incredibly overleveled “whatever I want” team and then spends an entire episode explaining how the rules were supposed to work to an indifferent Tanner. Please just talk more about Pokemon.
Officially started my third, yes THIRD relisten of show. Josh and Tanner are incredibly funny, and each season only gets better. Can’t wait to see what comes now that they’ve finished Scarlet and Violet. 100% worth a listen or three.
I got back into Pokémon after a years long break and stumbled upon this podcast a couple of years ago. It’s been truly refreshing to listen to a pair of like-minded individuals journey through one of my favorite franchises. I look forward to each new season and have even re-listened to a couple of old ones during replays of those gens after buying the original hardware (thanks for causing the rise in prices on old games!). Tuesdays are a highlight of my week. Thanks for all the hard work!
Been listening to these guys (gym by gym, week by week) since the pandemic, and nothing makes me happier as a Pokémon fan than to hear their interesting and new perspectives on the games. Keep it up guys!
I started with season 4 (platinum playthrough) and enjoyed the first episode. Shortly into the second episode I learned this isn’t for me. They have a segment that sexualizes Pokémon. I just want to listen to a playthrough without hearing about sexualized Lopunny fan art. I also wish it felt more like I was playing along with them. Instead, they play a portion of the game and discuss what they did. Not as good as I thought.
The fur affinity schtick has has long worn out its welcome as of the Gen 7 season of this show. Like yeah, there’s weird, bizarre, and uncomfortable art out there, but it just feels like outdated mid-2000s “lol furries” humor at this point. I get that there’s not always enough to talk about during an episode, but I end up putting the fur affinity segments on 2x speed with how forced they feel. I still like hearing hearing their reactions to each generation they play through and I admire the characters they make for each game, but this one segment in particular just drags it down for me.
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