I won't be buying or playing Z-A this week, or even this year—the sale of GO to Scopely really did shatter the life-long rose-colored glasses I'd had for Pokémon, and I'm still figuring out how to navigate that.

After some discussions with Steve, I also want to share that this Monday’s episode will be my last one on ISE for the foreseeable. I need to figure out what, if anything, I can bring to the pod moving forward—in part because of how I’m feeling about Pokémon as a company right now.

This week’s episode was a big one for me! We covered two topics that I care a lot about: the topic of “AI”, while covering ClaudePlaysPokemon, and, separately, my feelings about the recent sale of Pokémon GO to Scopely

I still have issues with Bluesky, but it’s seeming like here’s where I’ll be putting my occasional posts for now. Hi! 👋🏻