Boing Boing on MSN

Celebrate Pokémon's anniversary by paying $40 for 22-year-old Game Boy games

Did you know that Pokémon's 30th anniversary is coming up? I'll give you a moment if learning that just made you feel ancient ...
GameSpot

Nintendo Explains Why Classic Pokemon Games Are Releasing Differently: "We Thought It Would Be Fun"

Released all the way back in 2004, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen received a score of 8.4 in GameSpot's review and remains a fan favorite. The games will officially launch after the upcoming Pokemon ...
Nintendo Wire

Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green FAQ explains why the games aren’t on NSO

Early this morning, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company stunned the world by announcing that Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green would be made available on the ...

Nintendo eShop Reveals Retro Pokémon Re-releases Ahead of 30th Anniversary

"Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen" were initially released in the US in late 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. The games are ...
The New Republic on MSN

The revolutionary crappiness of Darren Aronofsky’s On This Day … 1776

I’m a big fan of Tom Hooper’s 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams. Perhaps it’s because I’m a dad. Its genre is very much that of Dad Cinema classics like Master and Commander, in that it offers a granular ...