John Zeitler

So, Pokemon SoulSilver. It’s kind of nice. I’m still not sure how this is all going to work out but I can say with certainty that the Pokewalker accessory is going to be helpful to me. I walk about 3K-5K steps every day, see, and the exchange rate is still 1 step to 1 experience point, so…

Will 2010 be another three ribbon year? Maybe. Having the 1-1.5 hours to game every weekday helps out quite a bit in that regard, so I might just decide to do that. Each month has 20 work-days, so there’s 20 hours, and I usually have the main story wrapped up in these games in about thirty to forty hours. Factoring in the occasional “must finish, drop everything” night, I think I might be through one game in a month and a half or so. I have a pretty big stack of portable games to get through, though, so it’s probably only going to be two ribbons… still, compared to ’07 I have a whole month head start. Also of interest: in 2007 I split up the Poke-getting with Luminous Arc, and this year LA2 is next on my list. Odd how I’m repeating this habit.

Actually, you know what? Let’s do this. I’m amending my 2010/50 challenge; at least two of the games completed this year will be main-line Pokemon titles. SoulSilver, obviously, but I’m thinking it’s about time I did Platinum up right. And I’m giving myself a little incentive to go the extra mile: if I manage to complete three full mainline Pokemon games by January 1, 2011, I will be allowed to buy an arcade cabinet. (Probably going to just get a MAME machine.)