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Now: Film & TV writer @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + Gizmodo + NPR. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Adjunct Pokémon Professor. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com

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Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Dragonite and a Ditto transformed into a Dragonite speaking in Pokopia

Nintendo buried the lede not telling everyone that Dragonite speaks like Janice from the Muppets and you speak like that too when you transform

05.03.2026 23:24 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pokopia made me look at Pokémon’s high-tech future in a whole new way The power of science is amazing!

Pokopia has a whole 3D printer and it surprised me so much that I ended up reanalyzing how Pokémon treats technology in general. Gift link if you want to read :) www.theverge.com/games/890131...

05.03.2026 21:46 👍 103 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 0

Billions (2016-2023): "rich people! so crazy and terrible but also smart and kinda cool am i right"

Succession (2018-2023): "rich people! so crazy and terrible and stupid and uncool but aren't they just so sad"

Industry (2020-): "… and in conclusion, that's how you get a Ghislaine Maxwell"

05.03.2026 18:27 👍 72 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 1
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Can finally share the exact moment I fell in love with this game. One of the best things about building infrastructure is the way your neighbors will just USE it without prompting, and you’ll see them getting into mischief

05.03.2026 14:58 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Happy Pokopia launch day to you and yours. Haven't spotted my son, please help spread the word

05.03.2026 14:45 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Post an iconic horror movie image.

05.03.2026 03:46 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2

Imagine if Folie a Deux and Poor Things made a baby out of leftover pieces from Queen & Slim. It’s like that, but with more accent work

05.03.2026 02:49 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Nah, Gayle. This ain't it.

05.03.2026 01:04 👍 127 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 2

The Bride! is many things, but a good movie isn’t one of them

05.03.2026 02:03 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

Begrudgingly accepting my fate to be an electric specialist 🥲

03.03.2026 22:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Every so often, you see a new mon that speaks directly to your heart like it's always been part of your life. This is one of those moments for me

03.03.2026 22:40 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Aw shucks

03.03.2026 22:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

PSA: gonna be on the verge dot com yapping about Pokopia this afternoon. Come hang and bring some questions if ya got em

03.03.2026 15:09 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

PSA: gonna be on the verge dot com yapping about Pokopia this afternoon. Come hang and bring some questions if ya got em

03.03.2026 15:09 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

After playing Pokopia for the past week, can confidently say that this game's going to consume people's lives (complimentary) while we're all waiting for Wind and Waves.

It's a lot like Animal Crossing/Minecraft/Dragon/Quest Builders, but it's also bigger than the sum of is parts. My review:

02.03.2026 13:22 👍 101 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 1

I've also been playing Pokopia and I am completely in love with it. It's very clever in how it puts a Pokémon spin on games like Minecraft and Viva Piñata and I agree with Charles that it's more than the sum of those parts.

Stay tuned for more from us on Pokopia :)

02.03.2026 16:37 👍 27 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

"They wouldn't even do this to BLACK PEOPLE" is like my ultimate pet peeve, because where have you been? Did you get here yesterday? Are we supposed to be treated like that? Is that the natural order to you?

02.03.2026 16:35 👍 83 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

This is very serious, but the "no other minority" phrasing is not only incorrect, but makes people look like they only started caring about this the second it happened to their people. And that thinking is the reason why Trump is in office in the first place.

02.03.2026 16:30 👍 91 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

Laura Loomer talks like this about black people all the time. Trans folks were just stripped of their drivers' licenses.

02.03.2026 16:27 👍 170 🔁 41 💬 6 📌 1

For months, @jacksonwryan.com has been looking into why so many video games sites have become full of gambling and casino stories, unusual author images, and, most recently, the use of AI. We've connected these sites to Clickout Media. Here's what we've learned.

02.03.2026 15:22 👍 936 🔁 444 💬 8 📌 4
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How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance The law doesn’t say what Sam Altman claims it does.

NEW: On Friday night when OpenAI announced its Pentagon deal, people immediately challenged Sam Altman's claims. Why, they asked, would the DoD suddenly agree to red lines when it had clearly said it would never budge?

The answer, sources told me, is that it didn't.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

02.03.2026 14:45 👍 315 🔁 145 💬 12 📌 14

After playing Pokopia for the past week, can confidently say that this game's going to consume people's lives (complimentary) while we're all waiting for Wind and Waves.

It's a lot like Animal Crossing/Minecraft/Dragon/Quest Builders, but it's also bigger than the sum of is parts. My review:

02.03.2026 13:22 👍 101 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 1

lol, y'all stay safe out there playing with these switchblades

02.03.2026 02:07 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

No thank you!

01.03.2026 20:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not playing this bc I’m a big wuss who likes sleeping at night, but I’m glad you freaks are having a good time

01.03.2026 20:21 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Body t-Virus

01.03.2026 20:20 👍 63 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

Born to be a mincing vizier, forced to be a knight

28.02.2026 23:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

28.02.2026 15:50 👍 13785 🔁 3340 💬 111 📌 70

I can’t recall another politician ever expressing this direct of a sentiment before. (depressing! it’s so simple!) it’s difficult to explain how it feels to wake up and find your country is bombing the place your family grew up. again

28.02.2026 18:28 👍 2429 🔁 410 💬 11 📌 1

I love that we all know 90 percent of them will flip on a dime now, from “trump won’t send your sons to war” (like it’s only sons) to “trump is sending your sons to war and that’s good.”

28.02.2026 13:51 👍 3847 🔁 666 💬 82 📌 21