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Remote trades in Pokemon Go a long time coming

The first-ever remote trades are finally happening in Pokemon Go after some trainers were able to achieve forever friends together. Although there was initially a problem reported with the feature, the issue has been resolved, and people can now trade Pokemon with others they may never meet ...

‘Dragon Ball Super’ anime set for return

Fans of the “Dragon Ball” series have been left in a bit of a lull since the end of the most recent series, “Daima,” which aired in 2025. While Son Goku and his friends’ trip to the demon realm was an enjoyable side story experience, set between the end of “Dragon Ball Z” and ...

'Pokemon Go' content feels subpar

After hearing YouTuber Poke Daxi talk about how he’s burnt out from playing Pokemon Go, I wanted to address why I haven’t written a column in months. I stepped away from writing about Pokemon Go after feeling a similar burnout to what Poke Daxi and other content creators are ...

Fully engaged in whether son’s ‘I do’s’ prove to be a big to do

Starting now, my columns will be renamed “The Getting Old Chronicles,” with this being Chapter 1 titled “One of my kids is getting married!” That’s right, the first of four dominos fell recently when my 22-year-old son, Vincent, asked his girlfriend of seven years, Brooke Maines, to ...

Gen Z leading analog charge

When I wake up in the morning, I reach for my iPhone 15 resting on my nightstand and scroll through various social media apps, wasting around 30 minutes of my morning. Unfortunately, I consider myself to be a morning person, so it’s frustrating to watch the first couple of minutes of my ...

Grieving for Lane, family, friends

The Mirror and the local sports community mourned one of its pillars in the wake of former sports editor Jim Lane’s passing Monday at age 85 (see obituary here). Jim was long retired by the time I joined the sports desk as a part-timer nearly 10 years ago, but he was still a regular in the newsroom. I always appreciated our time together when we’d get to talk about sports, the times he helped me work on stories when I was still green and figuring out how I fit in a space that, at the time, was entirely foreign to me. He was a wealth of knowledge and a grandfather-like presence at ...