Reviews & Favorites – MonsterBrainSoup

6 Feb 2021

Favorite Gen 7 Pokémon

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Published: February 6th, 2021 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 This was an INCREDIBLY innovative generation of Pokémon. The introduction of the Ultra Beasts as extra-dimensional ‘Mon that were often frightening and bizarre was huge.…

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30 Jan 2021

Favorite Gen 6 Pokémon

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Published: January 30th, 2021 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 Continuing from my Generation 5 review, here’s my five favorite Pokémon from Generation 6, X and Y.Not the most amazingly creative generation, but not a bad one, either! Honestly, a lot of the concepts introduced were cooler than the actual execution of the final designs.…

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17 Jan 2021

Favorite “Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion” Specimens

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Published: January 17th, 2021 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion, AKA Spooky’s House of Jumpscares, is a clever indie horror game with simple, adorable graphics that betray the genuinely horrific monsters that await you.…

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16 Jan 2021

Favorite Gen 5 Pokémon

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Published: January 16th, 2021 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 Continuing where we left off with generation 4 Pokémon, here are my five favorite designs from generation 5, Black and White. Krokorok Hard choice between Sandile and this second-stage evolution, and I can’t entirely explain why.…

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20 Nov 2020

Favorite Pets in Prodigy Math

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So I only recently learned about Prodigy, but it appears to be a math-based educational game that actually features interesting story and artwork. It has a Pokemon-style pet raising, battling, and evolution system, and all of the pets have an elemental alignment.…

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12 Mar 2020

Favorite Neopets Petpets

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I took a look at my favorite pet site designs, including Neopets, a while back. However, the pets themselves are often only a small fraction of the delicious graphical content to absorb in any one of these games. Neopets started the tradition of letting your pets… have pets.…

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25 Oct 2019

Favorite Gen 4 Pokémon

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Continuing my highlighting of favorite Pokémon from Generation 3, let’s take a look at my favorite Pokémon designs from Generation 4, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Cricketune I love that this dapper little bug simultaneously looks like a musical instrument and an orchestra conductor.…

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17 Sep 2019

The Weirdest Dragons in Media

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Published: September 17th, 2019 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 Welcome! We will get started right at 10am. Please make sure you are connected to computer audio so that you can hear us! If you don’t see an icon next to your name in the Participants panel, go up to Audio > Audio Conference and click the “Join with Computer Audio” button.…

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27 Aug 2019

A Review of HTTYD Dragon Species

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Published: August 27th, 2019 Last modified: February 24th, 2021 The How to Train Your Dragon franchise is just behind Game of Thrones for public media recognition of the word “dragon”. It’s exciting to see an entire world based around the existence of dragons of all shapes and sizes.…

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28 Jun 2019

Favorite “Flight Rising” Familiars

by Lukas | posted in: Blog, Reviews & Favorites | 0

I’ve already reviewed the dragon species of the Flight Rising world, so let’s take a look at the familiars, the non-dragon companion critters (okay, let’s be real, they’re petpets). These vary greatly from fairly-normal animals to intelligent, sentient, clothing-wearing fantasy peoples.…

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