housing New Las Vegas housing development names streets after Pokémon Thom Dunn

Games Strange Beasts:short, inspiring/disturbing science fiction movie about augmented reality toys Cory Doctorow

delightful creatures Lizard dramatically opens its mouth and climbs up man as if its going to attack — but nope, it's just an act (video) Carla Sinclair

Science See a tiny Peruvian Dragon mantis swaying on a hand Popkin

classic comics Drop your jaw at recently-auctioned vintage comic book prices Bob Knetzger

animals People are collecting illegal tarantulas "like they're Pokemon" Allan Rose Hill

traffic That time when Snorlax caused an epic traffic jam in Taipei Popkin

History Multispectral imaging of the Voynich Manuscript Rob Beschizza

Suddenly the RNC will defend strict veganism Gov. Walz and his daughter ride "The Slingshot" at the state fair Jason Weisberger

politics Kamala picks Tim Walz for VP, and Trump struggles with spelling Jason Weisberger

News Usha Vance defends husband's weird "cat ladies" insult on Fox News Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump campaign fails to spin JD Vance yelling at his son into a heartwarming story Jason Weisberger

politics JD Vance brags that he told his 7-year-old to "shut the hell up"about Pokemon when Trump called him (video) Ellsworth Toohey

Japan Machida, Japan, celebrates creator of Pokémon with cute manhole covers Popkin

Comic Books Saturday is Free Comic Book Day Ruben Bolling

retro games Retro game store robbed in California—and another attempted Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

video games The next Pokemon game will be a GTA-style experience focusing on a single city Grant St. Clair

pokemon "Pokearth" documentary series inserts Pokémon into the real world Grant St. Clair

california Watch: thieves heist $35k in Pokémon cards from a collectibles store in California Rob Beschizza

video games "Pokemon with guns" rises to be third-most played game in Steam history. Some expect Nintendo to take legal action. Grant St. Clair