Everything About Pokemon X and Y

     The latest installment to the Pokemon series, Pokemon X and Y, were released recently, and they have a lot of exiting new features. One of the best things about X and Y are the new Pokemon. 

     There are about 70 new Pokemon, which is kind of disappointing since the other generations introduced over 100, but whatever. These games introduce three starters,Chespin Fennekin, and Frokie, Fennekin being a Fire type, Frokie being a Water type, and Chespin being a Grass type.

They also have 2 new legendarys Xerneas, which is exclusive to Pokemon X, and Yveltal, which is exclusive to Pokemon Y. There are plenty of other Pokemon in these games, but there are to many to go over.

     Another one of my favorite things about X and Y is the new type, Fairy. Many old Pokemon, such as Jigglypuff, Mawile, and Snubbull, had their type changed to Fairy. Many new Fairy types where introduced as well, such as Sylveon. Fairy types best feature is its immunity to Dragon and it's strength against Dragon, Dark and Fighting. Fairy is a very powerful type and one of my favorites.

     Some other minor features to X and Y are Super Training and Pokemon Amie. Super training is an easy way to EV train your Pokemon, giving them higher stats. Pokemon Amie, my favorite of the two, is a Nintendogs-like mini-game where you can pet and feed your Pokemon. The games also have new online features where you can battle and trade people from across the world.

     Possibly the biggest feature of the new X and Y is Mega Evolution. Mega Evolution is a way for Pokemon to evolve even further. The way this works is if you give a Pokemon a Mega Stone you can Mega Evolve them during battle, but only one Pokemon can Mega Evolve during battle and the Pokemon goes back to normal after the battle ends. Only some Pokemon  can Mega Evolve, such as the Kanto starters, currently over 20 Pokemon can Mega Evolve. I think it is a very cool and creative feature, and I hope they come up with new and cool features in future games. 

     Pokemon X and Y are very fun games that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of the RPG genre. That concludes my review of Pokemon X and Y, I hope you enjoyed it.

The Zombie Apocalypse is Coming.

The disease/fungus called "Cordyceps" is caused by wasps laying eggs in ants heads could be the end of humanity!

The disease:

Cordyceps is a disease that makes basically act like zombies! The infected ant eats other ants and after a while when the wasp hatches the ant dies.

How it would affect humans:

I mean we get diseases from animals all the time. And if the disease spreads from ants to humans? The disease may make the humans act like zombies!

The consequences:

Zombies, Zombies is the dang consequence It's a zombie apocalypse.

How to stop them:

Kill... them... all

Why are some smileys so scary??

Guys, if you take a look at free-smiley-faces.de there are weird emoticons, who would even make such a thing? It's very strange, because it was made in Germany, which is interesting, but honestly, they are quite scary. They contain very funny smileys, but some are plain creepy. It feels like they're going to jump out of your monitor. It's mostly the large eyes and distorted, exaggerated facial expressions that make them so creepy. You might be able to scare your friends with them, or simply laugh at them alone or together.

You can access the smileys at your own risk.  <--- This is a link.

Minecraft Snapshot Review - 14w11b

Hello, and welcome to the Minecraft Snapshot Review! Today we're looking at version 14w11b.

Here's the changelog. 

Changed minecart physics - Currently, they lose momentum once off the rails. I would assume that the change means that minecarts keep velocity. If so, you could make some rockin' roller coasters(It's a very loose term, however. Jumps and stuff are also featured in Minecraft roller coasters, usually.)

Made furnace minecart actually useful - Before, It didn't work.  I'd assume that means it's actually usable. You could smelt iron on the go!

Improved the general mob AI - Before, Path-finding was more basic. The change probably just adds better path-finding for more difficulty!

It also says, "And some suprises, try to find them." Find your yourself, I suppose. I hope one change is a new item!

I'd say this snapshot gets a 7/10 rating because the changes and additions may be small, but they could be used later.

You can access the snapshot by creating a new launcher profile(NOT AN ACCOUNT) and checking the box "Enable experimental development versions." Then, make sure your version is on "Use Latest Version."

Sounds interesting! Tune in next time for another minecraft snapshot review, possibly 14w12b!

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