John Walker's discussions

One every three months, plus one or two special sets is normal. This year has been very busy, however, because of the size of Crown Zenith, and then the fuss around 151. Read more

It was definitely 160GB last night. My guess is that the reason I had a 34GB update waiting this morning is that they’d uploaded the entire game in error, and switched it to a more demo-sized version today. Read more

There is a run button. It’s not fast running, but it’s definitely there. Read more

WAIT! HANG ON! Read more

Oh you Americans and your ridiculous lack of consistency over this! Why can’t you just always use Ss like decent-minded people. Read more

Would you care to share the issue? Read more

Flamigo is unforgiveable, but none of the rest of those come close to “Okidogi.” Read more

I refuse to back down. Read more

So you think that only the very rich should be allowed access to the nicest cards? It seems a sad approach to cartoon characters on cardboard. Read more

You seem like a horrid person, but I’ll explain anyway. I thought of that too, even typed it out, before realising that I was being an idiot because it wouldn’t work. You couldn’t put the actual woodprint on a screen of a folding device, and then covering it in ink and putting a piece of paper in there, then having… Read more

OR, and bear with me here, I used a series of (broadly known) three-letter initialisms in a strapline on an article for a gag. Read more

The reason given in the video is that she had to take it into a different room, and control it via a streamed screen. Read more

“consent be damned” is a *really* weird thing to have imagined and added in there yourself. Read more

Happy to help. Read more

I like to hope it’s in the cloud. But I have of course reached out to him to find out more. Read more

Yeah, I had intended to talk about how little of Galar is in, and indeed how many gaps there still are from so many regions, but figured the post was already long enough. It’s odd - I wonder whether Nintendo restricts them for their own arcane reasons. Read more

Did you actually try it with 3 or 4? Because while 6 was enough, when we tried with 4, it wasn’t even close to possible. And yes, that was using ice types. Read more

It’s brilliant that you had a good weekend. However, do you think the game itself offered you $15 worth of value, over what you could have done any other weekend? Read more

I so love that I have genuinely no idea who’s lying to me more, given I too am now struggling to trust the Emperor, and obviously never trusted Raphael. I’m so torn! Read more

Yeah. I don’t think it’s fair to say that power creep is the means by which they drive the purchase of new cards. They do this far more blatantly with the rotations, and then, to keep the game moving, letting new mechanics move on the meta, etc. Read more