Monday was the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (and Robert E. Lee’s Birthday, for those so inclined), which meant that many folks here in the United States had Monday off for the federal holiday. Yours portly was one of the many societal leeches suckling at the teat of this paid holiday, and I enjoyed it to the fullest.
While I was quietly productive on the day itself, the rest of the weekend saw me lolling about in indolence. For whatever reason, the last couple of weeks left me exhausted, and I indulged in some relaxation Saturday and Sunday. Besides some light housework, I kept myself occupied with an excursion back to my childhood: Pokémon.
I managed to pick up a copy of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, the 2021 remake of 2006’s Pokémon Diamond, last fall for half-price (around $30). With work and lessons and what not, I hadn’t had time to play it, so I was more than a little excited to rip off the cellophane and pop this little baby into my Nintendo Switch Lite.
I vaguely remember playing some of Diamond on the Nintendo DS, but I know I didn’t finish it, and I’d forgotten a great deal of the game, beyond some of the starter Pokémon. I have not finished the game—not by any stretch—but managed to put about eight hours into over the three-day weekend, and it was much like playing a classic Pokémon game.
That is both a good and bad thing.
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