I adored Pokémon as a child. Now I collect critters of a different kind in a hobby I'm uniquely suited to - birdwatching | Jayce Carrano

Every player has experienced that fierce loyalty to one pocket monster or another. The same is true hereThe Pokémon franchise has turned 30, which means that it's been a long time since a childhood friend and I braved Pokémon Blue's haunted Lavender Town together - solemnly handing the Game Boy back and forth in the first (and perhaps last) documented case of two only children sharing something.For most of my 29 years, I couldn't have cared less about birdwatching. But as it turns out, this hobby is uniquely suited to those of us who belong to the Pokémon generation. Continue reading...