Blogging on Blogs: Pokémon Blog

There's a neat blog on Pokémon that I discovered a couple of years ago but haven't bothered to discuss due to certain matters taking precedence. Now that I have a good amount of time, I can take that time and discuss the blog in question in a post here. Of the blogs or blog-like sites that I've discussed previously (these ones), this blog might be the simplest I've seen, and it's even titled, erm... Pokémon Blog. One can tell that the blog is most definitely about Pokémon.

Like this blog, it covers many aspects of Pokémon, for which some of its categories - as labels or tags on this blog - are in line with mine (Anime, TCG, and Video Games - though my Game category is [still] being phased out in favor of specific divisions). However, it does have a few divisions that I don't have; for example, the blog has separate Artwork and Fanart categories that I would lump together, special categorical mentions for Ash and Pikachu are included, and its electronic games are classified by platforms rather than specific realms like mine. There's even an Unscripted category, which at the time of this writing has only one post and seems to be an afterthought. In that regard, our respective blogs may still have some work to do.

Unlike this blog, it is less personal and more focused on objective happenings, like Pokémon Go event updates, live competition coverage, and the latest news on just about anything related to Pokémon. Yet it does have devoted categories on accompanying aspects, including art as above, but also including National Pokédex entry highlights (now fully updated to include all new species in Legends: Arceus), and video spotlights, including and beyond the anime. It is also updated frequently and even in short bursts, which is fine given its news-oriented approach, though it has to be said that some parts of posts may be taken from other places.

It is apparent that the blog also in a way acts as a partial news portal, which rather affirms my views regarding the thin, fine line between them as I've discovered in my coverage of the now-defunct JOI as above. To that end, the blog has on various occasions (one example) called for different authors to contribute, for which interested authors can contact the blog in order to be able to contribute. Even so, I've only been able to identify two such authors - the "Blogger" author, also identified as "Qurpok" by the link, and another for the Unscripted post as above - as "needles" in the "haystack" that is the thousands and thousands of posts on the blog. If I didn't already have this blog, then I might actually consider contributing as a free soul.

Other technical comparisons and contrasts are also evident. The blog makes use of WordPress in contrast to my usage of Blogger, but not self-hosted, in that makes use of WordPress.com; in a way, though, it does affirm the power of the respective services for this blog and the other. Still, the other blog has a custom domain, which I don't have but theoretically can, and it involves Patreon rather than Ko-fi/Paypal for donations and contributions by those who are willing to be generous. External social media presence is also quite evident, definitely being more than mine and something for me to consider to add, as are some of the other aspects above.

After all that, perhaps "simple" isn't the right word to describe the Pokémon Blog, at least in relation to content. But for the framework, some parts of it are such at the least, as well as its objective of being further at the forefront of Pokémon happenings. In that sense, it remains a neat blog, as neat as our efforts of posting in and managing our respective blogs. They also deserve places in our "corners of the Internet" in the addressing of Pokémon matters in written form. 

One year ago: Forgotten (Event) Days

Two years ago: (Preparing for) Shuffle's Last Stand

Three years ago: Special Feature Film - "POKÉMON: Detective Pikachu"

Four years ago: Just Like a Rainbow

Five years ago: A Shout-Out to a Fellow Blogger