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Nintendo Just Announced Its New Pokemon Game and It Looks AWESOME

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This is not a drill guys, this is what we’ve been waiting for all these years. Nintendo/Game Freak is finally releasing an open world Pokemon RPG. It only took 21 years, but here it is; Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield.

I was super bummed last week when Nintendo unveiled its annual Nintendo Direct, which they use each year to tease everything they have coming up, because there was not a single mention of Pokemon. But a bit later it was revealed that Pokemon would have its own 7 minute Direct video and my brain was off to the races.

Sure you could argue they already did that with Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu and Lets Go Eevee, which looked great, but they were really just a port of Pokemon Yellow. This will be the first open world Pokemon game in 3D on a major platform.

If you have followed The 300s even a little, you know that I am a diehard Pokemon guy since the days of Pokemon Red back in 1998.

I think the last Game Boy I owned was Game Boy Advance, after racking up the original and Game Boy Color. So needless to say I missed just about every game between between Pokemon Crystal and this, not counting N64 titles. So anything from 3DS or the likes never made it into my home.

It’s a funny story of why it took so long too. The Nintendo Switch has been out for just about 2 years, but we’re not getting new Pokemon titles until “late 2019,” nearly a full 3 years after the system dropped. Why would Nintendo wait this long into a system’s lifecycle before releasing one of its core IPs? Especially with Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild being monster hits on Switch? Well, the Pokemon CEO literally thought Switch was going to flop.

The man in charge of all things Pokémon says he specifically warned Nintendo about its latest console, the outrageously popular Nintendo Switch. He thought it was going to be a failure.

“I told Nintendo that Switch wouldn’t be a success before it went on sale, because I thought that in the age of the smartphone no one would carry around a game console,” Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of The Pokémon Company told Bloomberg in a recent interview. “It’s obvious I was wrong.”

Glad we got that cleared up Tsunekazu because I am jones-ing for some new Pokemon in my life.

Super Mario Odyssey was awesome, but Zelda Breath of the Wild was one of the best games I’ve ever played. It really showcased what the Switch was capable in terms of world building. I think they have as evidenced by the long delay in the game’s release, but I hope Pokemon takes that example to heart. With that being said, the new region, Galar, looks incredibly vast so fingers crossed.

With a new region comes new Pokemon and they only introduced your new starting 3, but as usual its a grass/fire/water type sophie’s choice.

And heres a couple of mockups of how the game will actually look in your hand:

Now “late 2019” is a ways away so thats disappointing, but at least we’ve got Detective Pikachu to look forward to. A movie that has no right looking as good as it does. It also comes out on my 30th birthday. Coincidence? I think not.

I’m Having Impure Thoughts About These Pics of Mookie Betts in the Gym

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What do you do after you win the MVP? You get back in the damn gym and keep grinding. I love it. Mookie is listed at 5’9″ so he’s not a big guy to begin with and especially wearing baggy baseball jerseys every day it goes unnoticed, but dude is low key YOKED.

A lot of people probably still think of him as the scrawny guy he was down at Pawtucket,

Not the Adonis you see before you today.

Getting a little flustered if we’re being honest.

This is exactly what you want to see out of your best player though. Not resting on his laurels and falling back into the trappings of a professional bowler lifestyle. Nope, dude is getting after it because he wants to be the best Red Sox highest paid player of all time.

Doc Rivers Grabbed the Mic to Honor Dirk Nowitzki Mid-Game, Shows the Difference Between LA and Boston in 10 Seconds

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As any NBA fan knows, first ballot HOFer in waiting Dirk Nowitzki is playing what is almost definitely his final season. The guy has been one of the greatest scorers in NBA history with an absolutely unstoppable patented fadeaway:

Dirk’s legacy is something my good friend Mark Cuban and I talked about at length when we ran into each other my first time in Vegas.

While Dirk hasn’t officially announced his retirement, most fans expect this to be his last go round. So last night with time winding down in a game between the Mavs and the Clippers, Doc Rivers literally called a timeout, grabbed the PA mic, and told Clippers fans to get up and give Dirk a standing ovation.

Awesome gesture, and I can’t say I’ve ever seen anything like it….BUT, it just goes to show the difference between LA and Boston.

In LA, the coach literally had to stop the game and tell his fans to honor a legend because it would be embarrassing if they didn’t.

Boston?

Reminds of the old days when even Kobe Bryant was wildly cheered in his final games in Boston. Kobe was the first athlete I went from hating to begrudgingly respecting to flat out liking. The same became true of A-Rod years later. So even if we hate your ass, Boston is still the greatest sports city in the world.

#RushHourRap – J. Cole – Middle Child (Video)

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I know we’ve been doing a lot of J. Cole lately, but hey the guy is on fire right now. Yesterday he dropped the visuals for his latest single, Middle Child, and it is a trip. J. Cole, so hot right now. J. Cole.

I’ll let HotNewHipHop break it down for you below:

The visuals start out on a dark note with a group of figures behind the rapper as he sings for the camera. Things brighten up when he sits passenger side in the whip, ending up in a lavish cabin by the fireplace. A woman bounces her booty back and forth in the corner of the room with Cole paying little attention to her. The most lighting in this video comes when Jermaine rolls through the supermarket, casually flowing through the juice aisle with so much swag. This is one of the best videos of 2019 and it may remain in that category at the end of the year.

New York Station SNY Has Been Tweeting a Daily Tim Tebow Moment Every Day and Its Awesome

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These are some Grade-A, sarcastic, bullshit tweets right here. It would seem everyone in America is in agreement that Tim Tebow has no business being at Mets spring training, but people love them some Tebow. I love Tebow, the dude just fascinates me. I don’t know if I would watch a Tebow reality show because it would just consist of him working out, going to church, and holding hands with his Miss Universe girlfriend. Not exactly Party Down South material, but hey people are interested in the guy despite his lack of real, sustained success as a professional. So SNY says alright you dummies you want more Tebow coverage well here’s the Daily Tim Tebow Moment. Chewing his fingernails in the outfield, walking around the warning track, drinking water. Just a ridiculous place we’ve reached as a society. Snake it til you make it Tim, I respect that game.

PS – If you’ve never seen Party Down South, you must stop whatever you’re doing and go watch it right now. It’s basically the south’s version of Jersey Shore and it used to be on the Country Music TV network. Just good, wholesome, salt of the earth southerners getting blackout drunk every day on TV for our enjoyment.

Rapper Lil Pump Claims He’ll Give Harvard Commencement Speech. Can’t Say I’d Be Thrilled If I Was a Harvard Student

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High Snobiety – Lil Pump has finessed the opportunity of a lifetime as this year’s commencement speaker for Harvard University. WHRB Harvard Radio made a formal announcement about the honor this morning. According to an accompanying press release, the rapper will officially become the “youngest commencement speaker in history.” Yes, it is absolutely insane and we are determined to find out exactly how this even happened. Obviously, Lil Pump is very excited about the graduation based on this statement:

“You don’t gotta graduate from Harvard to do this speech,” he said.” I dropped out, so they called me like they called the guy that made Windows and PCs and shit before I was born. You just need a cap and gown, which I got. When I found out, I was happy to give everyone a lesson. I’m all about the youth. Yes, they are the future. This is a preview of my speech, one word: ESSKEETIT!!!!!!”

If this is some elaborate guerilla marketing tactic that Lil Pump has organized with the Harvard student radio station then bravo; that guy should get to give the Harvard Business School speech. His new album is apparently called “Harverd Dropout” though so I’m staying woke on this one. But if thats not the case, then please resume reading the rest of this blog.

If I was a snooty rich kid getting ready to become an illustrious Harvard grad after paying my dad paid $70K each of the last 4 years, I gotta tell you I’d feel a certain way about having Lil Pump give my commencement speech. Somewhere between annoyed and incredulous. Probably would be asking myself what did I just pay for if Pump is giving a commencement speech at the most elite school in the world yet can’t remember the name of the guy that invented “Windows and PCs and shit.”

With that being said, this kid is 18 years old and has probably made more money in the last 12 months than I’ll see in the next 10 years so I can’t exactly say he’s unqualified to give a speech on becoming successful.

I got Mitch Albom for my commencement speech, who I like, but he kinda mailed that one in as he essentially just read the spark notes of his book, Tuesdays With Morrie.

This all begs the question, who would you want to realistically give your commencement speech?

This Ja Rule Halftime Show is Laugh Out Loud Funny. Whats Not Funny Though is Ja’s Acting Chops

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Growing up as a kid in the late 90s-early 00s, I’ve always liked Ja Rule. Despite his infamous beefs with 50 Cent and Eminem, I’ve always enjoyed his music. But even on top of that he just seems like a funny, self aware dude.

In addition to his music though he was an absolute staple in great bad movies on HBO for basically my entire youth. He’s been in some absolutely god awful “awesomely bad” movies like Half Past Dead,

Half Past Dead is so disrespected that you can literally find the entire movie on YouTube 3 times in the first page of search results. YouTube don’t even care, pirate away.

Assault on Precinct 13,

and thats before we even get into his award winning role in the original Fast and the Furious.

So Jeffrey Atkins just seems like a chill dude who knows he’s got a sweet deal singing about Ashanti and still touring with her all these years later. Now, he comes off as a complete moron in the Fyre Festival documentary, but hey a lot of people got conned by that sociopath Billy McFarland.

The absolute disrespect by Giannis though has got to hurt Ja a little bit. Giannis is trying to win MVP and put Milwaukee on the map, he don’t have time to listen to I’m Real for the 1,000th time. But, he grew up in Greece and may not be as familiar with Ja’s work so I’ll allow it.

The 300s Talks Patriots Offseason, Red Sox Preview, and WTF is Wrong With the Celtics?

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The 300s boys are back in the podcast studio! We’re talking Pats offseason, Red Sox preview, and WTF is wrong with the Celtics?

-Media Coverage of the Robert Kraft Story

-Patriots Offseason Preview

-Patriots Draft Needs

-Free Agency: Trey Flowers or Trent Brown?

-What is Wrong with the Consistently Inconsistent Celtics?

-The Defending World Series Champion Red Sox Are Back in Action

-Is MLB Free Agency Broken or Have Players Become Disillusioned?

If Zion Williamson Was Wearing Starburys This Injury Would Have Never Happened

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CNN – Nike is playing damage control after Duke basketball phenom Zion Williamson tore his sneaker in a game Wednesday evening. Nike’s (NKE) stock was down more than 1% on Thursday. Nike builds its reputation around creating premier shoes and clothes for athletes, but that image took a hit with Williamson’s sneaker snafu.

I’m pretty sure I could hear Phil Knight pounding his fist on his desk all the way in Oregon when this happened the other night. Obviously Zion is not your typical consumer, but having your shoes explode on national TV injuring the guy NBA teams are blatantly tanking just for a chance to draft is a bad look.

Nike’s stock has fallen after the paper mâché shoe fell apart in front of the country. Makes you wonder, whatever happened to good, quality basketball sneakers? I’m not talking about that low top bullshit that Kobe nearly broke his ankle in either. No I’m talking about the GOAT basketball shoe; the Starbury.

The greatest shoe of all time, made by one of the wildest dudes in the history of the NBA in Stephon Marbury. All for the low, low price of $14.98. As a broke as college kid I appreciated the Starburys. Unfortunately I could never find my size in AJ Wright. Sigh. Even eBay hates us 5’8″ dudes. Stephon my man, hook me up with a size 10! I respect what Steph was trying to do though. A revolutionary if you ask me. If only Zion had the same pair of kicks we wouldn’t be talking about a knee injury, we’d be talking about the most dominant college basketball player in the country in a pair of shoes cheaper than a 30 rack of Natty Lite.

Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Busted Allegedly Soliciting Prostitution

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So this is awkward. According to a report by various news outlets Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with “soliciting another to commit prostitution”…allegedly.

I knew a man with this much drip could only stay above the law for so long.

Until more details come out, and you know they will, I don’t want to speculate too much on this story. So I’ll just leave you with how I am imagining this scene unfolding in my head.