Archaic is the Webmaster of Bulbagarden, having operated the website since 2002. He has been a part of the online Pokémon fandom since 1999.
Outside of Pokémon, Archaic works as a marketing academic and consultant. He has lectured for courses on topics related to consumer behaviour, consumer culture, and marketing ethics. His academic research centers around the exploration of the antecedent factors for consumers' privacy protection and self-disclosure behaviours in social media.
Owners of Garmin Smartwatches will no longer need to double-up on their Sleep Research, with Pokémon Sleep announcing that the app will now fully support most Garmin smartwatches for Sleep Tracking and studying Pokémon Sleep Styles.
Noibat and Noivern will be sleepwalking their way onto player's devices later this month, as they making their Pokémon Sleep debuts in the Pokémon Skills Spotlight Week Vol. 1 event. This event is scheduled to begin on March 23rd at 4:00am local time, running through to March 30th at 3:59am local time.
Sleep Researchers will soon be getting another opportunity to observe the sleep styles of a Legendary Pokémon, with a new event featuring Latias announced for Pokémon Sleep. This event is set to begin sometime in April.
The next Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion in the Mega Evolution Series has been officially announced in a press release by The Pokémon Company International. Mega Evolution—Chaos Rising will release internationally from May 22nd. The set will primarily contain cards from the Japanese Ninja Spinner expansion, which releases there this Friday March 13th.
Updates posted today on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese homepage and YouTube channel have given fans their first look at all remaining regular print versions of cards from the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
The anniversary celebrations have only just begun, but Pokémon Masters EX is already squeezing in a new Story Event, with the launch today of Teal and Indigo Festival, featuring Florian & Ogerpon. The first of three phases of the Double Anniversary Mission Bingo has also commenced.
As announced earlier during the Pokémon Presents presentation for Pokémon Day, a range of scouts, events and bonuses are launching in Pokémon Masters EX to celebrate the game's 6.5 year anniversary. The monthly message from the game's producer has also dropped, providing more detail on the three EX Master Sync Pairs that will be making their debut as part of these anniversary celebrations.
Pokémon Masters Day is here again in Pokémon Masters EX, with the usual assortment of regular events and presents, plus multiple One-Time-Only Scouts featuring Fair-exclusive Sync Pairs. Hilbert & Oshawott are also receiving Sync Grid upgrades alongside this monthly event.
Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled new cards for each of the four forms of Deoxys, which will be released in the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
The Day 2 livestream for this weekend's Pokémon Champions League 2026 tournament in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture has given fans their first look at a selection of eleven new Pokémon Trading Card Game cards which will be released in the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan on March 13th.
Pokémon Sleep are encouraging everyone to get a good sleep for the Pokémon Day celebrations next week on February 27th, with a special ×1.5 Drowsy Power bonus for all players the night before, on the night of Thursday February 26th.
Pokémon Sleep will enter a maintenance period this coming week for an update of the software to Version 3.2.3. This update is expected to run for roughly four and a half hours, commencing Tuesday February 24th at 4:30am (UTC), and continuing through until 9:00am (UTC). The update will prepare the game for an as yet unannounced future event, likely something to do with Pokémon Day celebrations.
As announced earlier this week, the new Gym Battle feature is making its debut in Pokémon Masters EX today with Pasio Gym Battle No. 1: "Kanto Gym Leaders Assembled". This event will run through to February 26th, at 9:59pm (PST).
Following on from the commencement of Pokémon Masters EX's celebration of the run-up to the game's 6.5 year anniversary earlier this week, players can now scout Arc Suit Brock & Onix in the Brock Arc Suit Fair Scout. A new special event has also commenced in game, the Run-Up to 6.5 Years Battle Countdown.
Today's video on the Pokémon Trading Card Game's official Japanese YouTube channel has unveiled new Weedle, Kakuna, and Beedrill ex cards, which will be released in the upcoming Ninja Spinner expansion that hits store shelves in Japan later on March 13th.
As announced in the recent trailer, a range of events, scouts, and bonuses are launching today in Pokémon Masters EX to celebrate the run-up to the game's 6.5 year anniversary, along with the impending 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise itself. Information has also been released on the Gym Battles feature, with Pasio Gym Battle No. 1 scheduled to launch later this week.
Fans have today received their first official look at cards from the Ninja Spinner expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which will be released in Japan on March 13th. The set centers around Mega Greninja ex, and will feature a variety of Pokémon and characters from Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
A Mega Medicham ex Drop Event has now commenced in Pokémon TCG Pocket, running through to February 21st at 9:59pm (PST), offering players the opportunity to challenge a series of special solo battles to attempt to obtain promo card packs and other rewards.
Following on from starring in this year's Palentine's event, Rika's debut Story Event Good Ol' Rika Here is making a return to Pokémon Masters EX for the first time, running through until February 27th, at 9:59pm (PST).
The “What’s Your Favorite?” campaign, celebrating 30 years of the Pokémon franchise, kicked off today with ad during Super Bowl LX. The ad features a cast of celebrities discussing their favorite Pokémon, including Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Charles Leclerc, Jisoo, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Lamine Yamal and Young Miko.
