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An Illinois Family Creates a Guinness World Record with Pokemon

The Arnold family of Frankfort, Illinois is a five-person dominate force when it comes to Pokemon battling power. This family managed to form a championship winning team and has managed to land themselves in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2012 as the Largest Competitive Pokemon Video Game Family. Yep, that's a real title as according to this Kotaku article.
They were featured earlier this year on Kotaku after visiting the 2010 Pokemon regionals in Atlanta Georgia. The brothers Ryan and David, sister Grace, and father Glen took the event by storm [...]

Game Art by Ryan Shiu
Ryan Shiu, a talented illustrator, animator and graphic designer, developed Pikasm in 2009. Shiu is one of the few artists who can bring an original touch to some of our favorite and classic video games and animated characters. Many artists attempt to capture some of the most epic moments from The Legend of Zelda but none come close to the visual creativity that Shiu is able to produce. Unfortunately Shiu has not updated his website since its birth, but much of the art work he has produced continues to be making its way across the world [...]