Kallie Plagge

Senior Copy Editor

Kallie Plagge is The Verge’s senior copy editor. She was previously senior copy editor at Polygon and has over 10 years of experience in media, primarily as a video game critic and editor. She loves Pokémon, the Oxford comma, and Grunt Birthday Party.

Pokopia made me look at Pokémon’s high-tech future in a whole new way

Kallie PlaggeMar 5

We played Pokémon Pokopia, ask us anything

Charles Pulliam-Moore and Kallie PlaggeMar 3

Animal Crossing: New Horizons added just enough to suck me back in

Kallie PlaggeJan 19

I’ve been waiting years for Animal Crossing’s best new features

Kallie PlaggeDec 16, 2025

Pokémon Legends: Z-A makes a big, welcome change for shiny hunters

Kallie PlaggeOct 18, 2025

No, Nintendo and Pokémon did not patent ‘summoning characters and making them battle’

Kallie PlaggeSep 17, 2025

Kallie PlaggeAug 15, 2025

A wild Miraidon appeared.

The Toyota Engineering Society’s Miraidon Project — a life-size version of the motorcycle-like legendary pokémon Miraidon, the mascot of Pokémon Violet — is on display at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California. I’m still hoping to see it actually move at some point in the future, but seeing such a precise and detailed re-creation of Miraidon in person was pretty rad.