• Recipe 015: Pokemon Gen 3 K-means Clustering

    Take Charge of your Destiny! In this data story I’ll be showing you how a self guided machine learning algorithm can select the best Pokemon squad for the Hoenn region. At the end of this data story you’ll have six Pokemon to look out for in Pokemon GO , as well as understand why the…


  • Recipe 013: Marvel Comics Propensity Score

    How crazy would it be if I told you Howard the Duck and Old Man Logan are closer to each other in skill sets than they are to any other Marvel characters?  Or how about Thor and Dr. Octopus are lookalikes as well?  Let’s answer these questions together by wrangling some readily available data.  …


  • Recipe 011: DC Super Hero Throw Down: Propensity Modeling

    I want you to remember, Clark…In all the years to come… in your most private moments… I want you to remember my hand at your throat… I want you to remember the one man who beat you. Chilling quote isn’t it?  That was said by Batman to Superman during the The Dark Knight Returns, a comic book miniseries written…


  • Recipe 010: Mario Kart Game-play Improvement Controller Trials

    Before I dive into this week’s data story, let me state why I love the Nintendo Switch.  I personally feel there’s a need for video games to be a social event, and couch co-op is a must have feature.  The Nintendo Switch offers several games which meet this need. My family loves playing video games…