Pic from cousin at dolores park rn. "Cannot believe the hoards of Pokemon people" pic.twitter.com/BK5Re2HWt6
— Julia B. Chan (@juliachanb) July 9, 2016
A guy just told his girlfriend to hold the train while he caught a Pokémon and she got on and left without him.
— Kate Feldman (@kateefeldman) July 9, 2016
“At least they’re outside in the fresh air, getting some exercise.” How long before Pokemon GO is proposed as an Olympic sport? From the Washington Post:
People are really getting into Pokemon Go, a new mobile take on the classic franchise. In fact, they’re maybe getting a little too into it.
The game, made by Niantic and the Pokemon Company, was released late on July 6, and allows players to capture Pokemon in real-world locations. The app makes the little monsters appear on your smartphone screen, through the camera, as you walk through your neighborhood — making it seem as if they are right in front of you. The game quickly shot to the top of the charts for Apple’s free apps and has gathered at least 100,000 downloads on Google’s Play store. It also quickly led to an unexpected side effect: a number of reported Pokemon-related injuries…
The Pokemon Go app itself includes a warning in the loading screen asking players to pay attention to their surroundings, but it’s clear that some people are getting so excited that they forget to heed it. Niantic, which partnered with the Pokemon franchise to create the game, has some rules of the road for it’s other major title, “Ingress,” that may prove useful.
“Pay attention to your surroundings; you never know what beautiful or interesting things you’ll see while playing the game,” the company cautions in its advice to players…
Buzzfeed, which aims for the kewl-kidz (as opposed to the WaPo get-off-my-lawn-you-kidz) crowd, helpfully posted “13 Pokémon Go Hacks To Help You Be The Very Best“. Some odd phrasings for those of us who didn’t grow up on the anime…
1. You can spin your Poké Ball for a nice curve…
3. To catch Pokémon properly without wasting Poké Balls, make sure you tap and hold…
6. If you have some time to play, use an incense to get a bunch of Pokémon to come to you…
7. If you’re out of incense and don’t want to spend money, try heading to a well-populated Pokéstop…
Which, I assume, is the real easter egg: The game is free, but if you choose to spend your money, they have a store where real cash can be converted into virtual “accessories”.
Not that I can be sniffish — if I had a smart phone, I could no more resist a game like this than a cat can resist a laser pointer.
tfw the president of the united states says you can't use the motorcade to catch that Clefairy two blocks away pic.twitter.com/vA0hlN6gVp
— Mike Case (@MikeACase) July 10, 2016