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· Bryan Ke
Taiwan’s Legendary ‘Pokémon Go’ Grandpa Has Evolved, Now Has Even More Phones
It appears like Chen San-yuan, Taiwan’s legendary “Pokémon Go” grandpa, has evolved and harnessed the power of even more smartphones onto his bike. When he was first spotted roaming the streets last year, Chen only had nine smartphones strapped to his bike. But recently, he was…
· Ryan General
Security Guard Who Murdered Pokémon Go-Playing Grandpa Faces 30 Years in Prison
A jury in Virginia has recommended a 30-year prison sentence for Johnathan Cromwell, the security guard who shot and killed an elderly Asian man playing Pokemon Go in 2017. Cromwell has been found guilty of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony,…
· Ryan General
Trial Begins For Murder of Chinese Grandpa Shot While Playing Pokémon Go
The criminal trial of a security guard accused of fatally shooting a 60-year-old grandfather playing Pokémon Go back in 2017 is finally set to begin, with jury selection slated for Tuesday. Virginia security guard Johnathan Cromwell, an employee of Citywide Protection Services,…
· Ryan General
Japan Had Pokémon Tamagotchis But They Completely Sold Out in 15 Minutes
Pokémon x Tamagotchi, the highly anticipated collaboration between the two massively popular IPs, has successfully sold out even before its official release in Japan. For those who are unfamiliar, the Tamagotchi is a handheld virtual pet simulation game from Bandai which became…
· Leanna Chan
Brock from ‘Pokémon’ Finally Got a Girlfriend After 20 Years of Being Single
After 20 years of chasing Officer Jennys and Nurse Joys, Pewter City gym leader Brock has finally caught a girlfriend. Brock, or Takeshi in Japanese, is seen to have finally found the one in a recent episode of the “Pokémon Sun & Moon” anime.
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Couple Who Met Through Pokémon Go Plays Adorable Video at Their Wedding
A wedding video of a Japanese couple showing how the two lovebirds met while playing “Pokémon Go” has gone viral on Japanese social media. The clip of the couple, Shibu and Lily, received over 1.6 million views after it was first posted on the platform on November 15 by the…
· Ziye Wang
Will ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ Be Just Another ‘Dragonball Evolution?’
From Netflix’s “Death Note” to M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender,” there’s been no shortage of terrible live-action adaptations of beloved animated properties in recent years. So when the trailer for “Pokémon Detective Pikachu” dropped this past Monday, it’s no surprise…
· Bryan Ke
Elderly Taiwanese ‘Pokémon Go’ Fan Plays With 9 Smartphones Strapped to His Bike
A Taiwanese grandfather is gaining online fame for his dedication to the augmented reality mobile game “Pokémon Go” by game developer Niantic Labs. Chen San-yuan, who is a Feng Shui expert, began his journey to become a Pokémon master when the game first came out in 2016 after…
· Ryan General
China is Finally Getting Pokémon Go
Almost two years after its global launch, Pokémon Go is now finally coming to China — arguably one of the world’s largest gaming market. Pokémon Go developer Niantic reportedly struck a partnership with local video games company NetEase to bring the popular mobile game to the…
· Bryan Ke
‘Pokemon Go’ Creators Announce ‘Harry Potter’ Augmented Reality Game
The moment many Potterheads have been waiting for has finally arrived! Niantic Labs, the developer of the augmented reality (AR) mobile app “Pokemon Go”, officially confirmed that a “Harry Potter” AR game is coming sometime in the near future. Niantic Labs delivered the official…
· Ryan General
Security Guard Who Killed Asian Grandpa Playing Pokémon Go Charged With First Degree Murder
Months after his arrest in January, the man accused of shooting and killing an elderly Pokémon Go player has been indicted by a grand jury on a first-degree murder charge on Wednesday. Johnathan Cromwell, a former security guard, was initially charged with second-degree murder…
· Editorial Staff
Security Guard Who Killed Grandpa Playing Pokemon Go to Be Tried For Murder in Court
Jonathan Cromwell, a security guard who gunned down a grandfather paying Pokemon Go earlier this year, will be tried in Circuit Court. In a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, a Virginia judge ruled that there is enough evidence to proceed in the case against Cromwell, 22, for…
· Ryan General
Pokémon Go is Finally Giving Players What They Wanted From the Very Beginning
Pokémon fans have a new reason to get excited with Pokémon GO’s latest update that adds several changes to the game, including a feature that players have wished for since it first came out. As part of a larger rework on Pokémon Go Gyms, Niantic is set to add Raid Battles to the…
· Ryan General
Pokémon GO Reveals The Insane Amount of Money They Get for Sending People to McDonald’s, Starbucks
Niantic has finally revealed how much Pokémon GO’s “sponsored locations” pay them for every visitor the popular game brings into their establishments. The sponsored locations are turned into Pokémon GO “gyms” where players can engage in virtual battle. Players of Pokémon GO…
· Ryan General
Security Guard Officially Charged for Murdering Chinese Grandpa Playing Pokémon Go
Johnathan Cromwell, the main suspect in the killing of 60-year-old Chinese grandfather Jiansheng Chen, has now been charged by authorities in Virginia. Two warrants have been issued for the security guard from Virginia who now faces charges for second-degree murder and the use…
· Khier Casino
Thousands Demand Justice for Chinese Grandpa Gunned Down by Security Guard While Playing Pokémon Go
The death of Jiansheng Chen has prompted nearly 6,000 people to sign petitions against the security guard who allegedly shot the 60-year-old Chinese man on January 26 in Chesapeake, Virginia. Chen was gunned down after an unspecified argument broke out with a neighborhood…
· Khier Casino
Guard Who Gunned Down Chinese Grandpa Playing Pokémon Go Feared for His Life
An attorney for Citywide Protection Services whose employee is accused of fatally shooting 60-year-old Jiansheng Chen while playing Pokémon Go said the guard’s actions were in self-defense after the elderly man tried to run him down with his minivan. Chen was gunned down after…
· Khier Casino
Security Guard Guns Down Chinese Grandpa Playing Pokémon Go For No Apparent Reason
A Chinese grandfather named Jiansheng Chen was playing Pokémon Go to bond with his grandchildren when he was allegedly gunned down by a neighborhood security guard on Thursday. The 60-year-old man was just sitting in his minivan in a parking lot in Chesapeake, Virginia, when a…
· Ryan General
Goodbye Pokémon Go, Super Mario is Coming to iOS and Android Soon
If there was something people got excited about at the recently concluded iPhone 7 Launch event on Wednesday in California, it certainly was not the new iPhone color variant, nor the ultra pricey earbuds. One of the few things that got a lot of people really stoked was finally…
· Editorial Staff
Pregnant Taiwanese Woman Goes Blind After Playing Pokémon Go
They say too much of something is never good, and one pregnant Taiwanese woman can attest to that after her addiction to Pokémon Go left her temporarily blind. Realizing she couldn’t see from her right eye, the unidentified 31-year-old woman in New Taipei City rushed to the…