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· Ryan General
In a story out in New Zealand, a man who aims to become the very best Pokémon trainer (like no one ever was!), decided to quit his job and embark on a 2-month Pokémon-hunting adventure throughout the country. For Tom Currie, 24, becoming a dedicated Pokémon hunter after Pokémon…
· Editorial Staff
Apart from being literally the hottest app right now, Pokémon Go has also been helping people overcome anxiety and mental issues. Now, according to a mother in New York, the game has had an incredible impact on his autistic son since he begun playing. Read her Facebook post…
· Laura Dang
One animal shelter discovered that Pokémon Go isn’t just useful for getting outside to burning some calories. The Muncie Animal Shelter in Indiana has come up with an ingenious way to use Pokémon Go. More people seem to be out and about these days catching Pokémon and the…
· Editorial Staff
Rhodes was once an ordinary, developing suburb in Sydney, Australia — until “Pokémon Go” happened. Featuring augmented reality, “Pokémon Go” requires players to explore places to find and collect Pokémon. As it turned out, Rhodes became a melting pot of rare breeds — about 110…
· Laura Dang
Fans who are eager to get their hands on Pokémon Go may be disappointed to learn that the app will not be made available in regions outside the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Germany for the time being. Since its release nearly a week ago, Pokémon Go has been an overnight…
· Editorial Staff
A New York man playing Pokémon Go while driving crashed into a tree on Tuesday, the Auburn Police Department said. This seems to be the first major road accident associated with the augmented reality game released earlier this month. The 28-year-old driver admitted to playing…
· Laura Dang
The seemingly overnight success of Pokémon Go actually took one man 20 years of “leveling up” to achieve. John Hanke, who is today the founder and CEO of Niantic Inc., began his journey to make Pokémon Go a reality when he created and sold his first online game in 1996 before…
· Editorial Staff
Folks are pissed after a poisonous gas Pokémon was found inside a Holocaust museum. Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game released nearly a week ago, has led people to all sorts of places to catch Pokémon and to battle other players. One of those places happened to be the…
· Laura Dang
Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game that has completely taken over your Facebook newsfeed, was actually just an April Fools’ joke at Google over two years ago. Back in 2014, Google released a video titled “Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge.” The video, published on March 31 on…
· Editorial Staff
Thanks to its augmented reality feature that gets people walking outdoors, Pokémon Go is driving a ton of profit for local businesses. Despite the game’s recent launch, small-scale ventures are quick to spot the booming market. According to USA Today, research firm SensorTower…
· Ryan General
A Craigslist post on Tuesday offered a unique service for busy people who still prefer to get an edge in Pokémon Go. Offering her services at $20/hour, NYU graduate Ivy St. Ive said she will to do someone’s dirty work as a professional Pokémon Go Trainer. Unfortunately for her…
· Editorial Staff
An Australian marketing executive was recently fired after posting a Facebook rant about Singapore’s lack of Pokémon Go. Pokémon Go, the widely-popular augmented reality game that has been flooding your Facebook news feed, is currently available in the U.S., New Zealand and…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Pokémon fans are desperate to get their hands on Pokémon Go and are trying anything possible to play it — even if that means playing a knockoff version of the game. Pokémon Go, the widely-popular augmented reality game that has been flooding your Facebook news feed, was…
· Ryan General
Since the launch of the hit augmented-reality game Pokémon Go, thousands of players have heeded the call to get out of their houses and out into the real world to hunt and capture some cute Pokémon. The sought after creatures are well hidden by developer Niantic in a variety of…
· Ryan General
Since Pokémon GO’s launch, Pokémon fans from different parts of the world have been roaming around streets, parks, schools, and other people’s backyards hoping to catch some “virtual pocket monsters.” While some have been successfully filling up their “Pokédex,” there are those…
· Ryan General
Boon Sheridan found himself in a fascinating situation when he discovered that the hit augmented reality game Pokemon Go has turned his house’s location into one of the game’s virtual “gyms”, a place where you can train and level up a Pokemon. Now dozens of strangers are flock…
· Editorial Staff
Pokémon Go is collecting an alarming amount of players’ data while they’re out trying to collect Pokémon. Since its release earlier this month, Pokémon Go, the free-to-play augmented reality mobile game has been a worldwide sensation. Its explosive popularity caused Nintendo’s…
· Ryan General
One of the best parts of Pokémon Go is the motivation to explore and the unexpected workout some people get, but going out on new adventures can also lead to some unique and interesting situations like this one involving some sketchy guys at 3 a.m., an onyx and the police.…
· Editorial Staff
Thieves are now using Pokémon Go to find victims to rob, according to a report by Gizmodo. Police in O’Fallon, Missouri have arrested four men who used the game to find players at certain locations, then rob then at gun point. In the last couple days, about eight or nine people…
· Editorial Staff
Pokémon Go is literally the hottest game right now. Not only is it it fun, but people are getting more exercise than ever before. Check out some of these people who are complaining about sore legs after playing the game for a day. pokemon go is making me so sore from walking
