Have you noticed something a bit strange over the past few days?
People around you taking photos of driveways and carparks? Strangers pausing in the middle of the road to snap a shot of seemingly nothing? Meetings cancelled? Brunches postponed?
It’s okay. It’s not you. It’s Pokemon.
The new game app Pokemon GO is bringing all kinds of Australian nerds out of the woodwork. Nerds? Yes, nerds. But no one is saying that’s a bad thing. In fact, the Pokemon GO players seem to be having the time of their lives.
Players are confessing all over Twitter that the app has quickly taken over their whole worlds. Some admitted to rescheduling meetings to catch more Pokemon. Others are having near-misses in traffic, playing while they are driving (GUYS DON’T DO THAT. YOU’LL KILL THE POKEMON AND THE REAL PEOPLE).
Why is Pokemon GO the first reason I have to actually see my neighborhood? My life.
— summit1g (@summit1g) July 8, 2016
Top Comments
I think I'll stick to Geocaching :)
my son was showing me this and said 'it won't be long before some kid gets killed walking into a place they should be walking into' It's great and fab to be moving and playing, but I suppose it's like anything, 'look where you're going and be aware'. He's talking about little kids moving into unsafe places, not the crossing the road without looking kind of awareness. He should know, he's a teen. The rest of us just get left thinking 'why didn't I think of creating that!'