Pokémon Go - Are you a monster catching addict?

[Chris_K]

How do you get Pikachu on the bus? You pokémon. Get it?! 

You all know what Pokémon is and you've all seen the world go crazy for the new Pokémon Go game for the past few days, but it's now officially out in the UK and we've seen folk walk into lamp posts, go to the gym but not work out, or pet dogs are now getting the most exercise of their lives...

But what about you? Is going around catching virtual monsters with an augmented reality game/app the #newnormal, or is it nothing but a fad that will fade away?

For iPhone users, get the game here

For Android users, get the game here

Check out our tell tale signs that your friend or loved one is a Pokémon Go addict

If you're a parent, check out NSPCC's guide to help keep your child safe while playing Pokémon Go

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well the media are telling us all...'This is technology...it's the latest craze...we should embrace it'......

Now...all I see in the clip I posted are a load of folk stopping their cars anywhere.....running willy nilly across a road  with the same sort of hysterical excitement and jubilation I would show if someone told me Elvis wasn't dead and was performing an impromptu concert in the park. Which simply means I am too old to 'embrace Pokemon Go'

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One thing is sure, I can embrace many things but this....? Stick it thanks!

[Beenherebefore]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Well the media are telling us all...'This is technology...it's the latest craze...we should embrace it'......

...........a load of folk stopping their cars anywhere.....running willy nilly across a road  with the same sort of hysterical excitement and jubilation..................

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You mean like when Apple tell us they are launching a new mobile phone ?

Perhaps all us sane ones should organise a coup 

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

Only one park in China where they are allowed to play the game...

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How upsetting is that? I mean the Vaporean may be in the next park.....

[jonsie]

I have never seen so many idiots walking round looking at their phone bemuseed. I feel like slapping them all

[Beenherebefore]

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@jonsie wrote:

I have never seen so many idiots walking round looking at their phone bemuseed. I feel like slapping them all

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Good idea !......much better than a coup.....slapping the face usually brings a person out of an hysterical episode......then get them to breath into a brown paper bag for 5 minutes.....that'll do it 

[Beenherebefore]

Which would be easier, to ban guns or ban Pokemon Go ?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36818384

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Which would be easier, to ban guns or ban Pokemon Go ?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36818384

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Funnily enough nowhere in those 'safety' guidelines (police provided in the link) are guns mentioned at all

[Cleoriff]

Oh it gets worse...someone rang 999 to report Pokemon missing...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-36825934

[MI5]

Idiots - just about sums it all up.

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Idiots - just about sums it all up.

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I take it Pokemon Go isnt one of your new apps @MI5. What about the kids?