We spent a portion of it traveling, a portion of it cleaning up after traveling, and a portion of it banging our heads against the wall because Pokemon Go! has a horrible way of making it impossible for kids to retrieve their goram passwords. I’m not real thrilled with Niantic’s customer service, either. But don’t mind me.
No, really. I’m just squeaky-wheeling it.
Shockingly, my children have things that they want to do besides sit in the house and play video games. Like, go outside and walk around looking for Pokemon on Pokemon Go. …And God bless Niantic for that. Hell, I’m walking more now.
Gonna be a weird week or so, though. We’re trying to filter all of our little jaunts through the Pokemon lens, you see. Fortunately, there are a LOT of Pokestops and gyms out there*. Handy! And impressive market saturation, too.
Continue reading It’s Spring Break!It’s the color-coding that impresses, really. I assume that it won’t actually reflect the purchases of Pokemon Go Teams Blue/Red/Yellow, but it’s clever none the less. I should also note that this is traditionally how smart Americans have made their piles: not by the latest craze, but by selling supplies to the people in the grips of the latest craze. It’s like printing money, really.
https://twitter.com/GamepIay/status/755588091381948416
Just… Don’t Play it in the Streets, OK?
“I must say, Grand Exalted Sister of the North, it worked. It worked most entertainingly well.”
“Yes… yes. With this new game, the Masses are wandering around outside EVERYWHERE. They’re EXERCISING! Some of them are even TALKING to people! They dance to our whim! Dance, I say!” Continue reading New short-short-short: the inevitable Illuminati/#PokemonGo crossover.
…to getting people out of the house more? Because it seems to be doing that to people. Frex:
https://twitter.com/catofalltrades/status/751117971867656192
…I’m not really sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, I really need more exercise. On the other hand, this feels like operant conditioning (probably because it is). And on the gripping hand, I’ve managed to avoid getting addicted to Pokemon thus far and I’m mildly proud of myself for that.
Thoughts?
