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I saw a grown man walking around a parking lot on the weekend transfixed to his phone. His behaviour/movement seemed odd. I said to my buddy, "do you think he is on Pokeman GO". My buddy thought about it for a moment, then the dude changed directions, backtracked, turned again and walked into a parked car. My buddy said "Yes"
The game seems pretty harmless to be as long as people don't completely lose situational awareness - which seems to be the problem.
And the stupidity gets multiplied......
http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto...mon-go-players
I was watching CTV news and one of the people interviewed was saying he now is looking over his shoulder and fears for his life. While people shouldn't be assaulted for playing this game, fearing for your life after a pellet gun attack is a bit much. The "shooter" didn't hit anyone with the pellet gun. She gave no motive why she did this. Maybe she was thinking, I gotta shoot them all......
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-0...ts-pokmon.html
Nintendo's new augmented reality smartphone game is enticing millions of players to get outside and walk around in search of characters, and is reportedly helping people with depression and social anxiety.
Two core symptoms of depression are a loss of pleasure (called anhedonia) and reduced activity (called avolition). By motivating players to get out and about, in a way that delivers a steady trickle of reward, it's conceivable that Pokémon Go might work as a form of behavioural therapy. I'd like to see clinical trials test this idea. As players are congregating in public spaces like university campuses, there could also be social benefits to reduce loneliness. Video games often get a bad rap over the controversial association with aggression, but given that they are also very effective at motivating behaviour, games like this could potentially have a range of psychological benefits.
It is getting people out for exercise, helping with social anxiety in some and may help with depression.... it seems like a much better game than the ones where they are in the basement shut off from the world, as long as they pay attention to where not to walk. Even on the hottest day lately my kids have take off on a walk around the block when a bulbasaur appeared on a nearby street. However the 10 year old that went by on a bike when I went to the mail box that was riding with a phone seems questionable.
So get some exercise and get out hunting pokemon!! The more you hunt now, the farther you can walk when the real game can be hunted!
The good side is that people who never walked anywhere or got any exercise are ..............
Way more upside to Pokeman Go than down, in my opinion. And no, I don't play. I'm a bit of a Luddite....I don't even have a data plan.
I saw a good meme on Facebook the other day (speaking of time-wasting unless perusing news and info feeds IMHO, but I like it) that noted many of the same people who are bashing Pokeman Go are probably planning their upcoming NHL and NFL Fantasy League picks. To each their own.
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Originally Posted by smallgamer
Come on... get a data plan.... chase them Pokemon....
All that hunting,catching and walking and you can move up to MediumGamer or even BigGamer maybe not this fall but maybe next fall :moose::moose::moose::moose: and maybe prevent moving to the larger size clothing too..:moose::moose::moose::moose::moose::moose::mo ose:
Data plan maybe. Pokémon.....nope.
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Originally Posted by smallgamer
Awwww...... you are missing out on the exercise then.....:joker::joker: but I think I will stop there before I start making any more "small" jokes. :silly::joker::ashamed:
No worries. I get plenty of exercise and the only thing "small" about me is some of the game I hunt ;)
I cannot tell a lie. I also have a small car and a small dog.