No mere app, Pokemon Go is the key that’s opened the doors of dank basements worldwide, liberating gamers from the tyranny of cords and couch grooves to track imaginary characters in real locations.
The game’s flaw may be that it’s too compelling. The Canada Line train made an emergency stop this week to avoid a Pikachu-poacher. Management at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. tried to remove the memorial’s Pokestop status.
Is augmented reality frightening, the future, or both?
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