The world has been given another reason for millions of people to keep their heads buried in the phones, oblivious to their surroundings, whether walking, running, cycling ... and driving. My daughter narrowly avoided a collision with a chaser last night who blew through a red light, phone up looking for monsters, and who had no idea the light had changed.
It's only been out a few days and already is causing havoc.
Seriously, how can anyone think this is a good idea? I don't believe a caveat 'play responsible' message is sufficient.
Pokemon Go - good idea or bad?
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Don't get it, downloaded it last night to see what the fuss was about, caught a Pokemon in the kitchen, than it wanted me to leave my house. Got to the end of the driveway and couldn't figure out where I was supposed to go so I quit.
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I think it's a little weird - but - younger kids are really into it.
This is going to be the immediate future of gaming. It shot to #1 on the App Store overnight, which means that every brand out there is trying to investigate ways that it can capitalize on this new brand of game.
And - kids in general are obsessed with cell phone and ipod touch games - so this is nothing new. The fears that we are raising a sedentary society are legitimate. More often than not, I see kids who would rather sit and play computer games than be active and play with face to face interactions. -
I'm 29 and I play this all the time.
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it's the future of gaming..... wrote:
The fears that we are raising a sedentary society are legitimate. More often than not, I see kids who would rather sit and play computer games than be active and play with face to face interactions.
Wall-E was spot on.
There is no longer PE in high school, replaced by academic courses. This is for many their only exercise.
Kids sit all day at school. Come home and sit on the computer.
Recently a 2 mile hike became a big Instagram hot spot and kids were acting like they hiked half dome.
Not all kids of course. Not all towns. But I am amazed that high school cross country and track is thriving numbers wise with this kind of culture. -
In all honestly, you can go back over a century and see examples of "distractions" which parents did not approve of.
In the 1800's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by books.
In the 1940's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by radio.
In the 1980's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by television.
In the 1990's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by the internet and by rap music containing explicit lyrics.
In the 2000's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by video games (to be fair, this went back a few decades as well).
After 2010, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by smartphones and mobile devices.
Now, its 2016, and Pokemon Go is the latest bogeyman.
Kids will always be bored, and are increasingly overworked by helicopter parents. They will always seek escapism in whatever form is popular, and I think that this current fad is much less harmful than previous ones. I would rather kids run around finding pokemons instead of playing Minecraft. -
Back around 2000 I worked at the Boys and Girls Club and I thought the whole Pokemon thing was ridiculous. Too much time seemed to be spent trading cards, arguing about "powers".
These kids need to be learning healthy habits such as getting up from a chair, maybe some will move on to walking and running. We also don't need another reason for people to be phone zombie pawns. -
it's the future of gaming..... wrote:
I think it's a little weird - but - younger kids are really into it.
This is going to be the immediate future of gaming. It shot to #1 on the App Store overnight, which means that every brand out there is trying to investigate ways that it can capitalize on this new brand of game.
And - kids in general are obsessed with cell phone and ipod touch games - so this is nothing new. The fears that we are raising a sedentary society are legitimate. More often than not, I see kids who would rather sit and play computer games than be active and play with face to face interactions.
You may not realize but this is NOT a sedentary game. You have to get out and walk around to find the pokemon. My wife and I sit at outside at a restaurant Sunday evening near our home watching 75+ folks walking around looking for Pokemon at a downtown area. I thought it was pretty neat. -
Good idea from a marketing standpoint. Doesn't make Pokemon any less lame, though. God, nerds can be so annoying.
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I am old but can say this....right now PG is sorta meh, but when they go to the next step of AR and have the Pokemons (or whatever) meaningfully interacting with you when you find them, with mysteries/hunts/stories with infinite endings - I'll be all over it, just as I was when you could finally do that in a PC game.
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i dont really care, but you can be sure that if i get one these nerdo's in front of my truck i aint gonna brake you know im saying
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Psycho-logist wrote:
In all honestly, you can go back over a century and see examples of "distractions" which parents did not approve of.
In the 1800's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by books.
In the 1940's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by radio.
In the 1980's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by television.
In the 1990's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by the internet and by rap music containing explicit lyrics.
In the 2000's, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by video games (to be fair, this went back a few decades as well).
After 2010, parents feared that their children's minds would be corrupted by smartphones and mobile devices.
Now, its 2016, and Pokemon Go is the latest bogeyman.
Kids will always be bored, and are increasingly overworked by helicopter parents. They will always seek escapism in whatever form is popular, and I think that this current fad is much less harmful than previous ones. I would rather kids run around finding pokemons instead of playing Minecraft.
You have to admit that we have seen some minds corrupted by Letsrun. -
When will the first Pokemon Go related death be reported? The monsters have popped up on active subway and railway tracks, and gyms and pokestops are being set up in dodgie alleyways and back streets.
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no go wrote:
When will the first Pokemon Go related death be reported? The monsters have popped up on active subway and railway tracks, and gyms and pokestops are being set up in dodgie alleyways and back streets.
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HATE this crap! Tons of lame kids dressed like entry-level soundcloud rappers have taken over the park where i do my runs every day, eyes glued to their phones, suddenly moving in random directions and getting in my way. They're oblivious! The loop i run is only 1/3 mile so i have to run by these losers 30 times (I'd run somewhere else but this is the only place in my area with shade and the dew point was 77 this morning...) Today they were smoking weed so I hope the security guard notices and kicks them out.
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These minions were all over the track last night. Nose down in the phone walking in random directions. Bumping into people and not caring where they were going.
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no go wrote:
The world has been given another reason for millions of people to keep their heads buried in the phones, oblivious to their surroundings, whether walking, running, cycling ... and driving. My daughter narrowly avoided a collision with a chaser last night who blew through a red light, phone up looking for monsters, and who had no idea the light had changed.
It's only been out a few days and already is causing havoc.
Seriously, how can anyone think this is a good idea? I don't believe a caveat 'play responsible' message is sufficient.
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Impossible to play when driving or riding in a car.
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Fact Based Science wrote:
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Impossible to play when driving or riding in a car.
Try again.
I'll see your false fact and raise you a recorded incident:
http://www.techinsider.io/first-car-crash-caused-by-pokemon-go-2016-7 -
I just experienced this at my local park during a run. Never seen so many fat kids walking around the park in 90+ degree heat. They seriously outnumbered the walkers/runners/bikers. The only good thing is these kids are actually out of their house and getting some sunlight/exercise. They do admittedly get in the way as they're totally oblivious to their surroundings. One kid almost walked into the road near where cars turn in which is dangerous as cars often pull in fast. How soon before someone gets seriously hurt playing this game?
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I guess this answers my question. Wasn't expecting it to be someone driving. WTF was this guy thinking?
