‘Pokemon Go’ Inspires Its Users To Be Active And Get Creative

When I was a kid, my brother and I used to spend our summers playing video games.

My Mom had a very simple rule: “you can’t get a new video game until you beat the one you already have.” It was a good rule and to make sure we wouldn’t ask for a new game for a long time, she got us a very challenging a lengthy game, Donkey Kong 64.

However, her rule backfired quickly because we spent too many sunny summer days trying to beat that challenging game in our dimly lit basement.

“Why can’t you just go outside,” she would say as we stared at the screen with glazed over, bloodshot eyes.

This complaint seems to be an ongoing one of parents everywhere. Video games leave children hooked on their controllers and sitting in dark basements for hours on end. At least, this was the case up until a few weeks ago.

When Pokemon Go came out on July 6, it changed the way video games work. The game, which integrates maps of the real world into the game world, has changed the game of video games.

Players can’t sit on the couch to play the game. Instead, they’re forced outside and must not only walk around but also interact with other players in person rather than virtually.

In fact, the game has been so successful at inspiring people to be active, they even managed to get a few folks kayaking to the middle of a body of water to battle other players.

These folks from New Zealand fought the elements in the middle of winter to find what they were looking for.

Two people, in a kayak. Staring at their phones. #PokemonGO is getting serious pic.twitter.com/HH4WgCUhAZ

— Haydn Greatnews (@mrgreatnews) July 10, 2016

And one Dad, 29-year-old Joel Claudio Senior hs gained attention on social media last week after local news caught a picture of him playing the game with his kids.

Nine-year-old Jaylianah Claudio, on the left reacts with her brother Joel Claudio Junior, who’s 7, when their father took them out to play “Pokemon Go” on his iPhone, Go Erie says in the Facebook post.

However, with all this activity, there’s also the potential for things to get a little unsafe too, like the story of the brothers who were robbed at gunpoint when two suspects recognized they were playing the game and forcibly took their cellphones.

As is life: bad things must always come with the good. If you have an opinion of this game, please tell us your thoughts in the comments and don’t forget to SHARE this story with friends and family on Facebook.

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