LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Since its release last Wednesday, the wildly popular Pokemon GO game has sent throngs of players all across cities nationwide in search of characters like Pikachu.
The new interactive smartphone game is being played by the millions. Using each gamer’s GPS location, it sends players into the real world to look for virtual Pokemon characters.
But, in recent days, it has become apparent that some have wandered into trouble while playing the game.
“I was looking for a Pokemon for the Pokemon GO app,” said Maddie Olson, who called 911 in Massachusetts, saying two men were trying to kidnap her. “It was almost seeming like they were going to pick me up and put me in their car.”
In Phoenix, Pokemon GO sent players to a historic hotel that has been turned into a halfway house for sex offenders.
Police say the game has players crashing cars, walking into traffic, and wandering into yards. more
Maybe they should start looking for the buried Constitution or even Jimmy Hoffa.
“Police say the game has players crashing cars, walking into traffic, and wandering into yards.”
Like this is unusual behavior for obsessed gamers?
Wander into my yard looking for pokemon, I dare ya….
I thought it was some game to show pokemon taking a crap. whoops
Picard Double Facepalm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNsrK6P9QvI
What’s the average age of these so-called ‘players’? 40? I haven’t heard anything about Pokemon since, what, the 80s. What’s next? Those stupid Pocket Pets? Cabbage Patch dolls? I was gonna say My Little Pony but they’ve already gotten into them again, in the creepiest way imaginable.
Pokemon Go was made by Niantic Inc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niantic,_Inc.
Niantic was formed by Keyhole, Inc. founder John Hanke in 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole,_Inc
Keyhole Inc received investment capital from In-Q-Tel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel
Google owned Niantic for a while, before kicking it loose. Keyhole was acquired by Google.
Must be nice to have millions of useful idiots *paying you* to take pics of stuff you want to see, but can’t view from satellites.
AC for the win. Getting people to take pics of what can’t be seen by satellite. Google Earth’s Street Level View just got more Big Brothery.
Remember the days when people were mature, had jobs and raised families?
LOLOLOLOL
Nothing better to describe the new culture we live in
I see future winners of the coveted Darwin Award.
We need more of this. If we can get the bottom 25% of IQs to voluntarily kill themselves off, the gene pool will be much improved.
Put one in an EMPLOYMENT OFFICE it will never be found!
Put one under their work boots. Wont be found either…
Someone is clever. Raking it in while thinning the herd. Diabolical.
Searching for a contraction of Pickandchew.
Anyone over 12 that is doing this needs to be slapped silly.