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Pokémon Go! Gaming just crashed into Reality.

A yellow dragon appears in the area where the phone is pointed.

Have you looked outside lately? People are standing around staring at their phones, seeing things only they can see.

People on bikes are picking up points as they hunt rats and dragons and sword-like creatures placed in our world by the game.

People at bars are “luring” invisible creatures inside to rack up points as they have a drink with friends.

Arlington Cemetery just asked players to please stop wandering through the sacred grounds trying to find invisible creatures and gather eggs.

Why should you care? Because Gaming just crashed into your reality in the form of Pokémon Go.

This is just the beginning….

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Amy Eyrie

I'm a novelist and writer of strange and unusual subjects, from Quantum Physics to the dark ruminations of the soul. With a B.A. in creative writing/poetry and a minor in astrophysics, I’ve worked as a journalist, writer and editor in both the U.S. and Europe.

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Shane says:

November 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm

This game is useful for convincing my eight year old son to take a walk.

Then there are the times I go alone. Well not alone... Another 14 kilometers and my goldfish mutates into a dragon!
audia nina says:

July 21, 2016 at 12:55 am

you're article is nice.
- Amy Eyrie says:
  
  August 15, 2016 at 6:42 pm
  
  Thanks!