Pokemon Go

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    Although strangely addictive it's a bit limited at the moment, almost a bit like an open beta, at least in London anyway. However the potential is massive, and I can see once it rolls out globally there being huge opportunities to do lots of cool shit with it, such as special events, competitions, battles, trading, etc.

    At the moment it seems like they're almost testing the water (probably wise given the server teething problems) but as it's an app they can of course add features and improvements to it indefinitely. I'm enjoying it purely for the nostalgia value and the fact it encourages you to wander around and find interesting new spots in town, haven't yet done any battles but they sound pretty limited, requiring little to no skill/tactics to win. If they can bring in the strategic elements that made the original games so popular, combined with the AR/GPS stuff that already works well, it could be an awful lot of fun. As it stands it seems like a bit of a glorified tech demo in its current form, albeit a strangely addictive one.

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    • also, absolutely kicking myself for not exploring the possibility of buying nintendo shares, this will be a phenomenon, just watchtrue_cut
    • where did you download from? it's not out in UK yet is it?fadein11
    • http://www.macworld.…true_cut
    • ^ pretty simple, took 10 mins tops, just find a random AU/NZ/US address to use.true_cut
    • having said that, a friend tried and failed to get this to work, either he missed a step or they've taken action to close the workaround somehowtrue_cut
    • amazed that many people in London are playing having done thatfadein11
    • thanks - I think I will wait - potential for phone virus too highfadein11
    • phone virus? presume you must be an android user. agreed RE those third party APKs, look sketchy as shit, the iOS method is just a simple loophole thoughtrue_cut
    • yep Android - already hearing there are nasties out therefadein11
    • UK release imminent anyway apparently, so definitely not worth the risktrue_cut
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