Pokémon Go..... What is it? Why children
and adults so obsessed so quickly are and what on earth do they actually find?
On the surface a game that gets children out and about seems like a good idea as they will be getting exercise and using their geography skills to find places. Sadly it seems you have to be at a certain place at a time which may not be convenient for an adult to go with you and not entirely conducive to safety.
Unfortunately GPS and Google maps means
that children are not using their map reading skills at all.......
they don't need to. Good idea in general Pokémon people but more thought and
planning was needed.
Why are
adults so obsessed??? Some played the original games, watched it
on TV and collected the toys but really people, calm
the hysteria, you are supposed to be grownups. Now put the electronic
devices down, go back to work and forget about the weird creatures. (No,
not Brian at the next desk, we knows he's weird but you have to
interact with him)
Finally can
anyone tell me what people are ACTUALLY looking for? When you get to where you
are going is there a picture, a sticker, a cuddly animal, a man in a
suit or does your screen just light up and you have found another one??? To be
honest a man in a suit is scary on many levels. Who would be
in the suit, do you have to take him home, how many giant Pokémon can
you hide before someone notices? What do you feed one?
To be honest
a game that people can play together is good and I know you can have teams, but
I can’t see it ending well. Sending children out in the night to parks seems a
rather short sighted idea with many complications. In this world as we are
today, sadly people will fight against each other. (It has
apparently already happened.)
Maybe we
could have a new game. It's called "find the politician". We need to
scour the country to find decent men and women to
be politicians. If we find one we gain a better NHS, a higher paid fire
service or poverty free families. OK, it's a long term game and you
may have to wait for your “prize”, but it seems far more rewarding than
finding weird dragon like creatures in the park. Sadly the
decent politician is a creature more elusive than a Pokémon in
Central Park.
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