From the Nintendojo Op-Ed Vault: Pokémon STOP

I originally wrote this for Nintendojo during the early days of the Pokémon Go craze, in the summer of 2016. You can find the original story here.

Pokémon Go is a hit. We’ve had geocaching and we’ve had Ingress, but that all pales in comparison to this social phenomenon. Players are literally everywhere: if you haven’t seen them roaming parks, converging on church parking lots, or doing slow drive-bys of municipal buildings, then you’ve probably seen their many updates on social media. (Or,...