Pokemon GO

[exstream]

Who has it?!

[bunnydas8888]

Guilty, have had it a few days now, gotta catch 'em all!

[Woodsey]

[Mohican]

[HutchGF]

I need some help here. My 7 yr old son is absolutely desperate to play and I haven't got the foggiest what is going on. This has completely passed me by - can someone give me a quick run down on what that on Earth it's all about?

[exstream]

Time to buy him his first phone
One which is able to download the app 'Pokemon go'

Or give him your phone to drain the battery all day running around catching pokemon

[Doobs]

Time to buy him his first phone
One which is able to download the app 'Pokemon go'

Or give him your phone to drain the battery all day running around catching pokemon

Buying him a phone at 7.  Fk that.  Give him a piece of paper and a pen and get him to draw some pokemon.  If he objects get him to mow the lawn.

Cheers

[david3103]

I need some help here. My 7 yr old son is absolutely desperate to play and I haven't got the foggiest what is going on. This has completely passed me by - can someone give me a quick run down on what that on Earth it's all about?

It has a minimum age of 13 recommended.

it's a marketing tool for Pokemon and hopefully a craze that will die away if enough of us hear the message posted by Mohican earlier

[Rexas]

I need some help here. My 7 yr old son is absolutely desperate to play and I haven't got the foggiest what is going on. This has completely passed me by - can someone give me a quick run down on what that on Earth it's all about?

It has a minimum age of 13 recommended.

it's a marketing tool for Pokemon and hopefully a craze that will die away if enough of us hear the message posted by Mohican earlier

Why is it a bad thing, as your post(s) imply?

I think it's excellent, it's encouraging kids to go outside (which in this technological age is increasingly difficult), and moreover it's encouraging them to interact with each other, exercise, and appeals to the sort of kids who usually do just sit inside on computers/video games etc. Can be good fun for everyone too, I don't see the problem. Like collecting stamps, or coins, or any other sort of collection hobby, except this is digital and you can actually do something with your collection.

Fwiw, I haven't got it, and probably won't, because I tend to get quite obsessive over this sort of thing and have enough things to obsess over :p

[vegaslover]

Time to buy him his first phone
One which is able to download the app 'Pokemon go'

Or give him your phone to drain the battery all day running around catching pokemon

Buying him a phone at 7.  Fk that.  Give him a piece of paper and a pen and get him to draw some pokemon.  If he objects get him to mow the lawn.

Cheers

Can use a cheap tablet instead of a phone.
No idea what you do though, my 9 year old into cricket atm thank fk

[david3103]

I need some help here. My 7 yr old son is absolutely desperate to play and I haven't got the foggiest what is going on. This has completely passed me by - can someone give me a quick run down on what that on Earth it's all about?

It has a minimum age of 13 recommended.

it's a marketing tool for Pokemon and hopefully a craze that will die away if enough of us hear the message posted by Mohican earlier

Why is it a bad thing, as your post(s) imply?

I think it's excellent, it's encouraging kids to go outside (which in this technological age is increasingly difficult), and moreover it's encouraging them to interact with each other, exercise, and appeals to the sort of kids who usually do just sit inside on computers/video games etc. Can be good fun for everyone too, I don't see the problem. Like collecting stamps, or coins, or any other sort of collection hobby, except this is digital and you can actually do something with your collection.

Fwiw, I haven't got it, and probably won't, because I tend to get quite obsessive over this sort of thing and have enough things to obsess over :p

It's a strange world when children walking around viewing the world through a phone app is considered healthy.

But I didn't actually say it was a 'Bad Thing', I just highlighted the suggested minimum age and agreed with Karl that there should also be a maximum age.

[bunnydas8888]

I need some help here. My 7 yr old son is absolutely desperate to play and I haven't got the foggiest what is going on. This has completely passed me by - can someone give me a quick run down on what that on Earth it's all about?

It's an augmented reality/geocaching game.  Basically you have to walk around your local area attempting to find pokemon.  The game uses GPS to track where you are and then spawns pokemon that you can catch.  It uses your camera so to find the pokemon as well, so it can look like the little critter is standing right there in the street.

There are lots of locations you can visit for items (pokestops) and to battle the pokemon you have caught (gyms).  These are all real world locations and you have to be within a certain distance to be able to use them.

[RED-DOG]

The concept is totally brilliant. Outdoors, interacting, shared interests etc.

If people of all ages enjoy it and they are harming no one then who are we to to judge?

[RED-DOG]

I'm curious to know what people that are above the upper age limit should be doing instead BTW.

[RED-DOG]

I would grow much weaker.
Weather would be bleaker.
If I spent a week away from Pikachu.