How Pokemon Go Is Changing Modern Life

Pokemon Go has been a global sensation and you can almost see everyone on the streets catching virtual characters unless you had been sleeping in a cave for the last few weeks. Pokemon Go is an Augmented Reality game in where players need to walk around the Real World in order to catch new Pokemon and increase their Pokemon knowledge and evolve into more powerful Pokemon in order to train in gyms or battle them. Pokemon Go is really changing modern life by encouraging people to go out and explore the world. This is how Pokemon Go is changing modern life.

First of all, Pokemon Go encourages people to go out and explore. Nowadays a lot of people spend most of their time staying at home and play computer games or watch TV because there isn't any reason to go outside. Now with Pokemon Go, people actually want to go out and catch new Pokemon and this is really changing people. For instance there is a nearby park near my house where mostly the elderly and adults go to jog. Now, there is a burst of teenagers and young adults going there every afternoon to search and catch for Pokemon. Can't imagine how a game would actually influence teens to go out.

Next, Pokemon Go encourages socialising between each other. When was the last time that a complete stranger come and talk to you? Probably very seldom. With Pokemon Go, I find myself talking to strangers who was playing the game as well. Have you seen those posts in Facebook where hundreds or even thousands of people gather around just for a single Pokemon? Well it clearly states that we people are not that different from each other and we have the same interest as well which sparks new friendships and relationships. Pretty neat I have to say.

However, the game created new safety laws across countries that can download the game. Some safety laws such as drivers cannot play Pokemon Go while driving is implemented so that unintentional accidents would not happen. However we humans can be pretty ignorant. There have been cases which people died or have serious injuries from accidents where they are playing the game and ignoring their surroundings and people are starting to worry whether this game is safe to play or not. Obviously if you do not ignore your surroundings while playing I can say that the game is pretty safe. Just don't stand in the middle of the road while you are catching that Pikachu that you had searched for days.

Personally I am a fan of the game and it is pretty influencing. No game has ever done this, till now. Pokemon Go can be both a fun and entertaining game or a dangerous and potentially killing game. It is up to the players who decide which one it is.

So, have you started in joining the Pokemon craze? If you haven't, the download links are below for both IOS and Android so you can start your Pokemon Adventure and Catch Em All!

Download on Itunes
Download on Google Play