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Yoni Heisler
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The release of Pokemon GO last month ushered in the biggest mobile app craze the world has ever seen. In just a few weeks, the addictive app broke all sorts of mobile download records while simultaneously turning players into quasi-zombies constantly on the hunt for virtual monsters. In turn, we’ve seen a steady stream of stories regarding Pokemon GO players congregating in all sorts of places at all times of the night. Sometimes, these stories are lighthearted and fun, like the time when a swarm of players in New York amassed in Central Park and inadvertently created a stampede that was seemingly lifted from an episode of The Walking Dead. But more often than not, the addictive nature of Pokemon GO created an environment wherein players were increasingly showing up at somber locations like the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and a memorial for victims of the Hiroshima bombing in Japan. (more…)
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