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A game that united the world for at least a year, PokemonGo, or what is now mostly referred to as PoGo for short, by those who still play. When it was first released on July 6th, 2016, it took over the globe. If interested in some more the history about the game and learn some behind the screen knowledge, check out this history of PoGo. Anyone and everyone could be seen playing and walking around trying to catch all the Pokémon. I can remember seeing more people out and about playing the game. When it first came out, there were so many people playing there would often be glitches and I would have to delete the game and redownload it to keep playing. Thankfully none of my information or Pokémon were lost since I had to sign in with a Google account. I can remember having conversations with random people on the street or in the mall if I saw them playing the game. One such person said because of the game he walked significantly more than he had in years and had lost 25 pounds so far because of it. It was a truly wonderful time when the game first came out. It has since fizzled, but there are those, like me and my husband that have continued playing since day 1. 

How the game affects me...
In my first blog post talking about my relationship with technology, I spoke about PoGo and how I got a new phone because an update they did made my iPhone 6s not compatible anymore. It is almost like the game has me in a choke hold that I cannot seem to get out of. I need to catch them all. Since the game has now been out for almost a decade, some major updates have happened the big one being new Pokémon get released every so often, so it keeps everyone playing, to catch them all. It does also tend to drain the phones battery fairly quickly. Those would probably be considered the negatives of the game. 

The positives out way any sort of 'negatives' one could say about the game. It is something my husband and I have in common and play together often. We walk the neighbor with our tiny human, catch the Pokémon, and battle some gyms. It is a healthy competition between us, of who has the most seen/caught and what level we each are. It probably does not help that we are on two different teams, I like to take out the gyms he is at so I can get more experience and coins. One aspect of the game is trading gifts with other players, as long as I have their PoGo name, I am able to trade them a gift and they could get a variety of things from it. The amazing thing is that I have PoGO friends from all across the world. I have some from Thailand, Netherlands, and Australia to name a few. There is unfortunately no way to talk to those people in the game, but we are able to help each other in battles so that we can get the elusive legendary Pokémon, that require many players or a few that are really high levels. Also like I said above playing this game is a reason to get out of the house and exercise. It gets me out into the sunlight, which generally most of the time I loathe.

Shall I continue?
There is so much more I can say about the game and all the reasons why others should play. Clearly this is a game/app I am going to continue playing. Until Niantic (creators of the game) stops coming up with updates and no longer release more Pokémon to catch, I shall always feel the need to catch them all. If I enticed you at all with my words about PokemonGo I encourage you to watch this video:

While it is dated, all of the information still holds true if wanting to jump in and play. It was also one of the shorter videos out there that gave more than just the basics of the game. With all that being said go out there and start catching them all!!!

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