Poketo Monsta, Pocket Monster – because you catch them with pocket-size balls.
By taking it into the real world, it can pose real threats if you get too absorbed and walk into a car, forget to drink water in the heat, break into a house and get shot like 18 year old Jerson Lopez de Leon from Guatemala, or happen to run into a police car when playing while driving like a guy in Baltimore.
But never fear, the Japanese government’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), always ready to protect you from yourself, has released nine tips to help keep you safe.
You’ll also be happy hear that Pokémon Go has been officially banned from TEPCO’s nuclear power plants (although not from the Prime Minister’s office – that would be going too far).
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