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Researchers argue Pokemon Go caused a discernable increase in car accidents, injuries, and deaths

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What is the deadliest video game in existence? If a scientific whitepaper is to be believed, at least in the case of Tippecanoe County,...
No, not like this.

A gamer was killed after witnessing a robbery whilst playing Pokemon Go

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So, yes, let's just open this story by acknowledging that this is horrible. Nobody wants to be murdered over a video game, but Cayla...

The Soapbox: Three augmented reality game problems (most) MMOs don’t have – and one thing they do so much better

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I'd like to think that I'm kind of a healthy gamer. While MMOs take a lot of time, the nice thing is that their...

A Virginia gamer was shot and killed playing Pokemon Go last week

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According to Chesapeake, Virginia, news, a 60-year-old resident was shot and killed by a security guard while playing Pokemon Go last week. The victim, Jiansheng Chen, who...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

Pokemon Go: Halloween, another death in Japan, and dailies

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Kotaku has reported another death associated with Pokemon Go. Citing an article in Japanese-language Livedoor, the site says that a truck driver in Aichi...
Pokemon gone?

Nonprofit group says Pokemon Go discourages suicides in Japan

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Let's stop fussing over what Pokemon Go is being dragged into court over and focus on something it's apparently, if inadvertently, doing right: suicide...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

Nintendo sends condolences to family of woman killed by Pokemon Go-playing driver

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In yesterday's Pokemon Go post, we alluded to an awful car accident in Japan caused by a truck driver who admitted to playing Pokemon...
Pokemon gone?

Pokemon Go: The San Francisco murder, the Iranian ban, and Twitch’s cheater crackdown

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Pokemon Go has now been out for a whole month. Here's a look at the app's news from the weekend: The Guardian reports that...

Pokemon Go: Building bridges, crashing cars, and whitehat hacking

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I almost start to worry about Pokemon Go when we have only a few stories to report and not so many that I am...
Avec les hommes et le Pokey.

Pokemon Go: Land mines, crashing into cop cars, language, and fads

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Another day, another round of wild Pokemon Go stories from across the globe. Let's kick it off with this story from the Guardian: Bosnian players...

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