What the Heck Is
?
By Michele Lomax
What the heck is Pokemon Go? I vaguely remember a Pokemon craze decades ago, and all I remember about it are some little animé looking cards that kids collected. I was too old for that craze then, and now that something new has arrived, I’m left feeling out again. So I’m attempting to understand how grown--ups with real jobs and parents with kids in high school have gotten sucked into this latest mega craze?
It’s in the news, on Facebook and even on the elevator media screen. But what the heck is it? I knew I had to dive a bit deeper when I saw a Facebook post from a friend in Costa Rica that read: “The stupidity of 2016!!!! Walking on the street looking for pokemon on the phone. Shame on the human race.”