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\"Pokemon-GO-Tech2-720-624x351\"<\/a>A few days ago, I wanted to post my status on Facebook as “So my evening conversation with my wife has become, ‘which Pok\u00e9mon have you caught today?’.” \u00a0Which is funny because it’s been so true…<\/p>\n

I didn’t grow up on Pok\u00e9mon. \u00a0As a matter of fact, I didn’t start watching it until after college — I caught it on Cartoon Network as I was getting ready for work in the mornings… Don’t know which season, or where in the story line I started… And I barely remember the episodes I caught. \u00a0I just remember that the show wasn’t bad, and I could see the appeal.<\/p>\n

I’ve also never collected any of the cards. \u00a0And I’ve never played any of the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon video games, although I’m playing Pok\u00e9mon GO… I’ve even got my wife playing it.<\/p>\n

The game itself is pretty interesting. \u00a0And having downloaded a few of the first episodes of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon, it stays true to the story line. \u00a0I did read an article saying that the game lacks the heart of the show — pfft, whatever. \u00a0It’s about beating your opponent and building your\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon army, friendships are secondary, dude!<\/p>\n

So if I had to look ahead 5 years, I’d think Niantic<\/a> would create a convention, and at the convention, hold live gaming tournaments. \u00a0Only people at the conventions could catch super-rare\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon and collect convention medals. \u00a0And then, and only then… after about 5 of these happening, will this fad die out. \u00a0Until then, Pikachu, I choose you!<\/p>\n

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A few days ago, I wanted to post my status on Facebook as “So my evening conversation with my wife has become, ‘which Pok\u00e9mon have you caught today?’.” \u00a0Which is funny because it’s been so true… I didn’t grow up on Pok\u00e9mon. \u00a0As a matter of fact, I didn’t start watching it until after college … Continue reading Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","category-geek","category-video-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mouse-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Pokemon-GO-Tech2-720-624x351.jpg?fit=638%2C359&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YMpv-2d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":221,"url":"https:\/\/www.mouse-network.com\/?p=221","url_meta":{"origin":137,"position":0},"title":"Pok\u00e9mon GO (Update)","author":"mhuffman","date":"June 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So Pok\u00e9mon Go just added the ability to add friends and allow for Pok\u00e9mon trading... 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