People are playing Pokémon Go everywhere (including where they shouldn’t)

Pokémon Go has been a blast from the past as millennials are using their smartphones to play the game they used to as children.

Colleges and universities are getting into the craze too, as Tyler Kingkade with The Huffington Post reported. He suggested that, come fall, campuses “will have a whole new kind of campus tour arranged for prospective applicants in the fall.”

Many universities tweeted shots of Pokémon appearing across campus as a way to invite students to highlight certain portions of campus.

William Paterson University created an Instagram account devoted to Pokémon Go.

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Pokémon Go has found its way into politics and the workplace, as CNN reported. Young people using the app have gotten their bosses, including Rep. Gwen Graham (D-Fla.), into the craze.

While news of next week’s Republican National Convention has involved speculation about Donald Trump’s running mate — and who is and is not showing up — there’s also Pokémon.

Pokémon Go ought to be nonpartisan, but Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) sent a tweet connecting the app to gun control.

Pokémon are also stealing the thunder from actors at movie premieres, including Idris Elba in the next Star Trek film.

Pokémon Go is not all just fun and games, however. Robberies in connection with those using the the app have been reported. Since they don’t know how to put down their phones, many people are playing the game in places they ought not to, including at the Holocaust Museum, which is trying to find a way to get itself excluded from the game, The Washington Post reported.

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