A wild Pidgey appeared!
Pokémon have taken over Notre Dame
We’ll try to catch ’em all on the #PokemonGO Tour of ND pic.twitter.com/3tuimO3Jo2
— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) July 11, 2016
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.
We are getting reports of visitors all over campus! Have you caught any? #PokemonGO #WayneState pic.twitter.com/Tyt7t1AXqv
— Wayne State Univ (@waynestate) July 11, 2016
Even #PokemonGO need their Terrace time. pic.twitter.com/WRVTtd0pKe
— UW-Madison (@UWMadison) July 7, 2016
Did you know that the John Harvard Statue stood outside Memorial Hall from 1884 to 1924? Now, just Zubats #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/oXqxYgADI8
— Harvard University (@Harvard) July 11, 2016
#Protip: lots of #pokemonGO finds on the Horseshoe. Have you found any around campus? Tweet us your screenshots!
— U of South Carolina (@UofSC) July 10, 2016
William Paterson University created an Instagram account devoted to Pokémon Go.
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.
Our interns tell me there’s a Poliwag in the office! #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/aTITKOm35y
— Rep. Gwen Graham (@RepGwenGraham) July 11, 2016
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.
@Phil_Mattingly gotta catch em all #RNCinCle pic.twitter.com/nGqUVUaZGf
— Sam Osborne (@SamanthaO) July 11, 2016
Pokémon Go ought to be nonpartisan, but Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) sent a tweet connecting the app to gun control.
Anyone else on #PokemonGO? I’ve found a #Squirtle & a #Pikachu in DC, but I’m still looking for a Republican willing to vote on #NoFlyNoBuy
— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) July 11, 2016
Pokémon are also stealing the thunder from actors at movie premieres, including Idris Elba in the next Star Trek film.
Our villain Krall (@idriselba) is photobombed by #PokemonGo at the #StarTrekPremiere. pic.twitter.com/ARR7f2Rt12
— Paramount Pictures (@ParamountUK) July 12, 2016
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.
