Pokemon Go

[kikicoco1334]

Since this game is finally out... anyone else interested?

 

[Toothless]

Imho it has a good idea but the series is milked for money and overrated. It's not fine tuned enough and is giving dumb people more reasons to get ran over.

On the flip side my coworker caught a Hipno in the stock room.

 

[natr0n]

Are you trying to catch em all ?

 

[peche]

cellphones has become human terminators...

 

[RCoon]

I don't understand this game. I can't endlessly farm Ratatas to level up my squirtle. It's also forcing me to roam around my town to find anything, which is explicitly what I play games in order to avoid doing.

 

[erocker]

I rolled my ankle a bit playing Pokemon Go. 10/10.

There also seems to be a ton of these little demon creatures in the middle of nowhere where I work.

This game is hilarious in too many ways!!

 

[Estaric]

my work is a pokemon gym apparently so i get a bunch of people just stopping in to battle lmao

 

[Durvelle27]

I caught 9 Pokemon so far

 

[P4-630]

Hackers Are Spreading Malware Through Pokémon GO

Compromised versions of the mobile game were found on 3rd-party sites.

Nintendo’s new Pokémon GO augmented reality game has quickly proven to be a cultural phenomenon, juicing the company’s stock. But it is only available in certain countries right now, leading some players to install the game from third-party sources. Now, a malicious version of the software is poised to infect Android phones with code that provides hackers a backdoor to their phones.

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The exploit was discovered by the security firm Proofpoint. Proofpoint researchers found a version of the Pokémon GO program that included a remote access tool, or RAT, called Droidjack, which they say can give an attacker “full control over a victim’s phone.”


The malicious version of the game was uploaded to a file sharing service on July 7th, just a few days after the game’s official release. Though they say they have not observed the malware in action “in the wild,” Proofpoint provides a few methods for concerned players to determine if they’ve inadvertently downloaded a compromised version of the game.

One of the major features distinguishing Android phones from iPhones is their ability to “side load” files downloaded from sources outside of Google’s Play Store. This allows users more flexibility, but is also, as Proofpoint puts it, “an extremely risky practice,” and part of the reason Android systems are more vulnerable to viruses and hacking than iPhones.

This is also not the first problem for Pokémon GO, which exactly thanks to its immense popularity experienced significant server issues at launch.

http://fortune.com/2016/07/10/pokemon-go-malware/

 

[erocker]

So.. Use the App Store or Play Store to get your game.

 

[xvi]

I've played Ingress (made by the same company, Niantic) since beta and Pokemon Go just feels like simplified Ingress with Pokemon scattered everywhere. It can be fun as-is, but don't expect something like the gameboy games.

tl:dr: Ingressers have been jumping fences for years before Pokemon Go was a thing.

 

[erocker]

This is what I've collected so far. I also have a 5KM egg in the incubator.

 

[Durvelle27]

What I have so far

 

[TRWOV]

I have caught 25 so far.

 

[Easy Rhino]

uh, guess i am too old for pokemon.

 

[kenkickr]

I've been having a blast walking around with my 4 year old that gets super excited when I say, "There's one!." Here's what I have so far.

 

[Caring1]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/10/pokemon-go-armed-robbers-dead-body

 

[yogurt_21]

and is giving dumb people more reasons to get ran over.

and you're opposed to this?

 

[Sasqui]

uh, guess i am too old for pokemon.

I've been playing it vicariously through my 15 yr old

I had a serious conversation with him about not trying to catch Pokemon in a street, private residence, school or police station, lol

 

[Caring1]

I had a serious conversation with him about not trying to catch Pokemon in a street, private residence, school or police station, lol

There are no boundaries, just don't get caught

 

[Toothless]

and you're opposed to this?

Then who am i going to see get Darwin Awards on youtube if they're not recording playing P:Go?

 

[kikicoco1334]

well its nice that we have someone playing here

 

[Frick]

Haven't tried it, but I like the stories it's generating. Here it's used to mug people.

I honestly am tempted to try it. I never got into Pokemon, mostly because it just felt like an endless grind, but I do walk a lot.

 

[CounterZeus]

At home (I live in rural area) this game sucks hard, only pidgeys, rattatas and weedles and no stops/gyms. At work there is a lot to do...sadly I only have 30 min break :-(

 

[MagnyCours]

Are they going to include Pokemon from the newer generations in future updates? I'd really like to see Pokemon from Gen. 3&4 in the game.