Admit it... You're playing Pokemon Go.

[TheClash603]

Pokémon is the video game embodiment of a collectard. That's why it got old for me as quickly as it did.

Says the guy with the pokeball pizza avatar.

Collectard includes a monetary component, whereas a $30 Pokemon game could provide hundreds of hours of enjoyment.  If there was a way to pay for individual pokemon or seal them in plastic and grade them, then it would be a more fair comparison.

[synbiosfan]

No.

I've never played a Pokémon game. I did dl a pinball game for the gb but haven't tried it yet.

[nodtveidt]

Says the guy with the pokeball pizza avatar.

Because pizza is awesome.

[esteban]

Says the guy with the pokeball pizza avatar.

Because pizza is awesome.

PIZZA IS AWESOME.

Trüe storie.

[seieienbu]

For whatever reason, I've never been a fan of RPGs on handhelds so I never played a proper pokemon game.  The closest I ever got was the 5 minutes I played "Hey You Pikachu" on N64 and a couple of hours of the Gamecube Pokemon game that is some sort of side story about Shadow Pokemon or something.  I found that one very bland and am informed that it's "the worst" pokemon but can neither confirm nor deny that.

Anyway, no reason to start playing pokemon now even if it was on Windows Phone which it probably isn't but I'm not going to bother checking because, well, I'm just not into pokemon.

[wildfruit]

For whatever reason, I've never been a fan of RPGs on handhelds

I love them. I have a whole bunch loaded to my psp to emu. I prefer playing them hand held. Feel like I can concentrate more. Loads of great GB and GBA titles in the genre, not to mention psp & vita.

[nodtveidt]

The reason I make the comparison is simple... your mission is literally to collect them all. And what happens to most of them? They sit in a PC, much like a collectard's collection just sits on a shelf. In both cases, your trophies only serve to bolster your ego and give bragging rights... you don't even use the vast majority of them. When you play a Pokémon game, you become... a collectard.

[ClodBuster]

I think that's a legit comparison. Those poor creatures, once roaming the grassy fields of Pokeland, now they're harvested by some greedy guy and destined to be sealed away in tiny ball-sized prisons. Even worse, for the majority of them there's next to no chance to ever see the light of the day again.

[bob]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/11/investing/pokemon-go-nintendo-stock/index.html?category=investing

[Warbucks]

Downloaded it last night just to see what the fuss what about.. got me walking around my neighborhood at 11 pm..

[BigusSchmuck]

Hilarious, people are using this guy's house as a Pokemon gym. https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/pokemon-go-house?utm_term=.xlO8q9LVMq#.oc8NnOq5vn

[geise]

Hilarious, people are using this guy's house as a Pokemon gym. https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/pokemon-go-house?utm_term=.xlO8q9LVMq#.oc8NnOq5vn

f*ck this "game".  This is stupid shit.  Only thing good out of it is people are actually getting out and walking.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I'm enjoying it.  Wouldn't really consider it much of a game though.

[bob]

Hilarious, people are using this guy's house as a Pokemon gym. https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemcneal/pokemon-go-house?utm_term=.xlO8q9LVMq#.oc8NnOq5vn

ok, that is pretty funny.  and kudos to the guy for taking it well.
some people would come out with shot guns.

[Necromancer]

Pokemon came out too late for me to care ('twas in college and playing PC games and emulated OBEY), and I don't play anything on my phone.  Pokemon Go looks kinda interesting, though, akin to geocaching (which I do a little) and more entertaining than a regular Pokemon game.