A day in the life of a Pokémon Go addict in Karachi

When everyone around me started playing Pokémon Go, and it was all over social media, I couldn’t quite comprehend what all the hype was about, and I was curious to find out. It was my friend that got me to finally download it and test it out for myself.

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What started off as a trial suddenly turned into an obsession. What makes Pokémon Go so interesting is that it actually uses your phone’s GPS and clock to detect exactly where and when you are playing the game. Pokémon begin to appear around you.

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As you move around, different types of Pokémon appear depending on your location. The basic idea behind the game is simply to ‘catch em all’ and ‘become the very best’ (catch phrases that all Pokémon fans are familiar with) by encouraging you to physically travel around the real world.

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I never thought I’d find myself so addicted, especially being a girl living in Karachi, but every time I step out of the house I have the game on wondering if there are any Pokémon around me. It’s like you enter this virtual world full of Pokémon that sort of exists parallel to the real one.

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Makes you wonder whether Pokémon had always existed around us – and, perhaps, all we needed was an app to see them.