I went Pokémon catching at London Zoo and it was the best day ever
LONDON — ever since I downloaded the app on Monday, I've been dangerously obsessed with Pokémon Go.
I've been playing it on my lunch break, playing it on my commute, and just generally risking all of my close personal and professional relationships by banging on about it **n-stop.
Then, on Wednesday, something magical happened: my colleagues — probably realising they could get rid of me for awhile — agreed to send me to London Zoo for a glorious day of Pokémon catching.
Basically, I thought I could kill two pidgeys with one stone: take some pictures of Pokémon hanging out with genuine, real-world animals, and also find out if there are any rare/unusual creatures to be caught in a place like the zoo (Pokémon Go is pretty sophisticated, so I thought there was a good chance they'd have factored this in — sort of like the safari parks of the old Pokémon games). Read more...