Today in Pokémon Go: births, conspiracies, and the Westboro Baptist Church
Well, Pokémon Go continues its reign as the most popular thing in the history of mankind, so rather than turn The A.V. Club into The Pokémon Go Club Featuring Game Of Thrones, we’ve put together a fun roundup of all the Pokémon Go news you’ll need to satiate your hunger for at least the next couple of hours or so. Basically, this is like a huge Pokéstop, but instead of giving you a fresh supply of Pokéballs, it’s spitting out stories about Pokémon Go. Or maybe it’s like spotting a patch of rustling leaves on the Pokémon Go map, but when you get there you find a bunch of interesting stories instead of another damn Rattata. Anyway, let’s do this.
Starting on the fun and silly side of things, The Telegraph is reporting that a guy named Jonathan Theriot decided to stave off some of the typical boredom that men experience while their wives endure the stress of childbirth by logging on to Pokémon Go. Much to his surprise, he spotted a little Pidgey hopping around right next to his wife (who is just laying there and not catching any Pokémon). Naturally, he posted a screenshot on Imgur:
Colin Meloy from The Decemberists has also joined in the fun, posting a photo of bassist Nate Query catching a friendly Venonat on Instagram, and the U.S. Marines even tweeted a picture of an adorable Pikachu staring down the barrel of a rifle. Ooh rah, little guy!