{"id":132125,"date":"2016-09-01T07:24:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/132125\/pokemon-uh-oh\/"},"modified":"2016-09-01T07:24:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:24:13","slug":"pokemon-uh-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/09\/01\/pokemon-uh-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Uh-Oh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Hanke the creator of Pokemon go announced that the overnight sensational game toke twenty years to create. Although the game has thousands of players active in a single day, it can have severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Pokemon Go is a location-based realty game that allows the user to capture various creatures and uses real world environment<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>After all, distractions have a way of sneaking up on you and criminals see you on your cellphones constantly and this becomes eye candy for a grab and go<\/p>\n<p>Ensure to follow these safety tips that will make your gaming experience a lot safer in the long run.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t play while driving and yes this has become the norm with motorists these days<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t play while you are stuck in traffic and try to avoid playing while you are boarding public transport (train, bus or cab)<\/li>\n<li>Do play in your downtime and be vigilant of your surroundings, if you feel that someone is too close or watching your every move \u2013 get off your device and continue play at your home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The health benefits include increased communications as there is a multiplayer function, good heart health as you are constantly moving and although not necessarily a health benefit, but a benefit of sorts would be to get outdoors and enjoy sightseeing while you play<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A video showing Cape Town users<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/028HhYZUcAg' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Engadget states that Pokemon Go had over 100 million downloads and App Annie said the game earns over 10 million US dollars in daily revenue &#8220;By now, it should be clear that Pok\u00e9mon Go&#8217;s launch was a watershed moment for AR (augmented reality) and its success has not come at the expense of other mobile games or apps,&#8221; the report concluded. &#8220;Instead, it has opened up new engagement and revenue opportunities for the entire app ecosystem by creating a model to close the online-to-offline (O2O) loop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d4c25ddfb2ce621593edbbd4a9779c9b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While players across the country have enjoyed the virtual game of pokemon go, here are a few downsides to the worldwide gaming app<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7868,"featured_media":132126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[12154,12155,1200,12156,11860,2395],"class_list":["post-132125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-app-annie","tag-engadet","tag-gaming","tag-health-benefits","tag-pokemon-go","tag-tips"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["App Annie","Engadet","gaming","health benefits","Pokemon Go","Tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}