If Pokémon Go feels like a religion, that’s because it kind of is

Curated The Guardian | July 12, 2016

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What sounds like a sudden global religious conversion, is, of course, the launch of Pokémon Go, an augmented reality smartphone game that has restarted the popular culture phenomenon of Pokémon.

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