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> At the plant’s entrance, a sign warned: “Games like Pokemon GO are forbidden within the facility.” Was this a thing people were doing? Going to a nuclear dis
by ukulele 9y ago
> At the plant’s entrance, a sign warned: “Games like Pokemon GO are forbidden within the facility.”
Was this a thing people were doing? Going to a nuclear disaster site as part of a game?
- MaulingMonkey 9y agoCould also be workers at the site on their lunch breaks.
- NikolaeVarius 9y agoProbably nowhere near as dangerous but I think its interesting. https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-the-shadow-of-chernobyl-stalker https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/in-the-shadow-of-cherno...
- trhway 9y agoA number of Russian middle class volunteers who fought in Donbass war treated it as kind of similar experience - an adventurous game/vacation, a "noble quest to defend 'Russian world' from dark forces of fascism and imperialism".
- Barrin92 9y agomaybe they thought they could find a genuine pokemon?
- thesmallestcat 9y agoIt's exactly the sort of place where you'd find the baddest pokemon in the game.
- faceplanted 9y agoDefinitely the kind of place you should find Ditto.
- Zaita 9y agoSigns forbidden the use of games like Pokemon Go are quite common across Japans. You find them at many Temples etc. Many cafes/bars/eateries have signs out the front with drawings of the Pokemon you'd find nearby with Pokemon Go. Source. Went through Japan playing Pokemon Go.. saw many many Japanese people playing Pokemon Go. And signs.. signs with Pokemon everywhere.