The New England Road Trip Haunted By Pokémon Go And The AR Game That Made A Summer Stranger
Kotaku | 20.07.2026 03:55
Donned in a leather hat, our ghost tour guide has told us not to worry. He had already altered the route through Salem to better accommodate “Pokémon trainers.” The crowd chuckled. I wasn’t underestimating the gravity of the situation. Not anymore. It was July of 2016. Night three of Pokémon Go’s unleashing. Night two of my road trip. My brother and I happened to be driving through New England, watching in real time as one one game transformed the use of public space.
