Pokemon Go's 10th Anniversary is all about community

Pokémon Go has been out for 10 years now, and I'm lucky to have been playing since the very first day that it went live. I remember being 20 years old, in Sweden, with a bunch of game developers - we were hanging out by a giant popcorn sculpture when everyone suddenly started talking about Pokémon Go. I downloaded it and started playing right there in Sweden. It felt like a collective moment, where it was suddenly something that everybody had in common. This was my first time in Sweden; I had recently moved to England, where I knew only a handful of people. Yet everyone was suddenly playing this mobile game. I remember going back to England and meeting up with people at our local games shop, walking around the seaside on select days, catching Pokémon and shouting about our victories. It was such a fantastic time, full of people and opportunities to meet new friends. Pokémon Go was able to bring together communities in a way that no mobile app ever had for me.  ... [MORE]