Why, you might be wondering, have so many tech addicts taken the unusual step of venturing into the great outdoors? The answer: A wildly popular, game called Pokémon Go, “a new augmented-reality game that invites players to hunt for digital Pokémon on their smartphones, placed using GPS and an algorithm by the company Niantic Labs.” It’s already more popular than Tinder (an app which does not require one to leave their house, or even their room.)

+ Vox: Pokémon Go, explained.

+ Pokémon Go has added nearly $11 billion to the value of Nintendo since its release. Strange days indeed…