
The game features animal-like digital creatures that "appear" in actual locations and are visible on a person's smartphone. Thanks to the technical skill of the game's creators, Pokmon Go's imaginative images, some of them monsters, can be found in a growing number of places including beaches, parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, hospitals, farm fields, city streets, schools, houses of worship and I even saw a game aficionado in a shopping mall men's room.
The object of Pokmon Go requires players to be physically present at one of those sites who then make electronic attempts to capture the targeted image on a smartphone. It is a digital variation of the beloved childhood game of "hide and seek."