I was as surprised as anyone to discover a Squirtle in my office. That was the first vicious creature I captured in my Pokémon career, which began last Friday, when several million Americans and I finally got through to the server and downloaded Pokémon Go, which is a thing. Since then, I have captured six more monsters. I believe I am winning. In fact, I have discovered a subgame within the game—something that I don’t think the creators of Pokémon Go ever intended for me to find. It started just after that fateful battle with the Squirtle, in CityLab’s offices in Washington, D.C. Pokémon Go may be the most popular game in a generation, if for only the sheer number of Millennials who have...
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