UNM's Albuquerque Campus Swarms With Pokemon Hunters

(Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A wildly popular new game has University of New Mexico's campus crawling with players using their smart phones to hunt for virtual creatures. James Walker, a marketing assistant with UNM residence life, told the Albuquerque Journal that UNM's lack of traffic has made it popular with Pokemon Go players, especially at night. The UNM campus is also home to several so-called "Pokestops," real-world landmarks that show up in the game's virtual world. Pokemon Go is a free mobile phone app developed by software company Niantic and the Pokemon Co. In previous Pokemon games, players used video game consoles to collect and battle Pokemon, creatures that often resemble animals. The new game, however, asks users to walk around in the real world and capture the creatures on their phone screens.