Games of the Decade: The world would be better if we all played Pokémon Go

Remember the summer everyone played Pokémon Go? The world seemed a nicer place, for a while. People would stop to point out Jigglypuff to strangers on street corners, then run together with others across a park for a Dragonite. I've heard genuine nostalgia for this time; a thought things might feel a little brighter if everyone still played, the world just a bit better than what we've got today.

But that old world still exists. Of course it does. That feeling from 2016 - yes, the halcyon summer of all the way back three years ago - is still out there, even if it might seem a little harder to find. Positive interactions with others because of the games we share continue to take place all around us, regardless of how things sometimes seem. And that feeling is only amplified when these interactions take place in real life - something Pokémon Go continues to excel at.

Whether asking you to meet up to tackle tough Pokémon battles, or encouraging the sharing of local knowledge when a rare quest or creature pop ups nearby, Pokémon Go is built to foster a community amongst its players. And for those who aren't of the age they should be hanging around in Discord or Facebook groups with strangers, there's the more passive feeling of being part of a community when walking around a park on a Community Day alongside friends or family, where you feel inescapably part of something else.

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