We have been inundated with weird, wacky and wonderful stories related to Pokemon GO [Free] ever since it became a national phenomenon in every single country it has been released in. Whether that is people using drones to catch Pokemon from afar, or the Westboro Baptist Church using the app in an attempt to further their hate-filled agenda, it seems there is always something or someone trying to push the boundary for crazy stories related to the ridiculously popular iPhone game. I believe the internet was at its zenith today, as following on from the format of 2014's Twitch Plays Pokemon, there is now Twitch Plays Pokemon GO. I can't believe it either. Check out the Twitch stream in all its glory here.
Watch live video from twitchpokemongo on www.twitch.tv Twitch Plays Pokemon GO uses the same comment based command system as the original Twitch Plays Pokemon series where the users watching the stream decide - based on number of votes for each command - what the player does next through posting a comment in the chat box (here is a cool explanation for anyone new to the concept). This works fine on a Game Boy title which has seven inputs, but to adapt it to recognise touch inputs, the developers have had to divide the screen up into numerous different squares (from A to K on the x axis, and 1 to 19 on the y axis) which all represent part of the screen to be touched. Other commands such as moving, throwing a pokeball and scrolling are all handled by their own individual comma...