Pokemon Go has a rough launch, but are we crazy about it? (CNET's Open_Tab)

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Nintendo's newest mobile game is here, bringing the creatures of Pokemon into the real world. Jeff Bakalar, Joseph Kaminski and Ty Pendlebury hash out their first impressions with the title, and why people started calling the game Pokemon Stop in this excerpt from CNET's Open_Tab.

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