Table of Contents I’m a sucker after all Gathering around the watercooler It’s 9 a.m. when my morning alarm goes off on New Year’s Eve.
I quickly shut it off and then jump into my usual morning routine: doing a round through my most used apps before getting out of bed.
But my first instinct isn’t to look at the weather, check my social media notifications, or read the news. Instead, I open up the one app that I know I’m going to spend a chunk of my day complaining about:Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket.
Since its release in October, the free-to-play card collecting game has taken up more and more real estate in my head. What started as a harmless curiosity has since grown into an infuriating obsession.
I fiddle with it constantly as if I’m using a digital fidget toy. When I don’t have packs to open, I aimlessly scroll through my card collection.