(From left) Thong and Tan with a friend playing Pokemon Go before the MCO. Photo: Tan Jooi Long
Retiree Tan Jooi Long spends most weekdays at the mall but he isn’t there to shop. He has more serious business to get done: collecting Pokemon with a group of fellow gamers he met in the course of playing the augmented reality game, Pokemon Go.
“I started playing Pokemon Go from day one when it launched in Malaysia on Aug 6,2016, ” says Tan, 72.
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Seniors on the go
(From left) Thong and Tan with a young friend, all masked-up, playing Pokemon Go during the extended recovery MCO. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Augmented reality gaming is something that knows no age boundaries.Tan and Thong go raiding together with a young friend in Pokemon Go. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Tan and Thong on a Pokemon Go raid with a young friend. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Tan and Thong on a Pokemon Go raid with a young friend. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Playing Pokemon Go has enabled me to make friends of all ages, says Tong (right). Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Playing Pokemon Go has enabled me to make friends of all ages, says Thong (right). Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Thong, Tan and a young friend showing off their win after a Pokemon Go raid. They became friends because of Pokemon Go, Tan reveals. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
Tan and Thong are back at the shopping mall to play Pokemon Go. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
After winning the raid, it's time to catch the Pokemon, says Thong. Photo: The Star/Ming Teoh
(From left) Thong and Tan with a friend playing Pokemon Go before the MCO. Photo: Tan Jooi Long
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