Among Us is a game that has the teens to adults' eyes fixed at their screens in this pandemic.&nbsp;

Developed by an Indie gaming company Innersloth, Among Us is an online multiplayer game that was developed in 2018 but only gained momentum when various gaming industry influencers started online streaming about it during the lockdown in 2020.

The game is a social behaviour deduction game that takes 4-10 players and puts then on a spaceship with different roles and tasks for each player in three different maps — where 1-3 players are designated with the role of impostors (who have to sabotage the tasks on a spaceship and kill other players) and the rest are crewmates (who need to finish the tasks to keep the spaceship running and save identify the impostors to save themselves and their fellow crewmates). The tasks range from swiping your card to navigating the ship, set up in different rooms.

Truth be told, I have played the game on various occasions too, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. During my adventures, however, I got talking with various other players spread across the three servers — Asia, Europe and North America — and realised that while. I was playing in my free time, a lot of others were getting addicted to it.

This brings me to the main question: Can Among Us be the next Pokémon Go?&nbsp;

Pokémon Go was a Niantic game which took the world bg storm a few years ago and some governments — local and national — even had to impose restrictions and bans on the mobile app. In order to catch the virtual Pokémons, people were walking on the roads aimlessly and either getting hurt themselves or hurting others unknowingly. The situation became grim that several deaths and/or critical accidents occurred due to the addiction of this game.&nbsp;

Then came PUBG, a game for which the Indian Prime Minister <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a> was publically asked if he has a solution to getting rid of the addiction of the popular mobile game. From being a team combat game in which you had to kill your opponent team, it became a hub of betting and the addiction led to children hating their parents and adults losing money due to betting and buying cheat codes.&nbsp;

Pokémon Go and <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/explainer-indias-pubg-ban-and-what-it-means-326098">PUBG</a> are the two most recent and popular games that led the mobile-addicted generation astray.&nbsp;

So, can Among Us, too, have that impact? I talked to a 13-year-old from the UK about his experience with the game, and unsurprisingly he told me how much he loved the game. However, he also laughed about how he also dreams about killing other players and revealing a single bone in his dreams. One other 16-year-old girl from the Netherlands told me how she wished she could also call emergency meetings when she doubted someone stole her food.&nbsp;

A mother from Malaysia told me how tired she is of seeing her children constantly be on the phone because of this game, and her 16-year-old laughed and said, "To be honest, I once bumped into a park bench because I was trying to do the calibration task and didn't realise that I was so close."

I have read on various discussion portals online about how many people have started dreaming about running around in the Skeld map or (like that 13-year-old) dream about doing tasks and murdering fellow shipmates. Some have even claimed that they dreamt about being stuck in the loop of swiping the card in the Admin room.

So the real question, I figure, here is if it is these games that are getting the players getting addicted or is it the players of the 21st century who concentrate a little too much on one thing and start getting obsessed about it. In either case, it is advisable to ration the time spent on this game, especially for teens.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US elections 2020</a>

One thing, however, that has benefitted from this game — other than the creative Halloween costumes — is the spirit of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">voting in the United States</a>.

In the game, when someone is killed, the team gathers around for meetings, or call 'emergency meetings', to discuss which player(s) can be an impostor(s) and whom do the others suspect (aka 'sus'). At the end of the designated discussion time, each player has to vote (or skip) against the player they want to vote out.&nbsp;

This voting method is being used by the youth to popularise the concept of voting a few weeks before the upcoming US elections in which the US President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> is contesting against his Democratic rival and former Vice President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>.

The players usually encourage others to vote for the 'sus' player, rather than skipping and losing the game to impostors. Once a player votes, the avatar gets a badge of 'I voted' for that round of discussion.

This game was also recently used by <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/internet-in-splits-after-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-plays-among-us-to-urge-viewers-to-vote-336908">Alexandria Ocasio-Corte</a>z, the US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, to encourage people to vote. She took to Twitter to spread out the message and said, "Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote?"

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Whether or not the game has had (or will have) any impact on the number of Americans getting registered to vote is not clear. However, like all other things, one can hope.&nbsp;

Among Us is a game that has the teens to adults' eyes fixed at their screens in this pandemic. Developed by an Indie gaming company Innersloth, Among Us is an online multiplayer game that was developed in 2018 but only gained momentum when various gaming industry influencers started online streaming about it during the lockdown in 2020.

Among Us is a game that has the teens to adults' eyes fixed at their screens in this pandemic. Developed by an Indie gaming company Innersloth, Among Us is an online multiplayer game that was developed in 2018 but only gained momentum when various gaming industry influencers started online streaming about it during the lockdown in 2020. The game is a social behaviour deduction game that takes 4-10 players and puts then on a spaceship with different roles and tasks for each player in three different maps — where 1-3 players are designated with the role of impostors (who have to sabotage the tasks on a spaceship and kill other players) and the rest are crewmates (who need to finish the tasks to keep the spaceship running and save identify the impostors to save themselves and their fellow crewmates). The tasks range from swiping your card to navigating the ship, set up in different rooms. Truth be told, I have played the game on various occasions too, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. During my adventures, however, I got talking with various other players spread across the three servers — Asia, Europe and North America — and realised that while. I was playing in my free time, a lot of others were getting addicted to it. This brings me to the main question: Can Among Us be the next Pokémon Go? Pokémon Go was a Niantic game which took the world bg storm a few years ago and some governments — local and national — even had to impose restrictions and bans on the mobile app. In order to catch the virtual Pokémons, people were walking on the roads aimlessly and either getting hurt themselves or hurting others unknowingly. The situation became grim that several deaths and/or critical accidents occurred due to the addiction of this game. Then came PUBG, a game for which the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was publically asked if he has a solution to getting rid of the addiction of the popular mobile game. From being a team combat game in which you had to kill your opponent team, it became a hub of betting and the addiction led to children hating their parents and adults losing money due to betting and buying cheat codes. Pokémon Go and PUBG are the two most recent and popular games that led the mobile-addicted generation astray. So, can Among Us, too, have that impact? I talked to a 13-year-old from the UK about his experience with the game, and unsurprisingly he told me how much he loved the game. However, he also laughed about how he also dreams about killing other players and revealing a single bone in his dreams. One other 16-year-old girl from the Netherlands told me how she wished she could also call emergency meetings when she doubted someone stole her food. A mother from Malaysia told me how tired she is of seeing her children constantly be on the phone because of this game, and her 16-year-old laughed and said, "To be honest, I once bumped into a park bench because I was trying to do the calibration task and didn't realise that I was so close." I have read on various discussion portals online about how many people have started dreaming about running around in the Skeld map or (like that 13-year-old) dream about doing tasks and murdering fellow shipmates. Some have even claimed that they dreamt about being stuck in the loop of swiping the card in the Admin room. So the real question, I figure, here is if it is these games that are getting the players getting addicted or is it the players of the 21st century who concentrate a little too much on one thing and start getting obsessed about it. In either case, it is advisable to ration the time spent on this game, especially for teens. US elections 2020 One thing, however, that has benefitted from this game — other than the creative Halloween costumes — is the spirit of voting in the United States. In the game, when someone is killed, the team gathers around for meetings, or call 'emergency meetings', to discuss which player(s) can be an impostor(s) and whom do the others suspect (aka 'sus'). At the end of the designated discussion time, each player has to vote (or skip) against the player they want to vote out. This voting method is being used by the youth to popularise the concept of voting a few weeks before the upcoming US elections in which the US President Donald Trump is contesting against his Democratic rival and former Vice President Joe Biden. The players usually encourage others to vote for the 'sus' player, rather than skipping and losing the game to impostors. Once a player votes, the avatar gets a badge of 'I voted' for that round of discussion. This game was also recently used by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the US Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, to encourage people to vote. She took to Twitter to spread out the message and said, "Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote?" Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote? (I’ve never played but it looks like a lot of fun) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 19, 2020 × Whether or not the game has had (or will have) any impact on the number of Americans getting registered to vote is not clear. However, like all other things, one can hope.

'Emergency meeting': Is Among Us the new Pokémon Go?

Government of India's newly launched app Aarogya Setu (health bridge) has become an instant hit among smartphone user. It is the world's fastest-growing mobile app with more than 50 million users. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/coronavirus-case-in-india-cross-11000-death-toll-reaches-377-292560">Also read: Coronavirus case in India cross 11,000; death toll reaches 377</a>

This makes it the fastest App to exceed 50 million installs on the platform, at just 13 days after launching in India on April 2.

Before Aarogya Setu Niantic’s smash hit Pokémon GO had passed this milestone in just 19 days in 2016. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-extends-lockdown-till-may-3-as-coronavirus-cases-cross-10000-292393">Also read: PM Narendra Modi extends lockdown till May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000</a> 
 
The Aarogya Setu (health bridge) mobile app was launched by the government of India to help people assess themselves the risk of catching coronavirus infection and alert authorities if they have come in close contact with a person infected with the deadly virus.

Yesterday, PM Modi appealed to every citizen to download and use the Aarogya Setu App. This app has been developed especially to track coronavirus cases.

This app is designed to help control the spread of coronavirus and make its information accessible to the common people. This special app also helps in finding out corona positive people present nearby.

After downloading, this app asks if you have cough, fever or trouble breathing etc. If you do not have any such problem, you will be in the Green Zone.

This app tells the user to keep the mobile phone's Bluetooth and location devices on. Whenever the user visits a crowded place, this app keeps sending messages from nearby mobile phones through the Bluetooth. When the user stands near someone who is also a normal it shows green zone. But if that person becomes corona positive after 10 days, this app will alert you immediately.

In such a situation, the user can get himself or herself checked also. This app also tells about hotspots, so that the user can change the route.

This app has launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development is associated with Digital India for the health and well-being of every Indian. 
 
(With inputs from agencies)

Government of India's newly launched app Aarogya Setu (health bridge) has become an instant hit among smartphone user. It is the world's fastest-growing mobile app with more than 50 million users.

Government of India's newly launched app Aarogya Setu (health bridge) has become an instant hit among smartphone user. It is the world's fastest-growing mobile app with more than 50 million users. Also read: Coronavirus case in India cross 11,000; death toll reaches 377 This makes it the fastest App to exceed 50 million installs on the platform, at just 13 days after launching in India on April 2. Before Aarogya Setu Niantic’s smash hit Pokémon GO had passed this milestone in just 19 days in 2016. Also read: PM Narendra Modi extends lockdown till May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000 The Aarogya Setu (health bridge) mobile app was launched by the government of India to help people assess themselves the risk of catching coronavirus infection and alert authorities if they have come in close contact with a person infected with the deadly virus. Yesterday, PM Modi appealed to every citizen to download and use the Aarogya Setu App. This app has been developed especially to track coronavirus cases. This app is designed to help control the spread of coronavirus and make its information accessible to the common people. This special app also helps in finding out corona positive people present nearby. After downloading, this app asks if you have cough, fever or trouble breathing etc. If you do not have any such problem, you will be in the Green Zone. This app tells the user to keep the mobile phone's Bluetooth and location devices on. Whenever the user visits a crowded place, this app keeps sending messages from nearby mobile phones through the Bluetooth. When the user stands near someone who is also a normal it shows green zone. But if that person becomes corona positive after 10 days, this app will alert you immediately. In such a situation, the user can get himself or herself checked also. This app also tells about hotspots, so that the user can change the route. This app has launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development is associated with Digital India for the health and well-being of every Indian. (With inputs from agencies)

Aarogya Setu beats 'Pokémon GO' record, crosses 50 million downloads in 13 Days

New mobile game Pokemon Go has become an overnight sensation with US fans but also played a role in armed robberies in Missouri, the discovery of a body in Wyoming and minor injuries to fans distracted by the app, officials and news media reported on Monday. 
 
The &quot;augmented reality&quot; game based on the 1990&#39;s Japanese franchise surged to the top of Apple Inc&#39;s app charts over the weekend. 
 
Gamers use their mobile devices to find and capture virtual Pokemon characters such as cuddly yellow Pikachu at various real-life locations. 
 
Five days after its release, the game now is on more Android phones than dating app Tinder, and its rate of daily active users was neck and neck with social network Twitter, according to analytics firm SimilarWeb. 
 
Highlighting a dark side to its popularity, the game was used by four teens in Missouri to lure nearly a dozen victims into armed robberies, police and media reports said. 
 
Police warned players to be vigilant when using smartphones and other mobile devices to search for characters in the game. 
 
&quot;When you&rsquo;re involved in a game and not paying attention to what&rsquo;s going on around you, your situational awareness can go down,&quot; Greensboro, North Carolina police officer Ben Wingfield told local television. 
 
Developed by Pokemon Company International, Niantic Inc and Nintendo Co Ltd, the game uses the GPS mapping and camera systems on players&#39; devices. 
 
&quot;We encourage all people playing Pokemon Go to be aware of their surroundings and to play with friends when going to new or unfamiliar places,&quot; Pokemon Company International and Niantic said in an emailed statement. 
 
Police in O&#39;Fallon, a suburb of St. Louis, said they arrested the four teens on Sunday after a robbery victim called police from a convenience store. 
 
&quot;Using the geolocation feature of the Pokemon Go app, the robbers were able to anticipate the location and level of seclusion of unwitting victims,&quot; O&#39;Fallon police Sergeant Bill Stringer said in a release. 
 
Social media buzzed with reports of players who suffered minor injuries from tripping and falling while glued to their cell phones and minor incidents while driving and looking for Pokemon. 
 
&quot;I catch myself almost walking into things, so I&#39;ve kind of started playing a little bit less in the street,&quot; said Henry Mendez, 32, a parking valet from Los Angeles. 
 
The game was the most downloaded free app on Apple&#39;s app store while Nintendo&#39;s shares surged nearly 25 per cent for their biggest daily gains in history after Pokemon Go&#39;s takeoff. 
 
Shayla Wiggins, 19, was searching for a water-based Pokemon character near Riverton, Wyoming when she discovered a body near a bridge, where a man is thought to have drowned in shallow water, according to media reports. 
 
&quot;I probably would have never went down there if it weren&#39;t for this game,&quot; Wiggins told CNN. 
 
(Reuters)

The game was used by four teens in Missouri to lure nearly a dozen victims into armed robberies, said police and media reports

New mobile game Pokemon Go has become an overnight sensation with US fans but also played a role in armed robberies in Missouri, the discovery of a body in Wyoming and minor injuries to fans distracted by the app, officials and news media reported on Monday. The "augmented reality" game based on the 1990's Japanese franchise surged to the top of Apple Inc's app charts over the weekend. Gamers use their mobile devices to find and capture virtual Pokemon characters such as cuddly yellow Pikachu at various real-life locations. Five days after its release, the game now is on more Android phones than dating app Tinder, and its rate of daily active users was neck and neck with social network Twitter, according to analytics firm SimilarWeb. Highlighting a dark side to its popularity, the game was used by four teens in Missouri to lure nearly a dozen victims into armed robberies, police and media reports said. Police warned players to be vigilant when using smartphones and other mobile devices to search for characters in the game. "When you’re involved in a game and not paying attention to what’s going on around you, your situational awareness can go down," Greensboro, North Carolina police officer Ben Wingfield told local television. Developed by Pokemon Company International, Niantic Inc and Nintendo Co Ltd, the game uses the GPS mapping and camera systems on players' devices. "We encourage all people playing Pokemon Go to be aware of their surroundings and to play with friends when going to new or unfamiliar places," Pokemon Company International and Niantic said in an emailed statement. Police in O'Fallon, a suburb of St. Louis, said they arrested the four teens on Sunday after a robbery victim called police from a convenience store. "Using the geolocation feature of the Pokemon Go app, the robbers were able to anticipate the location and level of seclusion of unwitting victims," O'Fallon police Sergeant Bill Stringer said in a release. Social media buzzed with reports of players who suffered minor injuries from tripping and falling while glued to their cell phones and minor incidents while driving and looking for Pokemon. "I catch myself almost walking into things, so I've kind of started playing a little bit less in the street," said Henry Mendez, 32, a parking valet from Los Angeles. The game was the most downloaded free app on Apple's app store while Nintendo's shares surged nearly 25 per cent for their biggest daily gains in history after Pokemon Go's takeoff. Shayla Wiggins, 19, was searching for a water-based Pokemon character near Riverton, Wyoming when she discovered a body near a bridge, where a man is thought to have drowned in shallow water, according to media reports. "I probably would have never went down there if it weren't for this game," Wiggins told CNN. (Reuters)

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