Things We Saw Today: New Zealand Man Quits Job To Play Pokémon GO Full-Time

A man who originally worked as a barista and bartender in New Zealand has quit his job to hunt Pokémon full-time. He’s currently relying on friends and family for money, but says that he’s also caught 91 of the 151 available Pokemon in the game so far. The best part, he says, is traveling around instead of having to go to work every day like the rest of us peons. “I get to walk around and explore towns I’ve never been to.” (via BBC)

• Dane Cook has been cast in American Gods as Robbie, the best friend of the story’s protagonist Shadow who “looks after” Shadow’s wife while he’s in prison. Mmhmm. I think we can all see where this is going. (via io9)
• If you were having difficulty signing on to Pokémon GO yesterday, it may have been the result of a hack. A group called PoodleCorp is claiming responsibility for the DDoS attack which apparently overwhelmed servers. (via The Daily Dot)
• Studiocanal has asked many French distributors to pull the Idris Elba/Richard Madden flick Bastille Day from theaters in the wake of the attack in Nice. (via Deadline)
• There’s photos of Tom Cruise and Annabelle Wallis on their last day of filming The Mummy, if that sounds like something you’d be interested in. (via ComingSoon.net)

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