NFL star quits Pokemon Go, fears it involves mind control - CNET

"I was walking down Mill Avenue in Tempe, Ariz., pretty much on [Arizona State's] campus," he said. "I was walking down and literally everyone that was on their cell phone walking down that same street was playing Pokemon Go. I was looking at their screens and it was about 30, 40 people."

Well, yes. But what problem could there be with so many enthralled humans wafting around in search of monsters that will make them happy?

Warford sees a mental problem.

"It was a bunch of people playing it," he said, "and I was like, 'I don't like this.' I deleted it because I was like, 'This is some mind-control stuff.' I don't like it."

I contacted Pokemon Go's maker, Niantic Labs, to ask whether there were any mind control parameters to the game. The company didn't immediately respond.

Warford didn't reply when I contacted him to ask whether his mind felt more at ease now that he's stopped playing the game.