“I had some very comfortable walking shoes, that was a big help. I eschewed the flip-flops that I would normally wear this time of year because that wouldn’t cut it,” Johnson joked. He averaged eight miles a day at the height of his hunting, he said, and estimates he’s put in about 125 miles so far…

“I didn’t let it interfere with my work during the day and then after work I’d go out on Pokewalks or hang out in areas like Grand Army Plaza or Madison Square Park and catch Pokémon. Usually my girlfriend would join me,” he said. “We’d get dinner after work and then go around and catch Pokémon, and if it got too late she was fine with me staying out but said, ‘You gotta keep my phone with you in case anything rare pops up so you can catch it for me.’ So there were times when I was double-fisting and that was fun.”

For Johnson, the key to Pokémon Go is interacting with the community of players seen mobbing Central Park in viral videos or swinging their phones around on street corners chasing Pokémon in augmented reality. He wants people to know that it isn’t just kids or geeks playing the game. The 30 million+ downloads of Pokémon Go include players from all walks of life.