Mr. Robot is a show about the dangers of giving your data and money over to giant corporations. Pokémon Go is an insanely popular mobile game that was made by a corporation and could find out a lot of data about you if it wanted to. Ideologically, they seem a little bit at odds. Practically, though, the Venn diagram of Mr. Robot fans and Pokémon Go fans probably shows a lot of overlap.
So, does anyone from the Mr. Robot cast play it? Actually yes: Mr. Robot himself, Christian Slater. During the show’s panel at Comic-Con International the actor raised his hand in an enthusiastic thumbs-up when a fan asked if anyone played the game. (Considering Slater has been a gamer since the days of The Wizard, this is not surprising.)
But that doesn’t mean his castmates think it’s a good idea. Echoing director Oliver Stone's comments from earlier in the day, Carly Chaikin, who plays fsociety hacker Darlene, reminded Slater just what he was sacrificing to try to catch 'em all.
“I’m just going to say, from a Mr. Robot standpoint, do you know what access you’re handing over?” she asked.
Touché, Darlene. Touché.
