Playing Pokemon Go at Dragon Con 2016

"Pokemon Go'" may not have retained all the staggering popularity it gained a few months ago, but that doesn't mean we could resist the doubly-nerdy fun of playing it while we hung around Dragon Con 2016 this weekend.

Catching some of our favorite fantasy characters near actual people dressed as some of our favorite fantasy characters —we couldn't say no.

I mean how could we with this many Pokestops dotting downtown?

Plus, if we didn't play, we wouldn't have been able to save this guy from a near-tragic snake attack.

And, we just had to stop this Pidgeotto from bashing the Dragon Con crowds with his incredible wingspan.

We had to take a pause from Pokemon hunting when we were up here, though. GenCon decided this wasn't the time or place for Pokemon fun. *Womp womp*

But nobody could stop us from waging war on this Sandshrew outside the hotel. Prepare to be ours, little guy.

Unfortunately, it can sometimes be a little disorienting playing Pokemon Go while surrounded by humans in costume. We figured it was time to stop when we started unsuccessfully throwing Pokeballs at this guy...