I've no idea, but it was preceded by two weeks of stagnant air, and it came with alarming music, near instantaneous travel between towns, terrifying misshapen monsters and squa- err, pixels. It was a wonderful weekend.

[At least the ice cream still tasted like ice cream.]

...There was an outbreak of some strange disease a few weeks ago, not long after the Pokémon Centers were attacks. And we do get our share of crimes from Team Rocket. But I must admit that the lack of beggars surprised me at first.