Gen Yers may have swapped playgrounds for office spaces and Gameboys for smartphones since the mid-’90s, but it seems they’re playing the same old games. What is it aboutPokémon GOthat’s gotten audiences of all ages hooked on a craze that many grew out of before the turn of the century?

Apps and gadgets to help find lost belongings have been around since the advent of GPS. But Pixie is a start-up that combines this tech with an AR interface. By turning the search for your lost keys into aPokémon GO-style adventure, it hopes to make item-finding efficient and enjoyable.

Video gaming has evolved from arcades to bedrooms to mobiles – and it’s now merging into the real world.Heads Up, which emerged fromThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, blurs the boundaries between screens and reality, letting people play a parlour game on their phone and share the results online.

Americans are bad at saving, but considering that 57% of them play the lottery, it’s not due to a lack of money to save in the first place. The Long Game is a mobile app that wants people to feel excited at the prospect of building a nest egg in the same way they would when buying a lottery ticket.