It's going to suck in 10 years when Gen Alpha start getting nostalgic for mobile games (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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God I fucking hate mobile games. It's so sad that's what kids are growing up on now.

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[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

maybe you don't hang around women who play mobile games, but I know a few including my own mom, and they're mostly word puzzle games. wordle obviously is big, but that really crowbarred open the door and now there are an absolute ton of word-based games with pretty innovative mechanics.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Gen alpha kids generally aren't addicted to sudoku and crosswords lol. This seems like a major reach when it's obvious what the post is talking about.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

were people actually addicted to those, or was there just nothing better to do? Accoring to le reddit sudoku has had a decline, and it seems to correlate with the availability of do literally anything on your smartphone.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

No, that's what I mean. My nieces and nephews aren't playing puzzle games that older people may be on their phones. They're playing the modern day equivalent of 80s cartoons: corporate unregulated apps designed to get as much screen-on time as possible to push ads and microtransactions. If they were addicted to sudoku it would he an improvement!