Independent Incidentals - Ep. 37: When Did Mobile Games Become Slop?

Independent Incidentals

Feb 12 2026 | 00:58:14

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Show Notes

There was a time for the 00’s kids, who got to experience the joys of playing on a tablet and divulging in those tantalizing games. You know the ones: Angry Birds. Subway Surfers. My Singing Monsters. But do those games still hold up against the tide of lying, microtransaction-riddled, copycat slop? Or is was this wave triggered by the bad practices that the first wave of mobile games practiced, but amplified for the newer generation?

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