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>I vet games for my children and I long for the days of simply buying a game and that was it. You still can though? In fact I've found that's the single best l
by xoa 5y ago
>I vet games for my children and I long for the days of simply buying a game and that was it.
You still can though? In fact I've found that's the single best low-pass filter for games: nothing with any sort of online connection requirement or in-game real money purchases. Actual classic content expansion packs available to buy in the store, sure, but absolutely nothing consumable in-game of any kind whatsoever. That immediately cuts through an enormous amount of dross in one quick check while still leaving more great content then one could fully play in a lifetime. I just wish more stores (and would support a legal mandate for it) had options to filter all that out completely so it never even gets displayed. I don't want to see a single "free" game ever. Outlawing gambling in smartphone and console games entirely would be even better, but I'd settle for rock hard filters.
So yeah, the same old thing as always works: simply buy a game, and that's it. The only change is that you do need to look if you can simply "buy a game and that's it", but it's not as if those have gone away.
- em500 5y agoThe Nintendo Switch is probably the closest to something you can give to little kids without too much worry in the current gen. Used previous gen Nintendo gear (2DS/3DS/DSi) might work even better, though at some point peer pressure to get something newer will probably get too difficult to resist.
- ethbr0 5y agoI've seen it posted on HN, but a stricter labeling requirement could provide visibility into the worst software excesses in a lot of areas. And IoT, because ofc. Includes in-app payments, requires online connectivity, requires external identity, collects data, monetizes data, includes ads, etc. Like nutritional information for software.
- 0xffff2 5y agoHow do you do that on an iPhone? I wouldn't mind having a game or two on my phone for when I have some time to kill (e.g. waiting at a doctors office), but AFAICT, the app store doesn't have any way to sort by "Most popular games that don't have in app purchases". I've tried just Googling for recommendations, but that doesn't work very well either.