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I'm considering a switch (for the kids), selling it to myself as "the games are expensive but not optimized for addictiveness, it's a better business model"...
by teekert 4y ago
I'm considering a switch (for the kids), selling it to myself as "the games are expensive but not optimized for addictiveness, it's a better business model"... But is that true?
We are already having fun with Minecraft (java), but I see my son sometime pulled into long stretches of of "free" motorcross games (or worse, he lets some car drive some track to get coins) on some shabby website.
- iasay 4y agoAnimal Crossing is terribly addictive so I certainly wouldn't sell it to yourself on that basis. What I've found is when they start exploring "free" things, it's time to put the thing away. They are bored and don't know it and that's your time to start parenting rather than letting the machine do it for you. I tend to encourage my kids to do something in the real world when this happens. They still paint, draw and read and it's a welcome diversion after a few minutes away.
- threads2 4y ago> when they start exploring "free" things, it's time to put the thing away. Wow that's good advice I'm going to apply on myself! Thanks
- danuker 4y agoHow about actually-free motorcross games? http://xmoto.tuxfamily.org/ http://xmoto.tuxfamily.org/
- teekert 4y agoXmoto is so cool, I was pretty addicted to it haha! Very fun game. I'll introduce it to the kid, at least there is no ad flashing behind it.