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> Part of the problem is games today aren't designed to be played in short bursts. Phone games? > Casino's are still going strong so there is still a audience
by twiceaday 11y ago
> Part of the problem is games today aren't designed to be played in short bursts.
Phone games?
> Casino's are still going strong so there is still a audience for these kinds of distractions.
That's a stretch.
- bobajeff 11y agoPhone games are hardly big budget attractions.
- twiceaday 11y agoWhy is that important and how does that relate to VR?
- jimmaswell 11y agoI went to a real arcade recently. There was a large Doodle Jump machine.
- yellowapple 11y agoI agree with you on phone games, but disagree on casinos. I happen to live near Reno, where slot machines are like arcade games in other places; you'll often find them in mundane places like grocery stores and restaurants. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, these can interconnect, meaning that a slot machine in your neighborhood grocer will be connected to every other one in a given area, pooling their money and coordinating their payouts. It should also be no surprise that most casinos around here have rather extensive arcades for kids to distract themselves with while their parents go waste their money on slots and poker. The article seems to leave that out (perhaps because casinos aren't commonplace throughout all of North America), which was rather striking to me, seeing as casinos are the most common places to find actually-popular arcades nowadays around these parts.