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

58 min · 12. Feb. 2026

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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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