Bro what did I do to make all these kings mad? I don’t play phone games.

  • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    My question is why do all mobile games have titles like Hero Kingdom Adventure Defense Wars or Mech Arena Star Legends Battle Survival? Very rarely do you see a game with a unique title named after its setting that isn’t based on an existing IP.

    Like if Mario Brothers came out as a mobile game in 2025 for the first time, it’d be called “Mushroom Legendary Kingdom Defense Survival.”

    • Enjoyer_of_Games [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      10 days ago

      Keyword hacking to include genre terms and also to siphon traffic from people searching for titles of other popular games. It’s no different than the long wide-net titles of items on amazon.

  • sometimes I have to use a computer that doesn’t have all my favorite ad-blocking stuff on it, and it’s wild how many mobile games ads there are on basic news sites.

    and what really crunches my crackers is how they always demo someone playing it wildly stupid. I know it must drive engagement/clicks, but I hate it. I hate seeing it because I always watch the guy do the wrong thing.